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November 25, 2008
There's something to be said for a small liberal-arts college in a backwater hamlet a charming slice of small-town America that has two newspapers. And there's something more to be said a college that has two newspapers ( The Oberlin Review , The Oberlin Grape --for which I am a copy editor), three non-fiction magazines ( Wilder Voice , Vox , In Solidarity ), a literary journal (formerly The Plum Creek Review , formerly Enchiridion , now The Plum Creek Review --again), a genre-fiction magazine ( Spiral ) and doesn't have a journalism department.
Food!
November 25, 2008
As I write this (but not as I type this, because I'll be doing that later), I'm drinking egg nog left over from my dinner at Lord/Saunders. That's right, I ventured to south campus to eat dinner tonight.
Foreign adventures
November 24, 2008
Imagine someone handing you a check for $28,000 to go anywhere in the world to do whatever you'd most like to do in the year after college graduation.
Dining on tennis shoes and other such mishaps
November 24, 2008
I am learning more and more that there is no single moment when you suddenly become fluent in a second language.
My advice on the college essay
November 24, 2008
The college essay can be hard to write, and equally hard to give advice on. Here's my attempt on the latter.
Color theory
November 24, 2008
I don't think I'll ever be ready for winter. Each year, it seems to catch me by surprise.
I ran away and joined the circus
November 23, 2008
It's been over a week since the final performance of the Johnson Family Circus. I'm in an extraordinary position to continue reliving the show for days, weeks, even months after.
Jazz Combos Thrive at Oberlin
November 23, 2008
All jazz combos at Oberlin are student-formed, and the repertoire is student-selected, and I think this is critical for a number of reasons.
Last Year
November 21, 2008
They have a velvet Last Supper hanging above the stairs leading to the exit. I'm serious.
The joys of spontaneous exploration
November 21, 2008
One truly fantastic aspect of Oberlin and the surrounding area is that, small as it may be, there are always new corners of it to explore.
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