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October 18, 2009
I first heard about the SJI in the admissions packet I got at the beginning of the summer. It wasn't terribly clear about what exactly the SJI was going to be, but I filled out the application anyway and sent it in, figuring it would be interesting if I got in. I did, and I attended the first session of it today. I still wasn't very clear about what it was until it started. . .
The end of the world as we know it
October 17, 2009
I turned back to my computer to further my electronic communication, and found everyone offline. So I refreshed the page. And it never came back.
Helena in some bullet points?
October 16, 2009
I like to think of myself as a person who can't be easily categorized or classified by simple things such as words.
Going to the Chapel
October 16, 2009
Upon entering the chapel in the old stone building, I was struck by the intimacy of the space and the acoustics. Although I had been to Bosworth several times, this was my first time inside the chapel.
We are Gryffindor. fearless
October 16, 2009
Of school colors and Substance-Free Housing, neither of which is lame in the slightest.
Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me...
October 16, 2009
...but it wouldn't have mattered because I probably wouldn't have listened anyways.
Oberlin students at the G20 protests: Reacting to a turbulent two days
October 15, 2009
Why were we there? How did the world see us?
Who I am, and what I'm doing here
October 15, 2009
Amidst the dark fog of midterm week, a sleepy, masochistic archaeology student sits in a tiny room in a tiny co-op in a tiny town in Ohio, pounding away at a keyboard...
Creative Writing: The Most Terrifying Application
October 14, 2009
“You have to want to be a creative writing major.” Featuring: Aries fails, the creative writing application (how, what and why), what alums do, and why classes are really hard.
Hello, world.
October 12, 2009
My name is Alicia, but a lot of people call me Fresh. The nickname was given to me during my first year here and it just stuck.
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