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June 4, 2009
In this post: potentially job ending disagreement, politics at Oberlin, liberal ironists vs. liberal revolutionaries, debates to stay up late for, Fox News, and please don't fire me .
A glorious return: Commencement Week shenanigans
June 3, 2009
There's a flower shop on S. Main that writes a different name on their sign every day, and if you are blessed with that particular name, you get a free flower. I had never seen my own name until this past Commencement.
What's that about the bathrooms?
May 31, 2009
You may or may not have heard that the bathrooms are gender-neutral at Oberlin. This may or may not concern you, your parents, or someone else whom you hold dear.
Graduation: Suits, Sundresses and Speeches!
May 29, 2009
Say "commencement" and I think of the iconic hats in the air, traditions, pomp and circumstance, formality... But Oberlin students don't really DO traditional.
International Diversity in the NBA
May 29, 2009
This post doesn't really have much to do with Oberlin College, but after last night's thrilling Cleveland Cavaliers win over the Orlando Magic, I got to thinking about how it isn't just college campuses where one can find international diversity.
I've Commenced.
May 28, 2009
Holding that cap in my hands again this weekend and reading that message made me feel like I was getting hugged by my 17-year-old self.
Welcome to the Midnight Movie
May 27, 2009
Under the new management, the Apollo now has two-dollar matinees, is screening a few different movies a week, and they're starting up a great new-old tradition: the midnight movie.
Remembering Memorial Day
May 26, 2009
For those of you abroad who don't know, this past weekend was a holiday in the US: Memorial Day.
My schedule: in flux
May 24, 2009
I'm currently signed up for four classes, only two of which are ones that I'm actually going to take.
Senior Week (in Webcomics!)
May 23, 2009
College has been better than any other time in my life. When I think about who I was when I arrived here, and who I am now... I am a fundamentally different person. I grew up in Oberlin.
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