Most recent posts
My Least Favorite
Every time I encounter a prospective student visiting campus I am asked the inevitable question, "What is your least favorite thing about Oberlin?" Here's a post about how I think through that question.Good Morning, and Good Luck: Musings of a Radio DJ
My first thought when I opened the email saying that my show had been picked for the fall program was "Oh my god, I'm going to play the Jurassic Park theme song so many times."My Weekend in NYC
Multiple airplanes, bus rides, subway adventures, and train trips made for an awesome fall break.
A Fresh Start
It's normal to be anxious about leaving home for college. It's also normal to be excited. I see leaving home as an opportunity.
My Dream Schedule: No Longer a Dream
After years of trying to fit music into my schedule, music is my schedule. How about that?
That Time I Fell Onto Campus, Or How I Rolled Out of a Rent-a-Car
In a weird way, my first brush with Oberlin was like my birth: I was late (although not by 10 days) and my body was propelled through the air until I landed somewhere, and maybe that's why I loved it immediately.On the Road with the Oberlin Brass Quintet
The summer of 2015, the Oberlin Brass Quintet went on a four week long tour of China during the months of July and August.
Why I, a New Yorker, Am Glad I Didn't Go to College in NYC
Being at Oberlin has truly made me engage directly with my school community that I most definitely would have circumvented had I stayed in my city, where I would've relied on my own pre-existing knowledge of my surroundings to find something to do.
My First Year Housing Experience
Where I live: what was expected and what was realized.On Getting Used to College
Someone told me once that it takes at least a semester to figure out how you fit in at college. Finding home here is an ongoing process.