Oberlin Blogs

I don't know how long the institute was in the making, but Rubin could have supported other established music programs, had a wing or a studio built at a music school with his name embossed on a silver plate, or even set up a scholarship in music criticism.

The last few weeks of the semester are always incredibly full with people working on final projects, last ExCo or club performances, studying their brains out, and attending study breaks to cram their brains back into their skulls.

What happens when Architecture in Helsinki joins forces with Oberlin? I vomit happiness and bright colors all over my screen and call it a post of thanksgiving, that's what.

This is why they italicize the performer's instrument after their name: Alexa Still, flute.

A rather broken transcript of the open conversation portion of Salman Rushdie's visit.

The continuation of the transcript, covering the convocation.

Zombies, Nerf guns, and many pictures. What else could you want?

The tenth annual Big Parade: an afternoon of relaxation, ingenuity, and stilts.

A highlight: the dessert contest, with categories such as hottest dessert, coldest dessert, and most fractal (largest surface area to volume ratio) dessert.

A guest blog by my roommate David Fegley, covering things on Oberlin's campus that my knowledge simply doesn't cover.

Pizza cooking, folk music, contra dancing and farm working: this is your weekend on Oberlin.

There was an impressively multilingual pool of students, faculty, and visitors in King 106 last Thursday, for those who missed the amazing translation symposium. And if you did, come next year!