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October 26, 2012
I spent a lot of time with my nose in the air and a crick in my neck when I visited my friend at Yale this week.
Everyone has an Oberlin story
October 17, 2012
I tell you the story of how I came to be a student at Oberlin. And I want to hear yours too!
Paying for College: Idealistic Alternatives
April 26, 2012
The point of all this idealistic, semi-ideological rambling is to say that there's something a little bit broken about the way that paying for college works right now. My would-never-work-but-what-if solutions to the problem include direct loans from colleges to students and a tithe system.
How I Almost Didn't Go to Oberlin--Twice (And Why I'm Very Glad I Did)
April 6, 2012
Perhaps it is strange that an Oberlin blogger should write about almost not coming to Oberlin, especially in a month when prospective students are trying to make their decisions about which school to attend, but I think it's important that you know that Oberlin does not have an aura of inevitability for everyone.
No Acorn Unturned
December 18, 2011
I have been told that if you see a white squirrel on an Oberlin tour, it's good luck. I never went on a tour as a pre-Obie, but I know that seeing one (or five!) in Tappan Square truly makes my day every time.
It was twenty years ago today...
December 14, 2011
...but this entry has nothing to do with Sgt. Pepper or the Beatles.
We Are All Going to Survive This
December 8, 2011
The uncertainty never ends! One day I will come to grips with this, and my mother (and my cell phone bill) will rejoice.
Our awesome future Obies
April 4, 2011
Interesting is an understatement when talking about these students! Roget would also suggest exciting, fascinating, out-of-the-ordinary, remarkable...
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