Oberlin Blogs

It smelled of summers, winters and places I thought of as home too, though she and I only had Oberlin in common.

The sign above the door to my analytical chem lab now says "Oberlin Crime Lab." For the rest of the semester, we're solving a crime that occurred at the Olympics involving arson, secret notes, drugs, and missing silver medals.

I listened to Jim's piece "Chorale" this morning. Damn, it was great.

Last night I visited the United World College in Costa Rica and had the pleasure of speaking with a prospective student from Spain. Xiana is a native speaker, not of Spanish, but of Galacian. This got me thinking about differences in language diversity within countries.

Environmentalism is probably the single most prominent cause on campus at the moment.

The best part about college - any college - is that there's always something to look forward to.

The First Year Seminar model is quite simple: one teacher and fourteen students in sustained conversation about a topic that interests them.

Or: The Life and Times of an Elite, High-Powered, Unpaid Lowly Intern

When confronted with wastefulness and hostility, what's an Obie to do? It ain't easy being green...

Final exams are an inextricable component of higher education, but they needn't cast too menacing a pall over the college experience.

I'd like to use this post as an opportunity to further introduce myself (past the perfunctory greeting and awkward head shot provided by my profile).