Oberlin Blogs

I've always thought that leaving the country is one of the best ways to spend January.

A handy glossary of border terms. More to come.

To learn the routes of migration, we did in a couple of easy hours what takes most migrants four excruciating days.

There's much to be said about adverse conditions, turmoil, and challenges. They have a way of cutting right across a number of boundaries which previously seemed unalterable.

Today my program spent the afternoon in court. It's not what it sounds like.

What if good intentions and a strong desire to "make a difference" aren't enough?

Living with a host family is a difficult adjustment after two and a half years in Oberlin's dorms.

Drugs, thugs and racism: a smidgen of what I've learned so far on the border.

Tomorrow marks both the end of the Border Studies program orientation and the end of Bush's reign. Now the real work begins.

I crossed the border for the first time today, and witnessed firsthand the tragedies and ironies of our immigration system.

This ain't your momma's study abroad.

My first few thoughts on returning to Oberlin after a year studying abroad.