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October 28, 2009
It's been five months since I got back from Spain, and the nostalgia only grows stronger.
Go West
May 7, 2009
Dan stood in front of the bulldozers and blocked the construction for hours before they hauled him away. Why weren't there hundreds of people with him? Thousands?
A foot in each world
April 19, 2009
I can't decide if I'm excited to go back to a traditional academic setting--to actually read novels again and discuss theories in the safe confines of a classroom--or apprehensive that I'll be frustrated not to be learning by doing, not to be out on the frontlines of the issue that moves me the most.
Why my blog is still about Oberlin
April 7, 2009
Some seem to think I've strayed from the original purpose of the blog--giving prospies an unmediated account of Obie life--yet here are the ways my experiences here in Arizona have a great deal to do with far-off Oberlin.
Intolerance is the new black
April 4, 2009
"The people who come here illegally across the border are not educated people," Ms. Richardson said. "They don't have any culture or any respect for ours."
Desert Dynamics
April 2, 2009
A few things I learned on yesterday's patrol with the Samaritans, a group that sends a group out to the desert every day looking for migrants in need of water, food, medicine or simply a friendly face.
Attacking the Chain
March 30, 2009
Amnesty International just released a pretty horrifying report on immigrant detention in the U.S. calling the system "broken." What can we do about it?
Winter Term Abroad
February 10, 2009
I've always thought that leaving the country is one of the best ways to spend January.
Saints and Sinners: Two Days in Altar
February 7, 2009
To learn the routes of migration, we did in a couple of easy hours what takes most migrants four excruciating days.
Let it Snow!
February 4, 2009
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.
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