Oberlin Blogs

I'm leaving Oberlin for a semester, if not a year, and it's got me thinking again about what it means to be home. Over Winter Term I found a home in Monteverde, temporary, but a home nonetheless; and before I get all maudlin about leaving Oberlin, I wanted to share some snapshots of a beautiful month.

One of my physics videos is now on the YouTube!

Some thoughts on teaching intensive ancient Greek.

...I wanna write you a (winter term) blog post. That's how the song goes, right?

Good wolfy, don't chase the elk...

As our Director of Athletics, William Roth, puts it: "'Learning and Labor' is just a rephrasing of 'sound mind, sound body.'"

Wondering where I've disappeared to lately? Narnia. Every morning I walk along this path: to meet Mr. Tumnus for brunch. I never go to that mountain over there: cos that's where the snow...

Huskies and cucumber rolls!! Mainly huskies.

I just spent a month training at a circus school. And if you think that sounds foolish or lazy, I invite you to read this post.

My winter term project this year is reading Les Miserables , Moby Dick , and Bleak House . I didn't think I was being ambitious, I swear.

True Life: I'm in the Bay Area for Winter Term.

Sci-Fi Hall decided to blow off some finals stress by dressing up as post-apocalyptic bikers, smearing fake blood on our faces, and raiding another theme hall. This happens from time to time.