Oberlin Blogs

Of Ohio weather, Candide, and the humor inherent in losing my voice.

Here's some exciting news: the Oberlin College Arts and Sciences Orchestra got chartered this week!

"So much time, and so little to do! Strike that, reverse it."

Featuring the actual College Improv Tournament national competition, various hopefully-useful definitions, and the thrills and pitfalls of live webcasting. FREE BONUS ANALYSIS of what makes the Sunshine Scouts unique (hint: we're artsy liberal arts students).

For one of our first exercises in media education, we took a class field trip. I love field trips. In this post: step-by-step papermaking with tons of photos!

--Except, you know, without the whole lasting-twenty-years thing. And no ships or witches or gods. And an indoor swing. (The place we stayed was possibly the best part, which is not an insult to the Chicago College Improv Tournament--the place was just awesome.)

I am exhausted. Worn out. Sore from my fingertips to my toes. But it's definitely worth it.

Some disjointed thoughts in response to a question about the music business & Oberlin.

Well, not really. But it might. (Finn's looking for scholarships, after all.)

With winter shutdown (aka winter break) soon upon us, the sounds of music have come to a standstill.

We had what I think was our biggest audience ever, and then we had cake.

One night a semester, the museum is open in the evening, specifically catering to students so they can visit the collection during hours that suit their schedule a little better.