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Get Your Swag On

September 15, 2011

Ma'ayan Plaut

We may not wear our Oberlin pride as sleeve tattoos, but we will drape them on our torsos in a wide array of colors and designs.

Move-in!

August 28, 2011

Joe Dawson

READ THIS IMMEDIATELY! TIME SENSITIVE MATERIAL INSIDE!

I'm Waiting for the Day

August 23, 2011

Ida Hoequist

Vorfreude, n. f: German for the anticipation of future joy, as in the week preceding Christmas, or just before all of your friends return for another year in Oberlin.

Summer Hobbies

August 7, 2011

Tess Yanisch

Last week, I wrote about the work I'm doing this summer. However, summer is also about fun, and I've been having lots of that. PLUS: My brother is a genius.

Like riding a bike

July 17, 2011

Tess Yanisch

I am proof that not all liberal arts college students get everywhere by bike. Now I am finally learning how to ride one.

Open Letter

July 2, 2011

Christine Chang

To the Class of 2015: a list of minor and not-so-minor regrets I have that I hope you won't. (It's really not that bad, and you'll survive perfectly well even if you completely ignore this list.) Love, Christine.

On (the Bike) Co-op(s)

June 22, 2011

William Passannante

Oberlin has a lot of cooperatives, also known as co-ops. People pool their resources and help one another. Until about midway through my second semester, though, I hadn't really appreciated just how...

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