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Home: Family and Landscape

July 12, 2010

Tess Yanisch

I live in a beautiful part of the world. Outside, there are trees and Puget Sound; inside, there are approximately 4,000 books and a family of clever, quirky people.

Defining Oberlin (and more funny photos)

July 6, 2010

Tess Yanisch

An explanation of various conceptual categories, mostly related to SF Hall, delivered with my trademark wit and witticism. Bonus: further photographic evidence that I was a very strange child!

The Hipster School?

June 28, 2010

Aries Indenbaum

On stereotypes, underlying truths, how college is different from high school, and why we are (and aren't) a hipster school.

Cross-College Comparisons: Caltech

June 6, 2010

Tess Yanisch

And now, news from our intrepid correspondent, who has left the comfortable craziness of a small liberal arts college to brave the rather different craziness of an even smaller technical school!

The Dating Game

June 3, 2010

Aries Indenbaum

On dating at Oberlin, the agony and ecstasy of relationships, why I hate summer, and love. Stupid, horrible, crazy love.

A Whirlwind Wrap-Up

May 28, 2010

Tess Yanisch

The last week of my first year at college--sniff!--went by far too quickly in a blur of studying and packing. There were last hurrahs with friends and final exams. And then, quite suddenly, everything was over.

Skunked

April 26, 2010

John West

In this post: skunks, skunk orgies, band names unbecoming of Baroque ensembles, indescribable smells, the philosophy of Eeyore, the curse of the Obie, and much, much more.

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