Oberlin Blogs

A few words of advice mixed with my nostalgic ramblings of yore.

In this post: coffee mugs, unions (viz. Teamsters and AFSCME), near-death experiences, pictures I may or may not have incorrectly uploaded even though I've been given two sets of instructions on how to upload photos because I'm practically a Luddite, Oberlin vignettes.

Some advice for freshmen, their parents, and current students about orientation... pack your bags and tissues; it'll be a wild ride!

There is no required reading for freshmen at Oberlin, but a quick flip through Lord of the Flies could be real helpful.

It can't rain ALL the time, you're thinking, and that's quite true. It snows or hails by way of variety.

Sometimes, when I have just a bit of extra time on my hands, I take out my camera and see what interesting sights I can capture.

Once we'd finished eating, we parted ways, and I expected not to see her again, unless we wound up in a class together somewhere down the road.

There are two main types of social life in Oberlin: (1) the inexpensive, and (2) the not-so-inexpensive.

No matter how far away you go from Oberlin, you're still going to crave it.

I have just passed the two week point of being home for the summer. And since this is an Oberlin blog, this is about what's different at my summer home and my Oberlin home.

Luck, however, was with us, in the form of a front loader.

In this post: potentially job ending disagreement, politics at Oberlin, liberal ironists vs. liberal revolutionaries, debates to stay up late for, Fox News, and please don't fire me .