Oberlin Blogs

Let's unpack a big question: what did my college experience teach me? With the assistance of some food-for-thought quotations, let's explore how time, space and maturity interact to reveal things about ourselves.

OSCA is like a glistening gem, polished to perfection by a master gem-polisher.

Come on in and check out my dorm room!

"At Oberlin, we romanticize signing ourselves up for an impossible amount of commitments and never sleeping."

In which Brendan meets Frances, and Frances meets Brendan.

The joys of Pi Day, and how all of my classes are one and the same, and also a get-well-soon wish for anyone still down with the plague...

"Dascomb has a charm about it, but that charm might just be us."

What is the value of a liberal arts degree? What does my Oberlin degree say about me post-graduation? Am I the only one thinking about these things?! Let's talk about what it means to find value in your college major on your own terms.

A beautiful and collective response to March 4, 2013.

I'm a bit of a conflicted mess. So is the activist scene here. So is life, I guess.

Oberlin is a small place, but because I ended up there and followed where my academic interests led, I've gotten to see the world, or at least a small section of Central Europe.

Study abroad, now with 100% more coal mine!