Oberlin Blogs

An account of my involvement in, as well as my thoughts on, the current student activism taking place at Oberlin College and Conservatory.

This is the route I came by. It's pretty short; pretty simple. Pretty totally acceptable.

In light of All Roads coming around once again, I'm writing about two first-years' college decisions and how they've worked out for us over the past year. So if you're a prospie viewing this page as you frantically try to decide before that May 1st deadline, read on!

Here are some fun things that will be happening thanks to Oberlin this semester.

I want it to be summer.

If you have little more than a month to decide where you'll be spending the next four years of your life, and have received an acceptance letter from Oberlin, then read on. This post is for you.

In which I gain insight into my life by going to office hours, finally reveal my schedule for the semester, ramble about my current favorite Northern European minimalists, and plug things that I'm involved with.

Or, an open letter to my professors, old and new, on how they've changed my life.

Including photos of snow and studious students, but alas, no spring.

The past few weeks at Oberlin have been very hard, but they have reminded me why I care so much about this place and the work that we all do, on a variety of levels, on this campus.

or, beware the ides of March!

My name is Aleena, and I am a Yalie... I spent my past week visiting Dara at Oberlin, and now I'd like to share my observations, because I truly believe that Oberlin is an incredible place, and it might be interesting hear about from a non-Obie perspective.