Oberlin Blogs

The Oberlin blogs are produced by a team of current students, faculty, and staff who offer a variety of unfiltered perspectives about the Oberlin experience. We encourage you to interact with us as we explore Oberlin and document our adventures.

Most recent posts

  • Helpful Hintz, Yo!

    Joe Dawson

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

  • Tour Guide for Life

    Aries Indenbaum

    I love being a tour guide. The job is to share what you love while walking backwards, connecting with people from across the country and the world. What's more rewarding than that?
  • Diversity and Admissions

    Charles Grim

    Diversity is not the result of any one or two students that we have at Oberlin, but rather the result of the integration of the unique perspectives of all of the students that we have on campus.
  • Life After Oberlin: New Blog

    Daniel Tam-Claiborne

    Think of it as essentially this blog (more long-form stories, anecdotes, photos), but with a slightly different focus. Now that I have graduated from my dear alma mater, I figured it was time to branch out a little on my own.
  • My book addiction

    Chris Gollmar

    I have a habit of picking up library books that look interesting, checking them out, bringing them home, and letting them sit around for months on end.

  • Dining hall conversations

    Zoe McLaughlin

    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.
  • Ballet

    Zoe McLaughlin

    Remember when I was talking about opportunities? Allow me to expound upon another opportunity that I encountered late last semester, involving dance. Just to shake things up a bit, I'm not going to write about Indian dance again.