Oberlin Blogs

So, applicants to Oberlin will be notified of their acceptance in about a month, right? Gosh I'm glad I don't have to worry about that crap anymore.

Really, though, all I want to do is read young adult novels. I can't, though, because I have more important work to do.

Oberlin is more than living up to my expectations about both interdisciplinary material and extracurricular opportunities. However, I must say that I never expected the two to combine as they have in my life. That is to say, I'm finding that skills I've learned working on improv are helping me with my genre fiction writing.

"So much time, and so little to do! Strike that, reverse it."

The Fresh Prince and DJ Jazzy Jeff were wrong! Well, at least this time.

Free New York Times, talented friends, and Oberlin's love of puzzles.

How exactly were we supposed to tape a tea light in a lantern? Did that even matter, since they wouldn't be able to see the tea light anyway?

Until this semester, I have never shopped for classes. I've always gotten into the classes that I want with pretty much no trouble (taking a lot of mathematics and computer science helps). I didn't understand why everyone always made such a huge deal about Add/Drop (the one and a half week after classes start that you can add or drop classes). Now I do.

Featuring the actual College Improv Tournament national competition, various hopefully-useful definitions, and the thrills and pitfalls of live webcasting. FREE BONUS ANALYSIS of what makes the Sunshine Scouts unique (hint: we're artsy liberal arts students).

For one of our first exercises in media education, we took a class field trip. I love field trips. In this post: step-by-step papermaking with tons of photos!

Long, cold winters, unethical fruits, and other Oberlin oddities.

Some of my friends cure this problem by volunteering in the local school district. I solved this problem by attending the East Asian Studies Department's Chinese New Year celebration.