Oberlin Blogs

Students from all over Ohio descended on Oberlin last weekend to learn about and organize for our generation's greatest battle: turning back climate change.

At Oberlin, I believe the library is synonymous with academic rigor, intellectual stimulation, computers, socializing, networking, and to some degree relaxing.

Luckily, as in all of my blog entries, my co-op comes to the rescue.

Choosing courses is an overlooked art form.

Why it's much easier to join organizations than quit them, and why quitting is sometimes the right move.

In this post, I talk about exciting things that have happened to me over the past couple of weeks.

A list of the things I've been doing and thinking about this week, including Nazgul costumes, three lectures, and accidentally screwing up the basis of democracy.

Here are the highlights of my Great Pacific Northwestern Adventure. But, Harris, you say, shouldn't you write about Oberlin, instead of the completely unrelated Pacific Northwest? All in good time, I assure you. All in good time.

What's the point of that extra application essay, and what should you write?

After a brief walk in the crisp night air during which I considered making pirate jokes, we arrived at the hospital.

Halloween, laughing at myself, adjusting to my new “ruggedness,” and lots of probable cavities.

And of course, what did I find at the top of Black Butte mountain?--well... crazy aggressive chipmunks and a fellow Obie.