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Getting Lucky in Kentucky (Part II)

April 5, 2009

Daniel Tam-Claiborne

The experience served to strengthen my conviction as an omnivore and made me truly realize the importance of the hunter-gatherer culture that had been passed down by our forebears. It didn't hurt that the chicken was also some of the best I had ever eaten.

Intolerance is the new black

April 4, 2009

Alice Ollstein

"The people who come here illegally across the border are not educated people," Ms. Richardson said. "They don't have any culture or any respect for ours."

Getting Lucky in Kentucky

April 4, 2009

Daniel Tam-Claiborne

If someone told me six months ago that for spring break of my senior year I would be living on a farm in rural Kentucky for nine days with scarcely any internet or phone and sharing a room with eleven people I had never met before, I would have laughed in their face. All I can say is what a difference a week makes.

Reese's-Puffs-inspired musing on lists

April 2, 2009

Yitka Winn

I'm pretty sure I can directly trace my penchant for list-making to the beginning of college. Something about Oberlin has not only forced me to develop stellar time management skills (which, okay, has gone hand in hand with fine-tuning my procrastination abilities) but has also inspired me to think, dream, and plan big.

Desert Dynamics

April 2, 2009

Alice Ollstein

A few things I learned on yesterday's patrol with the Samaritans, a group that sends a group out to the desert every day looking for migrants in need of water, food, medicine or simply a friendly face.

Hump Day: Why I Love Wednesday Nights

April 2, 2009

Ma'ayan Plaut

We're wacky siblings that not only parents can love, cut from the same cloth but making something different with it. Either way, we have some pretty stylish designers making some great informed and artistic decisions.

Admitted students--it's your turn!

April 1, 2009

Prof. David Walker

Now comes the last but often unexpectedly difficult part of the admissions process: weighing your various options and deciding which of the colleges that have admitted you would be the best fit for the next exciting phase of your life.

Dread! Dismay! Zeitgeist!

March 31, 2009

John West

In this post: doom, gloom, our inevitable demise, American Ragnarök, Funky Winkerbean, armed revolution, barbarians at the gates, political Pentecostalism.

Uncle OSCA Wants YOU To Scrub the Toilets!

March 30, 2009

Ma'ayan Plaut

I got into Harkness co-op the summer before my freshman year and have stayed loyal to the Harkness flag ever since. This year, I think I am the oldest and most experienced veteran Harkness resident. Just call me Auntie Harkness.

Attacking the Chain

March 30, 2009

Alice Ollstein

Amnesty International just released a pretty horrifying report on immigrant detention in the U.S. calling the system "broken." What can we do about it?

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