Oberlin Blogs

As someone who knows what it's like to trudge through a protracted winter, let me assure you that Oberlin's climate is a piece of cake.

In case you didn't catch it, Oberlin College was on the front page of the New York Times yesterday. It's a good story, but in my opinion, it's lacking.

I love Oberlin, but I'm really glad that the semester is finally over.

The end of sophomore year brought the stress of finals, but also the fun of commencement week and parties at professors' houses.

Final exams are an inextricable component of higher education, but they needn't cast too menacing a pall over the college experience.

Spring means life in the fast lane for faculty as well as students.

I received a request to elaborate on my experience going from a big, urban California environment to Oberlin, Ohio...so here goes!

Find out more about the catch phrase sweeping campus.

I guess I'll introduce myself, too. But I hate long walks on the beach.

A bit about how I ever left L.A. sunshine for Ohio and why I'm so glad I did.

For some reason, people seem obsessed by the image of cornfields. Yes, it's true that in the countryside of Lorain County there are lots of small farms, but there are no cornfields visible from the campus, no cows grazing on Tappan Square.

I somehow missed this in the Washington Post on Saturday, but it's exciting: Our own Marvin Krislov, Oberlin College's president, wrote an op-ed about voting rights for students.