February 2012
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Look for In Solidarity's Fall Edition this Friday
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My new Shakespeare professor told us that we all...
andwesatstarryeyed:
I am going to love this class.
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Your very favorite librarian: Great review for Dan... →
yourveryfavoritelibrarian:
‘Stay Awake’: Stories On Grief And Everything After
by MICHAEL SCHAUB
February 6, 2012
Grieving is a series of a million heartbreaks. Every morning, you wake, temporarily freed of the memory of what you’ve lost, only to have the memory rush in and…
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ExCo Fair!
Tonight is the ExCo Fair! 6-8pm in the Root Room! What classes are you hoping to sign up for?
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Oberlin
cassadie:
So I leave here for my Oberlin audition on Friday and I have no idea what type of clothes to wear in wet and below freezing weather!
Can you wear flats if it’s a little snowy outside?
Can anyone help?
I obviously live in the desert.
There’s a chance of flurries on Friday but it’s forecasted to be sunny on Saturday. You can wear flats when it’s cold or snowy...
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“This semester, everyone is going to answer a question and get it wrong. I am...”
– My professor for one of my classes this semester. I love this school. (via coffeeartthousandcurses)
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“When I sing a really high note, it makes all the bones in my face buzz…...”
– Elizabeth Zharoff ‘09, on the thrill of singing on stage.
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“Fiction is fun because you get to steal an identity and try to make it...”
– Creative writing professor Dan Chaon on fiction in this past weekend’s Wall Street Journal.
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EXCITED WITLESS
oh-theirony:
I am going to Oberlin, the school of my dreams, in twoish weeks. There, I will:
sit in on a “Native Languages of the Americas” class
sit in on a REAL ETHNOMUSICOLOGY CLASS AOUHTEIUGSDG
possibly hear the Soweto Gospel Choir, straight out of South Africa
HOLY MOTHER OF PEARL I can hardly type I am shaking so much
Things you should also do:
get a smoothie at Decafe,
take a...
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“[Stephen Rubin] chose to use his financial resources to immediately influence...”
– Marsha Lynn Bragg, on Stephen Rubin’s decision to found the Rubin Institute for Music Criticism at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music this past January.
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Roderic C. Knight Musical Instrument Collection -... →
emilycouvillon:
This site was put together by the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music. It includes photos and descriptions of nearly 300 instruments from around the world. Everything was cataloged according to the Knight system for musical instrument classification. The description of the Knight system is a pretty interesting read in and of itself.
Here’s a favorite of mine, the...
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Oberlin College class of 2016 (as of about 3:30PM...
Congratulations! We are so pleased that you’ll be joining us this fall!
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Watchamamblog:
The museum is featured on this weekend’s edition of “Applause!” - a Cleveland area productions that celebrates artists and cultural groups around Cleveland and Northeast Ohio. AMAM Curator of Collections Andria Derstine, Publications Editor Melissa Duffes, and Associate Professor of Art History Erik Inglis are all interviewed, and discuss the history of the museum, its collection, and...
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“See, Obies even help each other out when they don’t know they’re...”
– Jacob Lamoureux ‘12, on the extended Oberlin family.
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“This is a very American coup. Sexuality is the new McCarthyism.”
– Chris Howell, Professor of Politics, speaking about President Clinton’s scandal to The Oberlin Review in 1998
Still accurate.
(via jwisser)
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sunlit and pleased: I AM GOING TO OBERLIN →
peeringeyes:
I got in to my top-choice college and I am through the roof. I am in space right now. I got my decision, turned on the Beatles, sat down, and cried. Tears of pure happiness….
Congratulations! Many many many of them. We’re so pleased you’ll be joining us this fall :D
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Historian's Craft: Our Visit to Oberlin College:... →
historianscraft3:
On our trip to Oberlin in the fall, as well as visiting the archives, we had an opportunity to tour the the campus and surrounding area of Oberlin. This tour was a great starting point to our research, and provided a great opportunity to learn about the abolitionist roots of Oberlin College. We…
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January 2012
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