lillielillie:

It seems like groups of friends in college are chosen mostly by fate, with help from the housing staff; the people who you live with your first year remain your core friends throughout college. I’d always thought that I could have been plopped into a room in another dorm and would have been just…

A short piece about Oberlin friendships. We love it!

On friendship: “Rather than watch Melanie’s cold slowly progress, we, her loyal third-floor Barrows friends, decided to take action. We needed a holiday, a new holiday, to celebrate all things Melanie.”