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The Oberlin blogs are produced by a team of current students, faculty, and staff who offer a variety of unfiltered perspectives about the Oberlin experience. We encourage you to interact with us as we explore Oberlin and document our adventures.

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Setting Up For Move-out Success

May 31, 2025

Indigo Gordon-Gatica

Returning my freshman dorm to the state I received it in solidified the fact that my freshman year is, in fact, over. Those walls have seen so much change and so many memories, it feels crazy to say...

Indigo Gordon-Gatica

CAST and Real Things That Have Been Written to Me

May 12, 2025

Phoebe McChesney

Franny Choi’s spoken word performance, “Whiteness Walks into a Bar,” is so very resonant with me. I first watched it in a Comparative American Studies (CAST) class and it became a centerpiece for a BIPOC dialogue I co-facilitated later that year.

Phoebe McChesney.

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