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At Hippie Student House, John Edwards Will Police Your Showers
The New York Times—that arbiter of youth culture—reports on the "green" student houses springing up around the country, focusing on the one at Oberlin. (Voted as one of the top annoying liberal arts colleges by this very website!) "All year they studied together in the living room at night so they would not have to turn on lights in the other rooms. They mastered worm composting, lowered the thermostat — keeping it at 60 degrees for most of the winter ... and unplugged appliances." Aww! They're living like lil' pioneers. (Disclosure: during college, I lived in a house exactly like this, featuring huge rows over wasting bread and the evils of commercial cleaning products. To this day, I clean with vinegar out of fear.) The Obies, as they're called, have a very special way of making sure each other's showers are kept quick and dirty: More »
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By SheilaComment by Sherns_Noff: @Flossy So true! It took me a couple of years, following Oberlin and living in Bed-Stuy, to realize how much easier... more » | Other threads
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"I Don't Trust People Who Aren't On Facebook": The Meta-Feed of Oberlin Students' Minds
As it turns out, Oberlin has sort of a "secret" website, as secret as any website called Oberlin Confessional can get. You can type in your anonymous confessions in the "booth!" After the jump, excerpts from November 27th alone: More » -
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Oberlin Now Paying Students To Defecate
Says our on-the-ground Oberlin College correspondent: "Here's an announcement... you poop in the Environmental Studies building toilet and get a quarter." Oh God. It's true. More »
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By SheilaComment by bizasizzalizzyizzo: When I was a student at Oberlin they used to pay 2 bucks for a deposit at the Adam Joseph... more » | Other threads
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Help Us Pick America's Most Annoying Liberal Arts College
After much discussion, we have come to the conclusion that it might be possible that Oberlin is not, in fact, the most annoying liberal arts college in the world. (Though there's some pretty strong evidence in its favor.) So we've come up with a list of contenders. We acknowledge that most people probably don't have first-hand experience with each of these schools, but we'd like you to think long and hard about your experiences with their graduates, which should be enough to allow you to make blanket generalizations about the nature of the colleges. Also, consider this your introduction; there will be a poll, and later a crowning of the Most Annoying Liberal Arts College In The World. Maybe they'll get a diploma from us! Write-in candidates will also be considered.
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Comment by Miss Pontificating: @scientifical_madness: The only tea to have is English Breakfast more » | Other threads
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Sam Rauch: Oberlin Grad, Williamsburg Loft-Dweller
This afternoon, we received an email. It read: Dear Choire/Balk/Doree or whichever intern checks the emails—[Ed. Note: Actually, we all do!]
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Comment by anotherobie: i'm also another art history major at oberlin. while the classes are great, it's the other majors like him that... more » | Other threads
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