Emily. Shock and Awe.

Phil. Just Like In the Movies.

Wendy. Ski Bum and Adventuress.

Rachel. Dancing Queen.

Julie. The Littlest Elf.

Chris. There Ain't No Party Like a Marching Band Party.

Cyn. Just a Pink Haired Girl.

 

Think One Person Can Sit on the Sofa, Eat Cereal, Listen to College Radio & Shop Online While Trying to Recover from a Bad Breakup? So Do I.

Having received a copy of the alumni magazine with a copy of Oberlin's new "viewbook" enclosed, I assume you all did as well, so I hereby open the floor up to discussion of said viewbook. Having opened the floor, I will make the following observations:

• The illustrations are tragically butt-ugly; I like the idea of having abstact graphics that would "pop" more than regular photos would, just not these particular ones. Actually the only ones that are really bad are the ones of people in groups being interracial. Sometimes the white writing on top of graphics becomes busy.
  
• So this new slogan "We are Oberlin: Fearless", is that, like, our new Oberlin slogan, or is it just our new recruiting slogan? Because it's kick-ass as hell. I would wear a t-shirt with that on it. I would choose it over the "think one person can, etc." motto quoted by me above at the top of this weblog entry. Yay for the focus groups who picked it out!
• How come the viewbook has one page each for inspiration verbiage about science, the con, social justice, athletics, & creative expression, but nothing for just regular old humanities (English/comp lit, history, classics, philosophy)? HELLO, THOSE THINGS ARE ACTUALLY IMPORTANT, especially atOberlin where people actually study them (instead of majoring in Business Communication like they do here at Vandy).
• Mysteriously, no mention is made of EXCO, the Flying Horsecows, or the fact thatif you go there you will be constantly importuned to make donations to the Living Machine.

Also, I was reading about Adrian Fenty, the new mayor of D.C., who as you probably know is an Oberlin graduate. Everything was going fine for me until about one sentence into the article, when I read that Fenty graduated in '92. Holy moly, that makes him only 10 years older than me! (Actually only 9, because Fenty is 35). & D.C. is the capital of the FREE WORLD! He is the youngest D.C. mayor in history, but that's no comfort to me. Fuck you, Fenty, you crazy overachiever!

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