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H:91°F L:61°F Tue H:76°F L:56°F Wed Know Your Rights: The Alcohol and Drug Policy
By David Edward Clark
When you hear “Safety and Security!” or “ResEd,” usually, you've been caught. Here’s what you need to know about Oberlin’s alcohol and drug policies. (more...)
By David Edward Clark
When you hear “Safety and Security!” or “ResEd,” usually, you've been caught. Here’s what you need to know about Oberlin’s alcohol and drug policies. (more...)
Dr. Robert Sapolsky at Finney as Final Convocation Speaker
By: Nick Perry
When Dr. Robert Sapolsky of Stanford University asked a packed Finney Chapel how many people had a family history of heart disease and cancer on Thursday night, nearly everybody raised a hand. However, when asked about a family history of leprosy and dysentery, all hands went down.
“We are not like normal mammals,” Sapolsky told the crowd. “We don’t get sick like normal mammals, we don’t die like normal mammals.” Sapolsky’s convocation, Why Zebras
By: Nick Perry
When Dr. Robert Sapolsky of Stanford University asked a packed Finney Chapel how many people had a family history of heart disease and cancer on Thursday night, nearly everybody raised a hand. However, when asked about a family history of leprosy and dysentery, all hands went down.
“We are not like normal mammals,” Sapolsky told the crowd. “We don’t get sick like normal mammals, we don’t die like normal mammals.” Sapolsky’s convocation, Why Zebras
Karen Florini ’79 Shares Insight on Climate Policy
By David Roswell
Karen Florini ’79 presented an optimistic yet realistic view into federal climate change policy last Thursday in Hallock Auditorium. Speaking in her personal capacity, she outlined how Washington can pass a climate bill in 2010. With confidence, she said that a bill could be passed this year, emphasizing that, “it is hard but there is real hope.”
She started by speaking about the obstacles to passing a climate bill. She first pointed to Senator Inhofe of Oklahoma and his
By David Roswell
Karen Florini ’79 presented an optimistic yet realistic view into federal climate change policy last Thursday in Hallock Auditorium. Speaking in her personal capacity, she outlined how Washington can pass a climate bill in 2010. With confidence, she said that a bill could be passed this year, emphasizing that, “it is hard but there is real hope.”
She started by speaking about the obstacles to passing a climate bill. She first pointed to Senator Inhofe of Oklahoma and his
DRAG BALL CANCELED
By David Edward Clark
Drag Ball has been canceled this year due to lack of student participation in the planning and lack of proper funding due to chartering process issues.
“My best hope is that it’ll be a shock in a way that really energizes people to make a change and commit to spending some time organizing the event,” said Sarah Chase ‘10, the sole member of the Drag Ball Committee. “It has a home on campus; people just need to figure out if they want to really own it.”
Dean of
By David Edward Clark
Drag Ball has been canceled this year due to lack of student participation in the planning and lack of proper funding due to chartering process issues.
“My best hope is that it’ll be a shock in a way that really energizes people to make a change and commit to spending some time organizing the event,” said Sarah Chase ‘10, the sole member of the Drag Ball Committee. “It has a home on campus; people just need to figure out if they want to really own it.”
Dean of
Historic Concert Featuring Stevie Wonder Celebrates Opening of Jazz Building
By Charlie Landsman
The Kohl Building Celebration Concert, with a special guest performance by international superstar Stevie Wonder, added to the magnitude of the opening of the Bertram and Judith Kohl Building. Though Wonder topped the bill, the night really belonged to Wendell Logan, Chair of the Jazz Studies Department and Professor of African American Music. Logan founded the Jazz department in 1973 and has been instrumental in establishing its repute among classical musicians. Many distinguished graduates
By Charlie Landsman
The Kohl Building Celebration Concert, with a special guest performance by international superstar Stevie Wonder, added to the magnitude of the opening of the Bertram and Judith Kohl Building. Though Wonder topped the bill, the night really belonged to Wendell Logan, Chair of the Jazz Studies Department and Professor of African American Music. Logan founded the Jazz department in 1973 and has been instrumental in establishing its repute among classical musicians. Many distinguished graduates
A Night with Bill Cosby
By David Edward Clark
Dr. Bill Cosby sat center stage for nearly two hours and told stories that had Finney laughing gleefully. His jokes on Friday, April 30 centered on his childhood relationships with his parents, music, girls and words. (more...)
By David Edward Clark
Dr. Bill Cosby sat center stage for nearly two hours and told stories that had Finney laughing gleefully. His jokes on Friday, April 30 centered on his childhood relationships with his parents, music, girls and words. (more...)
Funkin’ Finale
By Sybil Levine
The ever popular Funkin Donuts had their final show this weekend, playing for the opening of Oberlin's new Slow Train Cafe. The band said farewell to their valued seniors and introduced a few new additions to the crew. Funkin Donuts look forward to a promising new year in the fall with new repertoire and members guaranteed to make them a must-see on campus.
By Sybil Levine
The ever popular Funkin Donuts had their final show this weekend, playing for the opening of Oberlin's new Slow Train Cafe. The band said farewell to their valued seniors and introduced a few new additions to the crew. Funkin Donuts look forward to a promising new year in the fall with new repertoire and members guaranteed to make them a must-see on campus.
Rising Above Adversity is Beautiful: a Preview of Theater and Dance’s Beautiful Thing
Issues within the LGBT community have always been something to which the student body here at Oberlin has paid attention. And for faculty member and chair of the Theater department Matthew Wright, these issues are personal; he has been fighting against bigoted ignoramuses for many years, and one of the ways he’s currently fighting them is by directing Theater and Dance’s next main stage production, Beautiful Thing, written by Jonathan Harvey.
So, why choose this play, Matthew
Issues within the LGBT community have always been something to which the student body here at Oberlin has paid attention. And for faculty member and chair of the Theater department Matthew Wright, these issues are personal; he has been fighting against bigoted ignoramuses for many years, and one of the ways he’s currently fighting them is by directing Theater and Dance’s next main stage production, Beautiful Thing, written by Jonathan Harvey.
So, why choose this play, Matthew
Black and Blues Inspires and Illuminates
By Sasha Schechter
From March 11-13, Little Theater was home to Black and Blues, an original artistic collaboration created and directed by Visiting Assistant Professor of Theater Justin Emeka. The piece includes dance, song, and scene revolving around Black History and the transition of “Africans” to “Black Americans.”
Black and Blues has an immensely talented cast of artists and takes its audiences on a journey through the African American experience, starting at slavery and leading up to
By Sasha Schechter
From March 11-13, Little Theater was home to Black and Blues, an original artistic collaboration created and directed by Visiting Assistant Professor of Theater Justin Emeka. The piece includes dance, song, and scene revolving around Black History and the transition of “Africans” to “Black Americans.”
Black and Blues has an immensely talented cast of artists and takes its audiences on a journey through the African American experience, starting at slavery and leading up to
A Beginner’s Guide to Oberlin’s Music Scene
By Helena Thompson
Welcome to Oberlin: musical paradise of northeastern Ohio! Whether you’re a new first-year
By Helena Thompson
Welcome to Oberlin: musical paradise of northeastern Ohio! Whether you’re a new first-year
Orientation 2010: Day 3
By the Spy
8:15 a.m. Went to Stevenson's for breakfast. Apparently freshmen are too tired out from partying to actually wake up so there is no one in the dining hall.
11:00 a.m. Group Advising meeting--most of these freshmen seem lost and bored. One boy didn't even have a first-year seminar; I thought he was joking.
11:30 a.m. Still in my Group Advising meeting: notice how no one really has questions because they want him to stop talking.
11:57 a.m. Walking to lunch together with
By the Spy
8:15 a.m. Went to Stevenson's for breakfast. Apparently freshmen are too tired out from partying to actually wake up so there is no one in the dining hall.
11:00 a.m. Group Advising meeting--most of these freshmen seem lost and bored. One boy didn't even have a first-year seminar; I thought he was joking.
11:30 a.m. Still in my Group Advising meeting: notice how no one really has questions because they want him to stop talking.
11:57 a.m. Walking to lunch together with
Orientation 2010: Day 2
By the Spy
7:15 a.m. Woke up ready for day two of my assignment. While I was in the bathroom, I noticed a lot of exhausted freshmen clearly aren't used to lacking sleep yet.
8:00 a.m. Went to eat in Stevenson Hall, where a lot of people had soft serve for breakfast, as if they were attempting the freshmen 15.
8:30 a.m. Went to Essential Details about your Oberlin Education. The most fascinating thing about that entire thing was the deaf interpreter; kids were falling asleep.
9:30
By the Spy
7:15 a.m. Woke up ready for day two of my assignment. While I was in the bathroom, I noticed a lot of exhausted freshmen clearly aren't used to lacking sleep yet.
8:00 a.m. Went to eat in Stevenson Hall, where a lot of people had soft serve for breakfast, as if they were attempting the freshmen 15.
8:30 a.m. Went to Essential Details about your Oberlin Education. The most fascinating thing about that entire thing was the deaf interpreter; kids were falling asleep.
9:30
Orientation 2010: Day 1
By the Spy
9:30 a.m. Move in to Barrows Hall.
10:00 a.m. Kahn move-in seemed especially fun with construction still going on in key areas like doorways while students and their parents dragged unwieldy bags and objects.
11:30 a.m. Fellow freshmen at Carnegie seem so lost.
12:45 p.m. Women protesting Oberlin going corporate shows you how politically active Oberlin is.
1:00 p.m. Stevie was full of students awkwardly balancing meeting new people and their parents, as well as
By the Spy
9:30 a.m. Move in to Barrows Hall.
10:00 a.m. Kahn move-in seemed especially fun with construction still going on in key areas like doorways while students and their parents dragged unwieldy bags and objects.
11:30 a.m. Fellow freshmen at Carnegie seem so lost.
12:45 p.m. Women protesting Oberlin going corporate shows you how politically active Oberlin is.
1:00 p.m. Stevie was full of students awkwardly balancing meeting new people and their parents, as well as
Oberlin Lingo
By Erica M. Lee
Speak like an Oberlin student in no time.
There are some things you’ll have to learn if you want to find your way around campus, because the names on the dorms can be misleading. Sometimes names are just shortened: Stevenson is Stevie, Fairchild is Fairkid, Zechiel is Zeke. But Fairkid and Fairchild Chapel are not the same places. The Chapel, usually referred to as Fairchild, is on the North side of Tappan Square, where there are concerts. Program houses usually go by their
By Erica M. Lee
Speak like an Oberlin student in no time.
There are some things you’ll have to learn if you want to find your way around campus, because the names on the dorms can be misleading. Sometimes names are just shortened: Stevenson is Stevie, Fairchild is Fairkid, Zechiel is Zeke. But Fairkid and Fairchild Chapel are not the same places. The Chapel, usually referred to as Fairchild, is on the North side of Tappan Square, where there are concerts. Program houses usually go by their
Charlie Crist Superstar
By Alex Posa
I admit that I have a special place in my heart for Republican-turned-independent Charlie Crist. While I disagree with many of his policies, I still respect him. (more...)
By Alex Posa
I admit that I have a special place in my heart for Republican-turned-independent Charlie Crist. While I disagree with many of his policies, I still respect him. (more...)
Nick Goes to Earth Day
By Nick Perry
It’s 4:30 PM on a Saturday and I’m sitting in my lonely little room listening to house music and enjoying a soft beverage when I happen to notice in the corner of my eye the newest piece of flair on my wall. It’s a poster with a crayon-like drawing of a windmill and a bold, yellow “WIND NOW!” riding along the chalky blue sky. (more...)
By Nick Perry
It’s 4:30 PM on a Saturday and I’m sitting in my lonely little room listening to house music and enjoying a soft beverage when I happen to notice in the corner of my eye the newest piece of flair on my wall. It’s a poster with a crayon-like drawing of a windmill and a bold, yellow “WIND NOW!” riding along the chalky blue sky. (more...)
Kittens!
By Sybil Levine
By Sybil Levine
Kahn Picture Tour
By Sybil Levine
By Sybil Levine
Stevie Wonder
Photos by David Roswell
Photos by David Roswell
Kohl Building
Photos by David Roswell
Photos by David Roswell
