By Joe Sheeran
Hey Oberlin,
So, last Wednesday was Ash Wednesday. That means a couple different things. It means I put on nice clothes and went to church on a weekday. It means that I got ash rubbed on my forehead in the shape of a cross. And it means that Lent has begun. Continue reading
By Harlee Ludwig
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Directed by Andy Sold ’12, Midnight Cowboy went up in Little Theater this weekend. The story was an adaption of the novel by James Leo Herlihy and consisted of many crowd pleasers including humor, nudity, denim, sex, and southern accents. Or at least they pleased me.
By Eve O’Connor
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Lieutenant Dan Choi, a Korean-American veteran of the Iraq War, was discharged from the military under its absurd “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy after publicly announcing that he is gay. He has since been a vocal opponent of the policy and stood with President Obama as he signed its repeal in November 2010. Choi gave a passionate and entertaining talk in Finney Chapel on Tuesday, complete with Oberlin-deprecating humour. He spoke on his efforts to overturn “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and to prove “I am somebody” to his family and country. Continue reading
By Owen Henry
Usually this is where I write about Student Senate, but nothing occurred this week. At all. I realize this might seem strange to you, dear reader, but sometimes student government really is as much of a waste of time as you are led to believe. Continue reading
Phoenix New Times, Blogs
The Blind Boys of Alabama put on a hell of a show last night in Finney Chapel. They are, in fact, blind, or at least the main vocalists are. Continue reading
By Joe Sheeran
Hey Oberlin,
So there’s something you might not know about me. Something I want to talk about.
I’m a Christian. Continue reading
By Paris Gravely --- Billie Streets '86, Oberlin Alum and Manager of Corporate Events at Madison Square Garden, spoke in Wilder on Wednesday night about being a black woman in a predominantly male profession, a subject that is important to many Oberlin students. However, only female athletes attended, probably because it was explicitly advertised to athletes. Is the taboo about athleticism at Oberlin overriding Oberlin's self-proclaimed love of Intersectionality? What does this say about our priorities?
We planned to get up at 8:15, cook a nice breakfast and have time to spare before the first day of Physics 051. I didn’t get up at 8:15 and neither did my housemate and EIC, Helena Thompson. Already, she wanted to skip: a committed second semester fifth-year. Continue reading
F+L would like to inform you about our new focus. We will continue to be your source for independent news on SFC and are expanding our straight news coverage to Student Senate. We will also bring you a handful of investigative pieces like our feature last semester on the prospect of an online syllabus database.
In addition to our hard original reporting, we’ve turned most of our staff into bloggers and given them the freedom to write about whatever aspect of Oberlin they please. We’ve encouraged them to contribute frequently and develop their own unique voice. If they want to write up an event, we have told them to bring their background knowledge and share their opinions. Pretty much, all we ask is that they obtain a worthwhile perspective and style, whether they’re writing about a show, speaker, event, OSCA, classes, streaking, student politics, trips in the Arb, etc. These are things anybody can do, so if you do interesting things and want to share, send it in to editors@fearlessandloathing.com.
Columnists at F+L approach their pieces with different intentions. Each one is intended to be thought provoking and start deeper conversations. Within a week, we will start regular columns on being black at Oberlin, perspectives on Christianity, and our staff’s formative childhood experiences. We hope it doesn’t stop there. If you are interested in having a column, know that we are looking for you. You’ll probably have an easier time finding us, however, and we’re always in the mood for deep conversation. Come talk to us!
Our major goal is to record our collective Oberlin experience and to start conversations. To truly reflect Oberlin as a whole we invite you to contribute your perspective at least once while you’re here.
In terms of conversation, we’d like to discuss our student government by starting with the facts on SFC and Senate. But that’s not all we want to talk about. Through embracing quality blogging we hope our posts become more personally engaging. In their own efforts to spark conversation, our columnists are looking forward to tackling controversial issues head on.
To keep the talk going, we’ve mandated that our staff respond to every reader comment on their pieces. If you comment, you will receive a response in no more than a day. If you don’t, that’s a problem and you should send the writer an email. If they ignore that, that’s a serious problem and F+L’s owner needs to know about it. Send him an email at dclark@oberlin.edu.
We hope you enjoy our new approach. There’s a lot in store this semester and we hope you check back frequently. Rest assured, we’ll keep you informed about what’s happening on campus and internally here at F+L.