Just In: Busting Bottles, Not the “Cool” Thing To Do

December 12th, 2011

By Sybil Levine

Photo by Carolyn Weinstein

Here at Oberlin we pride ourselves on being greener than the average human being. The College provides its residents with easily accessible ways to be environmentally friendly, which encourages us to act as such. The residents of Oberlin hold ourselves to higher standards of environmental care and awareness. Sadly, however, this environmental consciousnesses seems to slip from many of our residents’ minds when alcohol enters the picture. Of the many environmentally unfriendly behaviors exemplary to drunks, the one most deserving of condemnation is that of busting glass bottles. Continue reading →

The Decline of Quality in Popular Music vs. James Blake

December 11th, 2011

By Gabe Kanengiser

Over the past hundred years, popular music has made its shape in various genres. In the 1920s, popular music was marked by jazz and blues styles, while nearly forty years later it was defined by artists such as Elvis Presley, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and Marvin Gaye. However, during the eighties and nineties, despite Michael Jackson’s reign, the emergence of far too many boy bands, various meaningless and crass hip-hop artists, and the unfortunate number of “plastic-platinum” pop-singers, it seems that the quality of popular music declined. Continue reading →

Sexy XC Pageant to Combat Prostate Cancer, Raise Heads

November 22nd, 2011

By Quinn Hull

Fully-functional prostates. Ten men. One Mr. Oberlin. And lots of fun. These are the secret ingredients, here revealed in a special one-time-only exclusive to Fearless and Loathing from the Yeoman Cross Country team, of the first annual ‘Sexy XC Pageant’ for Prostate Cancer, to be held at 10:15 PM on Monday, November 28 at the ‘Sco. Continue reading →

My Voyage

November 21st, 2011

By Sybil Levine

November 19—I wandered past Barrows and looked through one of the windows. A topless guy was smearing neon paint over himself. Smirking, I walked into my dorm room preparing to do the same. After an Agave burrito, a shower, whisky ‘n Dr. P, some outfit coordinating, and neon paint of my own, I was armed and ready for The Voyage. Continue reading →

OCircus Performs The Glory Days of Velvetina

November 18th, 2011

By Owen Henry

Wilder seems an odd place to see OCircus, but it is the only place you can catch the latest iteration of the (in)famous fall show, The Glory Days of Velvetina. Although exiled from its customary venue at the Cat in the Cream due to scheduling issues, OCircus brought all of its talent, wit, and raunch along with it in the move. Continue reading →

Fearless and Loathing Goes to a Senate Plenary: Week Five

November 16th, 2011

By Owen Henry

Student Senate met this week to discuss a variety of important issues, ranging from student demands to raise the print quota to the upcoming Fall Referendum, which Senators have been hard at work crafting since their return from Fall Break. Continue reading →

Death Eaters Stupefy Divas

November 3rd, 2011

By Nick Perry

On a deceptively sunny day after Halloween, two hangover-nursing soccer squads took to North Swamp to wage the ultimate intramural battle for the venerable threads of red cotton awarded to only the most stalwart of Oberlin competitors – a full two weeks after the initial contest was postponed.

The Dascomb Death Eaters (who, it is worth noting, have not actually lived in Dascomb for two years) boasted a perfect 9-0 record, led through the season by midfield pairing Silas Montgomery and Isaac Alexandre-Leach (the Carrows), and the anchoring defense of Troy Spindler (Voldemort himself). They arrived, as usual, with an enormous pesky entourage, their trademark strategy for draining the opponents’ spirits. Continue reading →

My First Safer Sex Night

November 1st, 2011

By Jessica Tolbert

My first sign that Safer Sex Night had begun were the shouts of joy from several of my male hallmates around 9:30 pm as they began to strip off their clothing en masse. Continue reading →

Oberlin Students Compete at Poetry Slam with Jared Paul

October 21st, 2011

By Paris Gravley

Oberlin, in all its glory, is only a couple degrees away from being the quintessential snow-globe: quaint, beautiful, and heavily contained. It’s easy to forget that this coniferous oasis is only a mirage—a water hole in a desert called America. Hard to believe an entire revolution is taking place a mere nine-hour car ride from Rathskellar’s free coffee. Continue reading →

Fearless and Loathing Goes to a Senate Plenary: Week Four

October 17th, 2011

By Owen Henry

This past Sunday’s plenary was almost entirely spent on the resolution of a single pressing issue: finalizing the wording of a Student Finance Committee survey. While this normally may have been a strictly-SFC issue, Student Senate is the only campus organization with the ability to e-mail the entire student body simultaneously. With Senate controlling the method of distribution, final approval for the content of the survey was up to the senators. The members of the SFC present for the discussion were C.J. Penso ‘12, Abbas Moshin ‘13, Sarah Coco ‘13, and Isaac Yoder ‘13. Also in attendance were students David Ohana ‘12 and Timothy Patch ‘13.

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