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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
