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Know Your Rights: The Alcohol and Drug Policy

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,”

Karen Florini ’79 Shares Insight on Climate Policy

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

DRAG BALL CANCELED

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

Christianity and Oberlin: Not So Incompatible

Every Friday night at a few minutes before 7:00 p.m., a small group of students gather in the lounge of Barnard House on the famously liberal campus of Oberlin College. After greeting each other, they sink into the room’s mismatched chairs and couches and discuss typical college-life concerns—Facebook statuses, extracurricular activities and

From ExCo to Curriculum: The Peace and Conflict Studies Concentration

Peace and Conflict Studies debuted as a concentration last semester after years of work from Oberlin students, faculty, and community members, who joined forces to change the Oberlin College curriculum. Discussed in various contexts since 1840, peace studies has always drifted around the curriculum of the College.  In 2004, the successful push

A Tale of Two Cities: Kabul in 1963 and 2010

While the city of Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan has changed regimes six times in the second half of the 20th century, past and present Oberlin students have not stopped visiting and making their mark.

Oberlin alumnus and Kendal resident Bob McCluskey spoke in the Kendal Auditorium Feb. 18 about his Peace Corps term in Kabul between 1960

Stevie Wonder and Bill Cosby To Open Litoff

The Litoff Building's Grand Opening on April 30th and May 1st will include Stevie Wonder and Bill Cosby.

The Grand Opening will include concerts, jazz films at the Apollo, and workshops.  Stevie Wonder, Bill Cosby, and Camille Cosby will also be given honorary degrees at 4:00 p.m. on April 30th in Tappan Square.

Bill Cosby will

From Terrorism and Beyond: Bridging the Israel/Palestine Divide

By Rachel Bouer

Thursday evening, Hallock Auditorium was full of different sides of the same story. Exemplifying this were the speakers, Kobi Skolnick and Aziz Abu-Sarah of Israel and Palestine, respectively. They shared their different stories, mutual hopes, and future plans with students, faculty, and staff, some of whom are part of