Gigi Ewing, News Editor
November 20, 2020
Concerned members of the Oberlin Student Cooperative Association have organized a group called “No OSCA? No Oberlin” to advocate in support of the nonprofit. Due to safety concerns around COVID-19, OSCA has not been operating cooperative living or dining spaces during the fall semester. NONO members...
Ella Moxley, Gigi Ewing, and Walter Thomas-Patterson
November 20, 2020
In response to rapidly rising COVID-19 cases in Lorain County, Oberlin City Schools have extended remote learning until Jan. 19, after which they will shift to a hybrid model. This change extends a taxing period of online learning for students, families, and teachers who are facing both academic and...
Alexa Stevens, Production Editor
November 20, 2020
Some Resident Assistants are pushing for hazard pay to compensate for an increased risk of viral exposure as they help enforce COVID-19 safety guidelines. However, according to Vice President and Dean of Students Meredith Raimondo, the U.S. Department of Labor’s definition of hazard pay does not apply...
Anisa Curry Vietze, Editor-in-Chief
November 20, 2020
Even in a typical year, many businesses in Oberlin financially plan around College breaks and summer vacation — slower moments when students aren’t around to pick up a desk lamp at Ben Franklin or a latte with oat milk at Slow Train Cafe. This year, in which students were unexpectedly sent home in...
Drew Dansby, Production Editor
November 20, 2020
Recently, Lorain County has seen a surge in COVID-19 cases; however the county’s two prisons have been hotspots for the virus for months. Due to their overcrowding, overworked staff, and insulated environments, Grafton and Lorain Correctional Institutions are seeing high COVID-19 positivity rates....
Nico Vickers, This Week Editor
Casey Troost, Staff Writer
November 20, 2020
What do 17th century France, 1980s Hollywood, and 2020 pandemic-stricken Oberlin College have in common? Listeners can hear them all this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday by tuning in to Oberlin’s mainstage audio production, Neil Bartlett’s 1989 adaptation of Molière’s The Misanthrope. Associate Professor of Theater, Costume Designer, and Director...
Olive Hwang, Production Editor
November 20, 2020
Three nights a week the booms of Japanese drums shake the halls of First United Methodist Church, as eight members of Oberlin College Taiko perform in remarkable synchronicity. Striking their drums with determination and confidence, they build up a rhythm sure to invigorate any audience, virtual or live. In North America, taiko refers to the...
Daniel Fleischer
November 18, 2020
Every Saturday, the sounds of West Afrikan drumming and dancing feet reverberate from St. Paul’s Community Church in Cleveland. Organized by the Djapo Cultural Arts Institute, the classes hosted here bring together people of all ages and backgrounds through traditional Afrikan Diasporic dance and music. In addition to leading these community classes,...
L. Joshua Jackson, Arts and Culture Editor
November 13, 2020
This year, the Oberlin Afrikan-American Genealogy & History Group celebrates 20 years of community-based research and self-discovery. In the past two decades, OAAGHG has helped students and community members alike to find immense purpose through their work with genealogy. College third-year Jordann Sadler has been dedicated to her research...
L. Joshua Jackson, Arts and Culture Editor
November 11, 2020
Galvanized by a summer marked by nationwide protests and conversations about racism, many in Oberlin have sought to create more inclusive spaces for Black students across the campus community. Talise Campbell, visiting assistant professor of Africana Studies and Dance, has made a life out of creating art as a means of social justice work. This semester,...
Virtual Parents Week Showcases a Socially Distant Oberlin
November 6, 2020
Anna Farber, Arts and Culture Editor
November 13, 2020
Last spring, he shepherded over 100 students who were studying abroad home from their host countries. Now, with the suspension of Oberlin’s Study Away program this semester, Director of International...
Walter Thomas-Patterson
October 21, 2020
The pandemic has been a particularly challenging time for practicing musicians. Professor of Piano Peter Takács is an expert on Beethoven and has performed and recorded his complete 32 Piano Sonatas....
Kate Fishman, Managing Editor
September 18, 2020
Editors note: This interview contains discussion of rape and sexual violence Alumna Anne Reeder Heck’s book, A Fierce Belief in Miracles: My Journey of Healing, is being released this month. Heck,...
Casey Troost, Staff Writer
November 13, 2020 • No Comments
Alum and previous Student Vice President Machmud Makhmudov, OC ’16, delivered a talk this Friday titled “Policy in Presidential Races,” where he shared lessons from his experience as a policy analyst...
Anisa Curry Vietze, Editor-in-Chief
October 28, 2020 • No Comments
As Health Commissioner for Lorain County Public Health, Dave Covell works closely with Ohio’s Department of Health and Governor Mike DeWine to control and mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic...
Ella Pike and Ella Moxley
October 9, 2020 • No Comments
Jessica Horn is the Women's Rights Advisor and Director of Programs for African Women's Development Fund and serves on the board of the Fund for Global Human Rights. Horn has spent over 20 years working...
Zoe Kuzbari, Senior Staff Writer
November 6, 2020
Meg Parker, OC ’19, and Julie Schreiber, OC ’19, are no strangers to organizing events. During their time at Oberlin, they both worked as Program Board officers and student managers at the ’Sco in...
Zoe Kuzbari, Senior Staff Writer
October 30, 2020
The soccer field is College third-year Nic Jandeleit’s second home. Jandeleit grew up playing soccer in Menlo Park, CA, and has since established himself as a dominant force on the College varsity men’s...
Zoe Kuzbari, Senior Staff Writer
October 23, 2020
Ana Richardson, OC ’18, graduated as a two-time All-American and four-time National Collegiate Athletic Association national qualifier thrower on the women’s track and field team. During her time at...
Khalid McCalla, Sports Editor
November 20, 2020
The Oberlin College Athletic Department, the Heisman Club, and the Presidential Initiative on Racial Equity and Diversity hosted “The Fist is Still Raised: A Conversation with Dr. Tommie Smith.” Tommie Smith, gold medalist in the 200 meter dash at the 1968 Olympics, is famous for the human rights demonstration that he and his teammate, John Carlos, performed...
Zoe Kuzbari, Senior Staff Writer
November 20, 2020
Last week, Head Volleyball Coach Erica Rau, added another notable title to her list of accomplishments: she was elected as Division III Women’s Director for the American Volleyball Coaches Association. Rau already oversees the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and works as an assistant athletics director, the senior woman administrator, and the deputy Title...
Zoe Kuzbari, Senior Staff Writer
November 13, 2020
This past Halloweekend, the Oberlin College Men’s and Women’s Swim and Dive teams competed in their very first virtual meet. Competing against teams from Hiram College, Wittenberg University, and the Pennsylvania State Behrend, the Yeowomen earned three team victories and the Yeomen won two. Each college competed against the clock in their own respective...
Katherine MacPhail, Editor-in-Chief
November 11, 2020
A day marked by harrowing tests of strength: a few friendly games of badminton, a cutthroat round of cornhole, and a 125-pound tire — welcome to the first-ever Presidential Tire Flip Challenge. Last Saturday, students had the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to square up against our very own President Carmen Twillie Ambar. For student-athletes, long deprived...
Emilie Jones
November 11, 2020
The College’s OC Votes initiative collaborated with the Athletics Department to focus on community wellness this election season. After she saw the toll that the election season had taken on students, Head Women’s Lacrosse Coach Kim Russell started “Revive in 5,” a program emphasizing five minute relaxation and de-stressing methods. “I’ve seen …...