Sydney Collinger, Senior Staff Writer, Layout Editor
Sydney Collinger, Senior Staff Writer, Layout Editor
Dlisah Lapidus, Arts & Culture Editor
E.J. LaFave, Production Editor
Lyric Anderson, Senior Staff Writer
Maeve Woltring, Senior Staff Writer
Sadie Howard, Arts & Culture Editor
November 8, 2024
A silent German expressionist film about vampires accompanied by Radiohead’s music — what could possibly be more Oberlin? On Oct. 22, the Apollo Theatre hosted a one-night-only screening of F.W. Murnau’s 1922 film Nosferatu soundtracked by Radiohead’s albums Amnesiac and Kid A. This was part of a silent film project titled Silent Synced, where an Austin, TX arthouse theater owner syncs classical films to alternative rock albums. Nosferatu x Radiohead, or “Nosferadioheadtu,” as the Apollo’s...
Spencer Elkind, Staff Writer
November 1, 2024
As we get closer to the end of the year, much of the film world begins to prepare for awards season. Aside from holiday movies, the film release schedule during the fall is filled with movies primed to win awards rather than run away at the box office. One of these films, Conclave, is directed by Edward Berger, serving as his follow-up to Best Picture nominee All Quiet on the Western Front. The film is based on the 2016 book of the same name by Robert Harris and stars Ralph Fiennes and Stanley Tucci....
Carrie Shevitz, Staff Writer
October 11, 2024
In 1958, while Nicholas Ray was working under famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright, he stated that architecture is the backbone of the arts. This principle would influence the many filmmakers that followed him — Martin Scorsese, Jean-Luc Godard, and Wim Wenders, to name a few — but there may not be a director who understands this better than Francis Ford Coppola, a man who has repeatedly committed financial suicide to perfect the look of his films. Today, the now 85-year-old auteur gives us what...
Spencer Elkind, Staff Writer
October 4, 2024
Despite the notion that animated films are primarily for kids, they exist for everyone. Films such as WALL-E, Toy Story, and Ratatouille tell meaningful, emotional stories that appeal to a wide range of viewers, regardless of age. Today, I’m happy to report that Dreamworks’ new animated film, The Wild Robot, is among them. I would say this masterpiece is the best movie I have seen so far this year. Based on the book series by Peter Brown and directed by Dreamworks veteran Chris Sanders, The...
Aging Actress Sinks Into World of Gory, Hollywood Satire in Excellent Body Horror The Substance
September 27, 2024
Students for a Free Palestine Screens Resilient Smiles by Solo Filmmaker
September 20, 2024
Chloe Boccara, Staff Writer
September 13, 2024
From four new auditioners last semester to 24 this semester, CHOREO Dance Crew has shot up in popularity. The questions arise: How did CHOREO gain popularity so quickly? What lies ahead for this up-and-coming group? Interviews with CHOREO’s three directors — College third-year Annalise Curl, College fourth-year Evelyn Williamson, and College fourth-year Julia Stuart — lend insight into CHOREO’s history, present, and future. CHOREO is a multi-genre dance group that draws considerable inspiration...
Sydney Collinger, Senior Staff Writer, Layout Editor
March 15, 2024
A plethora of exuberant “Yes Aunty!”s reverberated through the crowd at drag queen Dr. LaWhore Vagistan’s show “Lessons in Drag” at the Cat in the Cream Monday. The show included some lecture, some lip syncing, and some audience participation. The show sought to inform people on South Asian and South Asian-American issues through drag, and it successfully did just that. Dr. LaWhore Vagistan is the drag queen persona of Dr. Kareem Khubchandani, associate professor of Theatre, Dance, and...
November 10, 2023
On Friday, Nov. 3, I walked into Warner Main and sat down on the crowded mats in front of the bleachers. I was there to see Fall Forward, the annual performance put on by the Oberlin College Dance department. Before I walked into the show, one of my friends told me that there was a controversy about a half-hour senior dance piece that was part of the program for the night. It was about whether or not a piece that took up three dance slots in the show should have been allowed or whether it should...
Ava Cantlon, Staff Writer
April 7, 2023
For the first time since 2019, students gathered by the hundreds in Hales Gymnasium for the Dandelion Romp, an event put on by the Oberlin Contra Dance Club consisting of live music, dancing, and socializing with both old friends and new acquaintances. Contra dance is a form of American folk dance in which couples dance in line with others, often to fiddle music. The Dandelion Romp was canceled for the past few years due to COVID-19, and the reestablishment of the Romp created quite...
Dlisah Lapidus, Arts & Culture Editor
March 31, 2023
Al Evangelista is an interdisciplinary artist, performer, choreographer, and assistant professor of Dance. His work focuses on social justice, queer and Filipinx identity, and technology. He is currently choreographing a performance for this semester’s Spring Back event, exploring movement in spaces and working with audio about recent legislation restricting freedoms for transgender people. Evangelista recently contributed to the Dance Studies Association’s Chats issue and is on the...
Juju Gaspar, Arts & Culture Editor
October 28, 2022
There are over 17 student-led dance groups at Oberlin, including troupes like VIBE Dance Company, Kinetik Hip Hop Crew, AndWhat?!, Capoeira Angola, and more. That’s not to mention that Fall Forward and Student Showcase: Dance Umbrella are coming up. These groups offer a diverse spectrum of dance styles and many opportunities for those interested in dance to get involved. Yet despite the large number of groups, there are far more students wanting to get involved in dance on campus than already...
J Ince, Contributor
November 8, 2024
On Oct. 17, Tyler, The Creator announced his eighth studio album CHROMAKOPIA. This rollout and record came as a complete surprise to fans, especially after Tyler said at Camp Flog Gnaw in 2023, “Y’all want some new music huh? Awe … and I wanted a father, you don’t get everything,” hinting that fans should not expect any new music any time soon. This news disappointed some fans, as it indicated the possibility of straying from his tradition of releasing new music every two years. However,...
November 1, 2024
Fred again.. Releases Fatiguing, Forgettable Album Experience ten days
September 20, 2024
SZA’s Music Is Transformative, Validates Experiences of Black Women, Youth
September 20, 2024
Chloe Ko, Arts & Culture Editor
November 1, 2024
On Tuesday, Nov. 5, the Center for Student Success will present “34 Ways to Engage with a Patient,” a collaboration with Career Exploration and Development and the Allen Memorial Art Museum. This event is part of a series that the CSS is developing based on CliftonStrengths, a list of 34 themes grouped into one of four categories: strategic thinking, relationship building, influencing, and executing. The CliftonStrengths assessment provides a report of an individual’s top five strengths which...
Sadie Howard, Staff Writer
October 11, 2024
When you walk through the alleyway between The Feve and Blue Rooster Bakehouse, it is impossible to miss the new, brightly colored graffiti mural painted on the bakery’s side. This past week, Assistant Professor of Studio Art and Africana Studies Michael Roman’s Studio Art class — Intro Aesthetics of Hip Hop: Graffiti from Boxcar to Basel — finished creating this mural. Made in collaboration with Firelands Association for the Visual Arts and world-renowned graffiti and tattoo artist Dayz...
Chloe Ko, Arts & Culture Editor
October 4, 2024
On Saturday, Oct. 5, Drew Matott, co-director of Peace Paper Project and master papermaker, will lead a demonstration of papermaking in the Mudd Center Contemplation Garden. Students will be able to turn articles of clothing into paper, expressing their creativity and sentiments through art. Matott will provide clothing from Ukrainian refugees and U.S. military uniforms, but students are encouraged to bring their own clothing to transform into meaningful art. In his last semester of studying printmaking...
Sadie Howard and Sydney Collinger
September 27, 2024
What if walls could talk? This is the question that Professor of Studio Art Sarah Schuster’s retrospective exhibition in the Richard D. Baron ’64 Art Gallery — titled “If Walls Could Talk” — aims to answer. “I thought, ever since I came here, I could almost hear the faculty and the students over hundreds of years in the walls,” Schuster said. “A gallery is pretty blank and empty until there’s work on the walls. What you’re really trying to do by bringing people in is to develop...
AMAM Presents Inaugural Video Space Exhibition
September 13, 2024
OCL Presents Phantasmagoria: A Magic Lantern and Horror Theater Show
September 13, 2024
FAVA Exhibit Makes Space for Artists of Color in Northeast Ohio Area
September 6, 2024
Nikki Keating, Editor-in-Chief
November 8, 2024
The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates was a highly anticipated release in my community, both at home and within the Africana Studies department. I first heard about it from professors and fellow Black students, many of whom eagerly awaited its arrival. Coates had already made a profound impact on me when I read his book Between the World and Me during my first year at Oberlin. I was captivated by the way he described race in the United States and found it powerful how the book was framed as being addressed...
Sadie Howard, Arts & Culture Editor
November 1, 2024
What could possibly be scarier than your old writing? That was the question asked by Oberlin’s Carrion Magazine last Monday night when it hosted its first ever reading, “Ghosts From the Past,” in Fairchild Chapel. Attendees were encouraged to bring old poetry, journal entries, fanfiction, and more from when they were younger — the target period being middle school — and read it out to an audience. College third-year Annie Wyner, who co-founded the magazine last semester, served as emcee...
Ode to the hail in the morning, and other things that try too early
November 1, 2024
Award-Winning Paper Says Classics Must Be Viewed Through Queer Perspectives
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The name Brown Bag Co-op evokes the image of a mom-and-pop grocery store, and that is effectively what the co-op, which existed prior to the pandemic, was. Brown Bag, which operates under a principle similar to Costco’s, where purchasing foodstuffs in bulk is cheaper than purchasing individually, is set to reopen next semester. Though operating within the Oberlin Student Cooperative Association, Brown Bag provides a unique alternative to traditional co-ops, because the workload expectation is...
January 7, 2022
Sydney Collinger, Senior Staff Writer, Layout Editor
November 8, 2024
Assistant Professor of East Asian Religions Andrew Macomber presented a talk Oct. 23 at the 2024 Zombie Apocalypse Medicine meeting in Eureka Springs, AR. The title of his...
Chloe Boccara, Staff Writer
November 1, 2024
College fourth-year Arrie Solomon and College third-year Namu Makatiani are co-chairs of Oberlin Minority Association of Premedical Students, Oberlin’s new club for...
Sydney Collinger, Senior Staff Writer, Layout Editor
October 11, 2024
Andria Derstine has spent 18 years at the Allen Memorial Art Museum as both a curator and the John G.W. Cowles director. During this time, she has imparted a lasting influence...
Chloe Boccara, Staff Writer
October 4, 2024
Nathan A. Greenberg Professor of Classics Kirk Ormand specializes in researching sexuality in the ancient world, archaic Greek poetry, Sophocles, Euripides, Lucan, and the...
Chloe Ko, Arts & Culture Editor
September 27, 2024
Executive Director Zachary Thomas co-founded Writers in Residence in 2017, an organization dedicated to empowering youths in juvenile justice systems by teaching creative...
Grace Connell, Staff Writer
September 20, 2024
Margaret Kamitsuka is the Francis W. and Lydia L. Davis Professor Emeritus of Religion at Oberlin College. She taught Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies and Religion...
On the Record with Matthew Wright: Actor, Director, Professor
September 13, 2024