Ananya Gupta, Arts & Culture Editor
March 9, 2018
Black History Month came to a beautiful end with the “Sankofa Remix’d: Reclaiming My Fly” fashion show last Saturday. The show featured Black models, designers, singers, rappers, and dancers from both Oberlin College and The Djapo Cultural Arts Institute in Cleveland. College senior Kiela Nelson, the creative director of the show, attributed her vision for the cultural showcase to her semester abroad in Senegal. “We came up with this title ‘Reclaiming My Fly,’ because sankofa means...
MRC Speaker Series Features “dapperQ” Founder
February 23, 2018
“Lines of Inquiry” Showcases Rembrandt’s Technique, Breadth of Etchings
February 9, 2018
Visiting Faculty Showcase Works in New Baron Gallery Exhibition
October 27, 2017
Text by Ananya Gupta, Arts & Culture Editor
May 4, 2018
KOREO Breaks It Down Once More
April 27, 2018
Skybar Features Clothesline Project
April 20, 2018
Students Shine in Colors of Rhythm
April 13, 2018
Ananya Gupta, Arts & Culture Editor
May 4, 2018
Ben Franklin and MindFair Books hosted a small, intimate poetry reading featuring OSlam poets in their mid-store gazebo Monday. This wasn’t a regular performance with a large crowd and deafening applause, but more personal, as listeners sat beside speakers. The event was evidence of Ben Franklin’s efforts to overcome the alleged college and town divide. The reading, held in this particular space, welcomed students into the town, creating a warm atmosphere through a shared love of poetry. The...
New Pullman Novel Fails to Live Up to Earlier Work
March 30, 2018
“The Tangled Lands” Explores Feminism, Environmental Justice
March 2, 2018
Japanese Literature Sheds Light on Issues of Violence
February 23, 2018
Interview by Ananya Gupta, Arts & Culture Editor
May 11, 2018
Chrysanthemum Tran is a transfeminine Vietnamese-American poet, performer, and educator. She is well-known for her role as a teaching artist for the Providence Poetry Slam...
Interview by Ananya Gupta, Arts & Culture Editor
May 4, 2018
Deborah Kamen is an Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Washington. She is also an adjunct professor in Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies, and the graduate...
Interview by Melissa Harris, Editor-in-Chief
April 27, 2018
Ruby Ibarra is a rapper based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Born in the Philippines, Ibarra immigrated to the United States when she was 4 years old in the 1990s. Growing...