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The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

A small audience gathers to hear a student play guitar as part of a weekly open mic in Burton Hall basement. Conservatory first-year Garrick Olsen hosts the informal concert series every Thursday.

Students Give Informal Underground Concerts

Brianna Di Monda November 7, 2014

Burton Hall doesn’t possess a traditional performance space, but this hasn’t stopped Conservatory firstyear Garrick Olsen from organizing concerts in the basement of Burton every Thursday evening....

Oberlin’s new bakery, the Blue Rooster Bakehouse, will open its doors to customers on Saturday, Nov. 15. Owners Wendy and Leo Boes said they are excited to give students and community members a spot to hang out.

New Bakery Comes to Main Street

Melissa Harris, Editor-in-Chief November 7, 2014

The Blue Rooster Bakehouse, which is taking the place of B. McK’s Public House in downtown Oberlin, will open Nov. 15, stocked with cakes, pies, pastries, bagels and other baked goods. Wendy...

Eccentric poet Mira Gonzalez entrances audience members with a reading. A collective of poets gave a reading as part of its Marry, Fuck, Kill (Cuddle) tour Tuesday night at the Cat in the Cream.

Alt Lit Poets Contrast Deadpan Delivery with Raw Content

Liam McLean, Staff Writer October 31, 2014

“My desire to meticulously catalog all of my relationships in writing is more important to me than the relationship itself,” said Mira Gonzalez, reading from her essay “Why You Don’t Want to Date...

First-year Caitlin McCuskey rears back to kick the ball. The Yeowomen play their final regular season game this Saturday at 1 p.m.

Win Streak Comes to End For Women’s Soccer

Sarena Malsin, Staff Writer October 31, 2014

The women’s soccer team saw its nine-game winning streak come to an end over fall break as it plunged into the thick of North Coast Athletic Conference play, ultimately losing three of four games. The...

Hybrid arts ensemble The Fourth Wall makes its Oberlin debut last Tuesday with a lively audience-driven workshop and performance. The group performed a blend of musical styles with elements of dance and theater.

Music, Dance, Theater Intersect in Arts Workshop

Tristan Cimini October 31, 2014

The Fourth Wall, a performing trio which integrates music, theater, dance and other artistic disciplines, discussed its unique creative process in a workshop on Oct. 28 in Bibbins Hall. The group’s members,...

Community members shovel dirt at the groundbreaking ceremony for a new sustainable house. Zion Commu- nity Development worked with Oberlin Community Services, Providing Oberlin with Efficiency Responsibly and the Oberlin Project to plan this sustainable single-family home on the south side of Oberlin.

Community Members Break Ground on New Sustainable House

Louisa Liles October 31, 2014

Construction began this week on a completely sustainable single-family home on the south side of Oberlin. The Oberlin based company Zion Community Development Corporation is building the house at 121 Smith...

Students protest Jeffrey Sachs at Wednesday’s convocation. Protesters entered Finney Chapel during Sachs’s talk to speak out against his actions and the College’s decision to fund a speaker the protesters called a “neoliberalist capitalist.”

Students Protest Economist’s Actions, Not Views

Madeline Stocker, News Editor October 31, 2014

Those who expected developmentalism to be the only policy deconstructed at Jeffrey Sachs’s convocation Wednesday night were in for a surprise. Sachs, an American economist and former economic advisor...

College first-year Brandi Metzger, an Oberlin Community Services social justice intern, and volunteer Alexandria Zimmerman handle produce for the OCS farmers market. This coming week, members of OCS are hosting the first-ever “Restaurant Week,” where local restaurants will donate a portion of their profits to support OCS’s efforts to fight food insecurity in Ohio.

Local Restaurants Host OCS Fundraiser

Molly Brand October 10, 2014

Oberlin Community Services will be partnering with WOBC next week to host Oberlin’s first-ever Restaurant Week. This event will be a fundraiser for OCS to help the organization keep up with increasing...

The Tami Tango Trio — Leandro Marquesano (left), Eduardo Tami and Emiliano Ferrer — per- forms Astor Piazzolla’s “Oblivion” while the Argentine duo Claudia Marciano and Facundo Barrionuevo dance onstage. The trio presented a concert of traditional tango music at the Cat in the Cream Sunday Night.

Argentine Trio Performs Cohesive, Expressive Set

Chen Liang October 10, 2014

The Tami Tango Trio shattered expectations the moment it walked off the stage at the Cat in the Cream to roam through the audience while performing. This was just one in a series of spectacles that blended...

Feature Photo: Art Spiegelman at Convocation

Feature Photo: Art Spiegelman at Convocation

Jeremy Reynolds, Arts Editor October 10, 2014

Cartoonist Art Spiegelman peers over the shoulder of saxophonist Phillip Johnston during their joint convocation, titled “Wordless!”, in Finney Chapel Wednesday. Despite technical difficulties, the...

Senior Emma Lehmann crosses the finish line at last Friday’s All-Ohio Championships. Lehmann finished first in the race, making her the top female runner in Ohio.

Lehmann Breaks Course Record at All-Ohio

Bri Di Monda October 10, 2014

The men’s and women’s cross country teams competed in the All-Ohio Collegiate Championship on Friday, Oct. 3 in Cedarville, Ohio, where the teams finished in first and second place in Division III...

The Clarence Ward Art Library houses a display from the much larger collection of mail art archived at Oberlin. The full compilation was cataloged this summer and is available for public
perusal.

Art Library Displays Selections from Vast Mail Art Collection

Tristan Cimini October 3, 2014

At the center of the Clarence Ward Art Library, there is a small display case that houses 10 highly detailed postcards embellished with text and imagery — an eclectic sample of Oberlin’s vast collection...

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