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 … anxiety and depression in college and high school-aged students rise dramatically in the last 10 years,” Russell said. “The world we’re living in, you can call it a ‘VUCA’ world — volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous. We...

Zoë Martin del Campo, Sports Editor

October 21, 2020

This past week, the North Coast Athletic Conference canceled the Winter Sports Championship, suspending conference-sponsored competition for the winter season. For Oberlin, this affects the basketball, swimming and diving, and track and field teams. While the news did not come as a surprise to most athletes after the cancelation of the fall season, it is still a great disappointment.  “I was upset that the season got canceled because I felt like I could have had one more great season before graduating,” said College fourth-year Farzad Sarkari, who plays on the swim and dive and track and...

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 IX coordinator for athletics. “I hadn’t planned to run, but someone I really respect and admire asked me to,” Rau said.  Rau has been pleasantly surprised by the outpouring of respect and support from her colleagues, both during...

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 pools, with the times from each race being compared asynchronously. The North Coast Athletic Conference decided this summer that in-person competitions would pose a health risk, so all of the schools in the conference opted to compete in virtual...

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 addition to playing on the varsity field hockey team. Parker was also a member of Student Senate and the Student Finance Committee during her time at Oberlin. Post-graduation, both have worked tirelessly on Sara Gideon’s campaign for U.S. Senate in Maine. From pulling all-nighters to working early mornings at the polls, both are driven by their love of politics and their belief in changing the...

Zoë Martin del Campo, Sports Editor

October 30, 2020

There are certain names in sports that everyone knows because of an athlete’s impact on not only their sport, but on the culture and spirit of the sporting community. Serena Williams, LeBron James, Simone Biles, and others have fundamentally changed how that their sport is played and perceived. Oberlin has one of these legendary names, too. During her time here, two-time track and field national champion and eight-time All-American Monique Newton, OC ’18, was a force to be reckoned with — and remains a community leader as she works toward earning a Ph.D. in Political Science at Northwestern...

Arman Luczkow, Production Editor

October 2, 2020

While many of Oberlin’s varsity teams began new COVID-safe practices during the first week of classes, club sports have struggled to create new routines. Oberlin is now five weeks into classes, but many club sports have yet to begin practicing as a result of pandemic-related challenges. Club sports requiring person-to-person contact, as well as those that practice off-campus, have been cancelled. “There are some club sports whose activities were deemed to be too high risk to operate in our current campus predicament,” Assistant Men’s Soccer Coach David Wilson wrote in an email to the...