If there is one thing that Oberlin College students are comfortable with, it is nudity. I was shocked my freshman year; I saw more naked people in my first month at Oberlin than I had in my entire life....
The Billy Goats Gruff, the men’s rugby team, finished their short but successful season with a victory over Kenyon College. Despite a season fraught with difficulty maintaining a full squad, the still...
The women’s cross country team established its place as the best team in the state at the Division III All-Ohio Championship Meet last Saturday in Cedarville, Ohio. The Yeowomen all placed in the top...
His message was clear: Never give up on your dreams. Daniel “Rudy” Ruettiger encouraged this point throughout his motivational speech to Oberlin students and faculty Wednesday night in West Lecture...
On Sept. 17, the Yeowomen lost in a closely contested game to Defiance College. Despite the 3–1 loss, Head Coach Kristen Hayden is encouraged by the improvement she has witnessed in the past two games.
“We...
I have never really thought much about being a Jewish student-athlete. In fact, I’ve never really thought much about being Jewish at Oberlin. I will admit, I am far from religious. I have been to Shabbat...
Why did you decide to play rugby at Oberlin?
Jackson Meredith: Well, I played rugby in high school for four years. We had a really good team. I didn’t think I was going to play at Oberlin because...
On sunny Saturday afternoon, hordes of students, faculty, community members and enthusiastic cheerleaders gathered to support the men’s football team in its home opener against the Ohio Wesleyan Bishops.
Driven...
Oberlin varsity athletes, “Student-Athlete Week” is almost upon us!
Truth is, I don’t quite know how to feel about the Week, which comes on the heels of similar NCAA-wide celebrations, like “National...
Last weekend, for the first time in recent history, the women’s tennis team competed in the North Coast Athletic Conference championships. Although it lost 1–5 to the eight-ranked team in the nation,...
The men’s and women’s track and field teams were all over the map last weekend, with athletes competing at three separate meets.
The Yeomen decathletes and Yeowomen heptathletes had particularly...
When I started looking for colleges in high school, I knew I had worked hard enough in the classroom to go to almost anywhere I wanted. Despite this, my focus lingered on those few schools whose softball...
