Alumni Athletes Thrive in Post-Oberlin Pursuits
Julie Schreiber, Senior Staff Writer
February 8, 2019
Filed under SPORTS, Sports Column
To some Oberlin students, it can seem like those who dwell on the north side of campus and those on the south side of campus attend completely different colleges. In the past few years, there have been several initiatives to help bridge these communities — notably the “Hate Sports? We Want To ...
From the Perspective of Non-binary Athletes
Abby Bellows and Leah Ross
December 7, 2018
Filed under SPORTS, Sports Column
Finding Solace Abby Bellows I used to look at my reflection in windows when I ran by, focusing on my stride — how my legs moved past one another, how my feet landed — but I could never bring myself to look up at the rest of my body, knowing I couldn’t look at my chest without sen...
Alumni Named for Next Generation Heisman Board
Ify Ezimora, Sports Editor
December 7, 2018
Filed under SPORTS, Sports Editorials & Features
The John W. Heisman Club’s recently-announced Next Generation Board sets the foundation for a commitment to engaging with and prioritizing the voices of current students and recent grads in athletics. The board, in its creation, consists of recent Oberlin College graduates: 2018 grads Moni...
Reflections of a Former Student-Athlete Rower
Christian Ikeokwu
December 7, 2018
Filed under SPORTS, Sports Column
In high school, I competed as a member of the rowing team. Unfortunately, as Oberlin doesn’t have a rowing team, I’ve retired my unisuit and taken up life as a non-athlete. Through that process, I’ve been surprised by which aspects of being an athlete I miss and which I don’t. The most...
Women’s Basketball Gets New Bling
Alexis Dill, Sports Editor
December 7, 2018
Filed under SPORTS, Sports Editorials & Features
Members of the 2018 North Coast Athletic Conference Championship women’s basketball team were honored with a ring ceremony during intermission of the men’s basketball game Wednesday, which followed the Yeowomen’s first conference victory of the season. They beat the Kenyon College La...
McLean Sammon, College Junior and YeoFit Yoga Instructor
Maranda Phillips, Staff Writer
December 7, 2018
Filed under In the Locker Room, SPORTS
College junior and volleyball player McLean Sammon has her hands full: She’s a Neuroscience and Psychology double-major with a minor in Dance, and she teaches yoga twice a week in the new Patricia ’63 & Merrill ’61 Shanks Health and Wellness Center. Her classes take place Thursdays and Su...
Howard Scandal Exposes Homophobia
Alexis Dill, Sports Editor
November 30, 2018
Filed under SPORTS, Sports Editorials & Features
Two weeks after the 2012–13 NBA regular season wrapped up, Jason Collins — at the time, a free agent — sat in front of his TV and took a deep breath, waiting to see himself all over the news. He couldn’t hold it in any longer, and had already told 20 of his family members and closest ...
Nature’s Company All the Way
Luke Sprecher, Staff Writer
November 30, 2018
Filed under Cross Country, SPORTS, Uncategorized, Varsity Fall, Varsity Sports
On a midseason Sunday about two months ago, before Oberlin became covered with a layer of ice beneath an inch of snow, College first-year and cross country runner Avery Coreschi walked briskly to practice. Few trees were bare, some were still green, and others had turned a burnt red or a dar...
In The Locker Room with Malaika Djungu-Sungu and Jada Kennerly, Women’s Track and Field First-Years
Ify Ezimora, Sports Editor
November 30, 2018
Filed under In the Locker Room, SPORTS
Malaika Djungu-Sungu and Jada Kennerly met for the first time as roommates during orientation week this fall. Both first-years, Djungu-Sungu is 17.5 hours away from her home in Arlington, TX, while Kennerly hails from Mt. Vernon, Ohio — a small town similar to Oberlin about an hour and a ha...
VAs Host Dodgeball Throwdown
Alexis Dill, Sports Editor
November 30, 2018
Filed under SPORTS, Sports Editorials & Features
College seniors Ify Ezimora and Hannah Rasmussen and College junior Nae McClain — all Village Assistants — hosted the second annual dodgeball tournament for their residents Saturday. McClain organized the tournament last year after receiving input from her Barrows Hall residents that the...
Hooliganism Spoils Soccer Match in Argentina
Julie Schreiber, Senior Staff Writer
November 30, 2018
Filed under SPORTS, Sports Column
Following weeks of hype and buildup, the highly-anticipated soccer game that was supposed to take place in Argentina Saturday, Nov. 24, was canceled after hooliganism took the stage. The two teams are the River Plate and Boca Juniors, and together they make up quite possibly the most divisive...
Student-Athletes Shine at Sharing Stages
Alexis Dill, Sports Editor
November 16, 2018
Filed under SPORTS, Sports Editorials & Features
Saturday night in the William and Helen Birenbaum Innovation and Performance Space, I realized what I love most about Oberlin: its tendency to foster creativity and collaboration, and the way people can express their diverse backgrounds, interests, and talents. I am regularly in awe of and in...
Clair Wang, Staff Cartoonist