Editor’s note: This letter refers only to student teachers in the Secondary Private Lessons program who are paid directly by the College. Dear...
Oberlin Conservatory has a longstanding tradition of premiering new operas over Winter Term. The New Opera Commissioning Program, founded by...
Oberlin will be in the path of totality during the solar eclipse April 8. A variety of OCLIPSE events will be held on campus that day to celebrate...
March marks the seven-year anniversary of ARTEMIS, an all-women jazz supergroup from New York City. Founded on International Women’s Day in...
There is certainly no group out there quite like Imani Winds. The virtuosic quintet finds ways to combine the sounds of the past with futuristic...
This month, the Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion and Preventing and Responding to Sexual Misconduct, in collaboration with the Peer Support Center, the Sexual Information Center, and Survivors of Sexual Harm and Allies, have organized consent workshops to inform students about consent in a...
Oberlin City Council convened Monday for a regular meeting. Council President Eboni Johnson, OC ’97, presided over the meeting. All Councilmembers were present. Council scheduled a special meeting to discuss the Oberlin Enrichment and Activity Center and Police Exercise Equipment. Steering...
Last January, the Center for Information Technology opened the Project Management Office. The office will coordinate large-scale IT projects, handling details such as budgeting, scheduling, and communications. The office’s first project was the updated Services Portal, which launched the week of March...
All In For Oberlin, Oberlin’s yearly fundraising campaign, occurred April 10. Students for a Free Palestine ran a counter-campaign, encouraging potential donors to withhold donations until Oberlin pledges to divest from Israel. Despite the SFP campaign, members of the Office of Advancement reported...
Iran Launches Drone Strike on Israel On April 13, Iran launched a drone attack against Israel. Hundreds of drones sent from Iran to Israel were intercepted by the Israel Defense Forces. The attack comes after the IDF bombed the Iranian consulate in Damascus. World leaders have encouraged Israel not...
The City of Oberlin has been making preparations to meet the anticipated influx of people and large gatherings for the total solar eclipse that will take place Monday, April 8. Oberlin Fire Chief Robert Hanmer estimated that 10–15,000 people would come from out of town to view the eclipse. The...
On March 18, Director of Planning and Development Carrie Porter presented plans to develop the 15-acre Green Acres property owned by the City. The plan proposes dividing the property into parcels for the development of 17 market rate single-family homes, creating a public park, and leaving an area for...
Hastened thank yous and immediate drops to the stage to change the settings on the looper pedal after each song encapsulated the awkward timidness of singer-songwriter Sidney Gish who performed at The ’Sco Monday evening. I had not previously heard of Gish’s music, but when students waiting in line...
Last weekend marked the end of a two-semester-long workshop for the original play My Dead Boyfriend is a Robot. This staged reading was written and directed by Visiting Assistant Professor of Theater and Africana Studies Preston Crowder, OC ’16. Crowder began working on the show as a semifinalist for...
The best way to describe Caroline Rose in concert is that they are a spitfire. They came on to the stage in a blaze of red and pushed through to play a jaw-dropping, heart-stopping show despite technical difficulties during the first moments. Let’s rewind. Before the concert, I was familiar enough...
This week, Afrikan Heritage House hosted Africana Wellness Week to raise awareness about the importance of rest and self-care among Black communities. As an active participant in the Black community at Oberlin, I have always found Africana Wellness Week to celebrate the traditions and practices of Black...
To elevate the existing exhibit The Body, The Host: HIV/AIDS and Christianity in the Ellen Johnson Gallery at the Allen Memorial Art Museum, students from the Conservatory and the Theater department separately put on pieces that brought out its multi-faceted nature in “A Day of Connection: Art, Music,...
On April 3, LatinXcellence, a panel made up of four Latinx Oberlin professors, spoke at the Cat in the Cream. They discussed the importance of the visibility of Latinx and Hispanic people at Oberlin College and in higher education. The four panelists included professors from multiple fields: Visiting...
On March 29, Beyoncé released her eighth studio album, Cowboy Carter, the second installment of what is set to become a trilogy. Beyoncé rides into her album cover on a white horse, her long white hair flying behind her. She wears head-to-toe American garb, from her unadorned cowboy hat to her red,...
The Crane Wives, a band formed. in Michigan in 2010, has been an indispensable part of my development. I started listening to the band in 2018 after I stumbled across their album The Fool in Her Wedding Gown. I instantly loved the band. My music taste at the time consisted mainly of musical theater and...
Dr. Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, associate professor and director of the MFA Creative Writing program at the University of Maryland, visited Dye Lecture Hall April 3 to read some of their recent and selected works. Bertram’s expertise and talent is widely recognized, as they previously held positions at...
College second-year Tanisha Shende is majoring in Computer Science and Mathematics with a minor in Sociology. She was named National Student Employee of the Year and Student Employee of the Year for Diversity and Inclusion by the National Student Employment Association. Shende is a Research Ambassador...
David Lengyel is the Observatory and Taylor Planetarium Coordinator for Oberlin College. As Oberlin prepares for the total solar eclipse on April 8, Lengyel has been meeting with an eclipse committee, helping organize the main event, and giving presentations around Lorain County. This interview has...
Jan Weintraub Cobb, OC ’71, is currently the President of the Alumni Leadership Council. Established in 2014, the ALC oversees the Oberlin Alumni Association and helps with any events or actions of the association. Cobb, as president, works on the Council with current students and alumni during the...
Every April, the Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion collaborates with the Peer Support Center and Survivors of Sexual Harm and Allies to offer resources and education aimed at promoting consent and preventing sexual harm. Consent Month consists of a series of workshops and lectures, covering...
Mike Telin, OC ’87, and Daniel Hathaway are visiting teachers of Music Journalism who have been reporting on the classical music scene in northeast Ohio since 2008. Their website, Cleveland Classical, has become one of the most respected digital publications in the region. They began teaching in 2011...
Could you share a bit about your background as a singer and a voice coach? I’m a graduate of the [Oberlin] Conservatory, 2003, just over 20 years ago, which is crazy. I grew up in a small town in Michigan, and at a young age I happened across a teacher who introduced me to classical singing. I studied...
Tali Hinkis is a member of the artist duo LoVid. On Wednesday, she came to the Clarence Ward Art Library to give an Artist Talk on her unconventional practice. This article has been edited for length and clarity. Sound and engaging with one’s sense of hearing is a major component in many of your...
Ruth Ozeki is a novelist, documentary filmmaker, teacher, and Zen Buddhist priest. She will be visiting campus Tuesday, March 19 to give a talk on Zen and the Art of Realizing Fiction in Dye Lecture Hall from 6–8 p.m. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. JR: How does being a...
College fourth-year Sofia Tomasic and College first-year Bella Schmitt are members of this year’s Drag Ball committee. Alongside other committee members, they have been working to plan the event and provide a new vision in hopes of making the event more exciting and invigorating for students. The 2024...
Lauren Mills is a third-year midfielder on the women’s lacrosse team. A double major in Neuroscience and Biology on the pre-medical track, she is constantly on the run. When Mills isn’t on the field, she can be seen working at the gym desks or preparing samples for other Biology class labs in the...
For student-athletes, finding a space that can support both their academic and athletic goals is hard enough. But the student-athlete experience is at its best when they are supported equally. College fourth-year and Bloomington, Indiana native Abby Cannon found that in Oberlin, a school that could support...
For graduating seniors who play sports in high school, a major factor in their college decision can center around sports. Whether someone is looking to play a varsity sport in college or keep their passion for their sport alive with club or intramural sports, having their sport offered can be the difference...
On Wednesday, Oberlin hosted All In for Oberlin, the College’s annual donation day. On the athletics side of the event, 435 donors contributed to different programs, in total donating $190,470 toward Oberlin varsity athletics programs. The swimming and diving team received the most money, $75,000,...
On Sunday, the undefeated South Carolina Gamecocks beat the Iowa Hawkeyes 87–75 in a rematch from the 2023 Final Four. The tournament took place at Rocket Mortgage Field House and was the first time since 2007 that the Final Four was hosted in Cleveland. With the top offensive teams competing...
MLB Star Shohei Ohtani Robbed of Millions In December 2017, Shohei Ohtani signed a six-year $155 million contract with the LA Angels. He has since proven his worth, earning the 2018 Rookie of The Year award and becoming a two-time American League MVP. Once his time was up with the Angels in 2023,...
With just about three months to go until the start of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, concerns over athlete safety are reaching a fever pitch. Olympic and French officials are faced with a challenging question: should Olympians be forced to swim in the Seine River, which has been off-limits for over...
On Sunday, the undefeated South Carolina Gamecocks beat the Iowa Hawkeyes 87–75, in a rematch from the 2023 Final Four. The tournament took place at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, and was the first time since 2007 that the Final Four was hosted in Cleveland. With the top offensive teams competing...
MLB Seoul Series During the week of March 17, Major League Baseball brought their game to the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea for the first leg of the MLB 2024 World Tour. This year, the tour will span three continents, stopping in South Korea, the U.K., Mexico, and the Dominican Republic....
When Jared McCain donned his Duke jersey and stepped on court this season, he was focused on just one thing — leading the Blue Devils to victory. Although Duke lost in the Elite Eight to NC State, McCain was a bright spot throughout the season. As a freshman, he led his team in scoring in three of...
While many students were on break, spring sports teams had to stay back and continue their season, including the tennis, baseball, softball, track and field, and lacrosse teams. While some teams were in Oberlin for most of the break, other teams took road trips elsewhere to compete in tournaments. Women’s...
America has its own sport that is the same only in name, but to the rest of the world, football is elegant, precise, and most importantly, actually played using one’s foot. Played and celebrated across multiple countries and continents, billions have dedicated themselves and their viewership to teams,...
USWNT Wins Concacaf World Cup This Sunday, over 30,000 people gathered in San Diego to witness the finale to the Concacaf W Gold Cup, which had caused controversy last week after forcing the Canadian and U.S. teams to play in less-than-suitable conditions. Team captain Lindsey Horan and the USWNT...