VOICES

Coming Back to Oberlin
Danielle Young, executive director of the Alumni Association, reflects on the sights and sounds of Oberlin that make it a destination for students and alumni alike.

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OF NOTE

Welcome to the New Alumni Center!
We are proud to announce the grand opening of the Dewy Ward '34 Alumni Center, the new home of the Oberlin Alumni Association.

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In My Opinion: The So-Called Ground-Zero Mosque

Writes Greg McGonigle, director of the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life: “The work of building religious pluralism and interfaith relations is not complete, as is clear in the recent media attention to the controversy surrounding the so-called Ground-Zero mosque.” [Read More]

CAMPUS NEWS

Legendary Founder of Oberlin's Jazz Department Remembered
Wendell Logan, founder and chair of Oberlin's jazz studies department and respected composer, performer, and educator, was remembered with a musical tribute on Saturday, October 9 in Finney Chapel. [Read More]

Alumna brings traveling Library of Congress exhibition to Oberlin
The Library of Congress rolled into Oberlin October 11 and 12 with a traveling exhibition of historic treasures. The Gateway to Knowledge, sponsored by Emily Rapoport ’09 and her sister, Abby, has embarked on a tour to bring facsimiles of important collections to America’s heartland. [Read More]

Celebrating 10 Years: The Adam Joseph Lewis Center for Environmental Studies
Alumni, faculty members, staff, and students gathered on October 11 and 12, with some of the preeminent thinkers in the field of ecological design and architecture to celebrate “the most important green building constructed in the last 30 years”: the Adam Joseph Lewis Center for Environmental Studies. [Read More]

Oberlin's Reaction To Alumna's Ordeal 10 Years Later
Ten years ago, Cynthia Stewart ’74, a longtime Oberlin resident, took pictures of her 8-year-old daughter in the family's bathtub. The film was then taken to the local Discount Drug Mart to be processed. What happened next caused prosecutors to take action and many in the Oberlin community to rally in Stewart’s defense, as told in professor Lynn Powell’s book, Framing Innocence. [Read More]

Contest: What's All the Fuss?
Odds are, when you were a student at Oberlin you not only heard the name Fussers but actually used one. [Read More]

Oberlin Observatory Upgrades Telescope
The main telescope housed in the observatory atop Peters Hall will be replaced with a new Meade LX200, equipped with a 14-inch aperture for viewing comets, stars, planets, and other astronomical phenomena. [Read More]

Oberlin Scholarship Program Featured on CNN
The Oberlin College scholarship program, which provides free tuition to qualified Oberlin High School graduates, was featured on the weekend morning edition of CNN Newsroom. Anchor T.J. Holmes spoke with President Marvin Krislov and Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Debra Chermonte along with several students in the program. [Read More]

Athletics Lobby, Main Gym, Weight Room Are Renovated
Hard hats, power tools, and exciting upgrades greeted the Jesse Philips Physical Education Center this past summer. [Read More]

Get Your New Oberlin Athletics Gear
The Oberlin College athletics department, in conjunction with Kohlmyer Sports, has opened a new online store that will allow Obies to purchase the latest gear featuring all of the new Oberlin athletics logos. [Read More]

Faculty and Staff Summer Scrapbook
This summer, visits were made to the Los Alamos National Laboratory, professorships were undertaken, and one particularly brave professor climbed a glacier in Alaska. [Read More]

2010 Oberlin Bike Festival
More than 550 people visited Tappan Square in September for the 2010 Oberlin Bike Festival—48 Oberlin High School students left with new or refurbished bicycles that were given away during the event while festival goers received 330 new bike helmets. Countless others took home bike locks, reflective tape, and bike lights, all for free. [Read More]

Francesca Peterson ’03 and Malisha Richardson ’03: Where are They Now?
When the Oberlin Alumni Magazine met 2003 graduates Francesca Peterson and Malisha Richardson in 2004, the pair had just launched their fair trade business, INTO, prior to spending their senior year laying the groundwork for the organization. Seven years later Around the Square asks, where are they now? [Read More]

Subscribe Now to Oberlin's Artist Recital Series
Time is running out to get the best deal on tickets to some of the best concerts in northeast Ohio. [Read More]

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