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On Oct. 5, the Oberlin City Council unanimously passed Ordinance No. 26-65 AC CMS on its third reading, immediately eradicating the Public Works Department and Planning and Development Department, and establishing the Building and Zoning Department, Parks and Recreation Department, and Utilities Department. At the City Council meeting, members of the Oberlin
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On Oct. 3, 2026, 17 conservatory students in their last year at Oberlin competed in the annual Senior Concerto Competition. Held in Finney Chapel, the competition prize is a solo performance with the Oberlin Orchestra in the spring semester. After six hours of performances and deliberations, four winners were announced: Conservatory fourth-year Hawk Chen wit
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Part 1: Tranquility in the Sun In the lively expanse of Wilder Bowl, we observe our student sprawled across the grass. Surrounded by a group of six of his peers, our student giggles at this and that. He is in bliss, basking in the sun. What was once a beaming fury pounding down on his...
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On Oct. 7, 2026, President Carmen Twillie Ambar released a formal statement to the student body regarding the events surrounding the ongoing Cornell University sexual assault case. In the statement, she declared the College’s intent to review all protections and policies associated with Title IX, the statute under which sexual harm cases on college campuses.
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Last Friday night, Oct. 2, Oberlin students packed into The ’Sco for an evening of drag performance and queer representation. The show was hosted as a partnership between Oberlin’s Office of Gender, Sexuality, & Attraction Initiatives and LGBTQ+ Lorain County, a nonprofit organization that facilitates queer support and engagement through community partnershi
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Charlotte Beers Plank, OC ’11, studied Organ Performance and German at Oberlin, where she also participated in any singing opportunity she could. After graduation, she pursued a master’s degree in Library Science and continued her involvement in organ performance as a church musician. This June, her family moved back to Oberlin, where she has served...
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This Wednesday, in his official capacity as Mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani released a statement for the third anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks. The statement’s tone was measured and mournful. Mamdani described Hamas’ attacks as “horrific war crimes.” He made specific mention of the more than 1,100 Israelis killed and the 251...
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Mercedes Dorame is a visual artist focused on Native experiences in conversation with natural and celestial elements. She currently has several pieces on display in “The land is a being who remembers everything,” a new exhibit in the Stern and Ellen Johnson Galleries at the Allen Memorial Art Museum. This is Dorame’s first major project...
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Though it is currently closed for repairs, this fall will mark 40 years since the construction of the Clark Bandstand, designed by Julian Smith, OC ’69. It was named after Arthur Henry “Kenny” Clark, OC ’48 — a local businessman who donated land that the College then sold to raise funds for the bandstand’s construction....
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