tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82879715218930153832024-03-13T22:52:44.316-04:00Oberlin College SoftballAll about Oberlin Softball and Oberlin CollegeCoach Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14852639580528450168noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287971521893015383.post-7928353433933300872012-02-07T14:53:00.003-05:002012-02-07T15:05:01.822-05:00Jenny Goldsmith's Winter Term Project<style>@font-face { font-family: "MS 明朝"; }@font-face { font-family: "MS 明朝"; }@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; }.MsoChpDefault { font-family: Cambria; }div.WordSection1 { page: WordSection1; }</style> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"> <span style=""> </span>For my winter term project I completed five acrylic paintings and focused on teaching myself to paint without a brush.<span style=""> </span>The tools I used to create my paintings ranged from my own hands to a tennis racket to Crayola crayons.<span style=""> </span>My tools came from drawers and boxes in my house and from sales racks at Goodwill.<span style=""> </span>I practiced different techniques with all my objects on acrylic paper and used 6x6x1.5in stretched canvases for my final paintings.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 200%;">While painting, I tried to stay aware of how I thought of different ways to use the objects and how I learned to get the techniques I wanted.<span style=""> </span>Some of my ideas came from past experience.<span style=""> </span>In high school I took a painting class where we learned to use crayons with watercolors for a wax resist technique.<span style=""> </span>It took some trial and error though before I finally had the right mixture of paint and water so it was watery enough for the wax to repel but still rich enough in color when it hit the blank areas of canvas.<span style=""> </span>It seems I was using trial and error to learn more than anything else but I did learn a couple things by accident.<span style=""> </span>When I started playing around with the tennis racket, I kept trying to put paint onto the strings and then press them onto the paper to create a grid-like pattern, but the paint would dry to quickly and it wouldn’t spread evenly on the strings.<span style=""> </span>When I set the racket down to wipe off the paint, I ended up smearing the paint across the tennis racket and leaving little squares on my paper.<span style=""> </span>In my painting of the pink and purple flower I modified my discovered technique and set the racket on the canvas then sponge painted over the strings to leave textured squares when the racket was lifted off of the canvas.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 200%;">My favorite painting of the five is “Freak Out” because I based the painting on a photo that I took at the county fair in my hometown and I felt like a little-kid again while working with the crayons.<span style=""> </span>I plan to continue using the techniques I discovered during this project in my future artworks and will also keep exploring new ways of putting paint on canvas.<span style=""> </span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287971521893015383.post-17918632656181256882012-02-01T10:55:00.001-05:002012-02-01T11:19:35.491-05:00Kristine Kuchta's Winter Term Project<p class="MsoNormal">For my Winter Term project, I taught myself how to use 3 statistical packages that are free on the internet.<span> </span>The first was R Commander, a powerful addition to the popular package R.<span> </span>This was my favorite overall, because I was able to easily create boxplots, histograms, and scatterplots of data. Gretl and PSPP are very easy to use, but have less visual outputs.<span> </span>I would suggest PSPP for beginners.<span> </span>To wrap up my month of study, I collected data on the price of single family homes in the Oberlin area.<span> </span>I used a linear regression model to find that one can predict the price of a home in Oberlin from the number of bathrooms and the size of the estate.<span> </span>I really enjoyed my Winter Term because I was able to do something I was interested in!</p> <p class="MsoNormal">~Kristine #6</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287971521893015383.post-20073092762655166722011-04-26T12:16:00.000-04:002011-04-26T12:16:32.304-04:00Hello Clarice<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--udX31G7bDc/Tbbv1u3HTGI/AAAAAAAAAVc/w4OKjBvPDvU/s1600/resize_image.png.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--udX31G7bDc/Tbbv1u3HTGI/AAAAAAAAAVc/w4OKjBvPDvU/s200/resize_image.png.jpeg" width="160" /></a></div>Academy award winning director Jonathan Demme (<i>Silence of the Lambs</i>, <i>Philadelphia</i>, and more recently, <i>Rachel Getting Married</i>) was <a href="http://www.cleveland.com/moviebuff/index.ssf/2011/04/director_jonathan_demme_inspir.html">on campus Monday</a> for the world premiere of his new documentary <i>I'm Carolyn Parker. </i><a href="http://www.pbs.org/wnet/tavissmiley/archive/200705/20070530_parker.html">Carolyn Parker</a> is a community activist in New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward. Demme's daughter graduated from Oberlin last spring; he is also a member of Oberlin's <a href="http://new.oberlin.edu/apollo/friends.dot">Friends of the Apollo</a>.<br />
<i></i>Coach Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14852639580528450168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287971521893015383.post-21056628908725048772011-04-15T12:07:00.000-04:002011-04-15T12:07:38.621-04:00What's A Yeoman?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="goog_805127446"></span><span id="goog_805127447"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1YjuO9rmzeE/TahtN_k0SuI/AAAAAAAAAVY/CRlBKg_eMS0/s1600/Yeowomen.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="132" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1YjuO9rmzeE/TahtN_k0SuI/AAAAAAAAAVY/CRlBKg_eMS0/s320/Yeowomen.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />
Check out President Krislov's <a href="https://oncampus.oberlin.edu/source/articles/2011/04/13/what-world-yeoman">account</a> of his trip to London and a brief history on Oberlin's (somewhat confusing) mascot.Coach Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14852639580528450168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287971521893015383.post-56902865041499134092011-03-24T10:07:00.001-04:002011-03-24T10:07:50.731-04:00Athlete of the Week<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-tEJhQ76k5F4/TYtP-QfrRUI/AAAAAAAAAVQ/XbW1zA6lk04/s1600/player_Katie+Baldonieri+med.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-tEJhQ76k5F4/TYtP-QfrRUI/AAAAAAAAAVQ/XbW1zA6lk04/s200/player_Katie+Baldonieri+med.jpg" width="150" /></a></div>Congratulations to Katie Baldonieri who was named Domino's Pizza Athlete of the Week! In six games, Katie is hitting .455 with ten hits, two doubles, and seven RBI. She's also been doing a great job defensively as she's been shuffling around between center and second. Keep up with Katie and the rest of the team as we head off to Florida on Saturday!Coach Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14852639580528450168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287971521893015383.post-44472430116981565462011-03-18T10:26:00.000-04:002011-03-18T10:26:56.123-04:00Best New Artist<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-rGITtcPoqdM/TYNqFEiUHDI/AAAAAAAAAVM/_ZGO-qpU53w/s1600/esperanza.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="113" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-rGITtcPoqdM/TYNqFEiUHDI/AAAAAAAAAVM/_ZGO-qpU53w/s200/esperanza.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Grammy winner Esperanza Spalding, the first jazz artist to win Best New Artist, performed at Oberlin College last week. Although we had practice at the time and were unable to attend the show, we only heard <a href="http://www.cleveland.com/popmusic/index.ssf/2011/03/grammy_winner_esperanza_spaldi_1.html">great things</a> about her <a href="https://oncampus.oberlin.edu/source/articles/2011/03/14/esperanza-spalding-performs-oberlin">sold-out performance</a> here at Finney Chapel. (Finney Chapel, by the way, can hold nearly 2000 people!) As is customary when artists or speakers come to campus, she held an informal Q&A with students in the new <a href="http://www.oberlin.edu/kohl/">jazz studies</a> building earlier in the day. Coach Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14852639580528450168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287971521893015383.post-91113275624353680042011-03-02T10:50:00.001-05:002011-03-02T10:51:41.963-05:00Yum<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-9mD2uwMP9d8/TW5mjNJNtSI/AAAAAAAAAVA/W0VSR0xV0sM/s1600/Untitled.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="177" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-9mD2uwMP9d8/TW5mjNJNtSI/AAAAAAAAAVA/W0VSR0xV0sM/s200/Untitled.png" width="200" /></a></div>Once again, Oberlin has been named to a "Top....." List. This time, we've been named #5 on bestcollegesonline.com's list of the "<a href="http://www.bestcollegesonline.com/blog/2011/03/01/20-most-conscientious-college-dining-halls/">Top 20 Most Conscientious College Dining Halls</a>." With 1/3 of our food coming from local sources; our reusable container policy; food made from scratch and prepared to order; our composting of kitchen scraps and donating used cooking oil to area farms; and the opportunity for students to buy, plan, and cook their own meals in through the co-ops, our dining options are amazing! I can say, without a doubt, that our chefs need to market their honey mustard dressing, as it's the best I have ever tasted! As a non-vegetarian, their vegetarian options (tofu burgers, vegetarian chicken patties) are out-of-this-world. And as a well-versed dessert eater, I delightfully sample at least two cookies and a piece of cake every day. Check out all our dining hall <a href="http://www.oberlin.edu/cds/">info</a>.Coach Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14852639580528450168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287971521893015383.post-14768335830066701322011-02-24T16:16:00.000-05:002011-02-24T16:16:57.000-05:00Charles Martin Who?In 1886, Oberlin College student Charles Martin Hall discovered an inexpensive way to produce aluminum. 125 years later, even with technology evolving every day, Hall's life and work are very modern:<br />
- the house Hall used for his work is still owned by the college<br />
- Alcoa (the company he founded) is the world's third largest producer of aluminum<br />
- like Oberlin students today, Hall worked one-on-one with his professor toward his discovery<br />
- his process is still used today<br />
- Hall is the single greatest benefactor to Oberlin College, with gifts including beautiful Tappan Square, Hall Auditorium, and the Allen Memorial Art Museum<br />
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What does Jeopardy have to do with Oberlin? Well, we're one of the few liberal arts colleges in the nation to also possess a supercomputer. While Watson runs on 90 servers, we're not too far behind at 70. Watson can work through intricacies, nuances, and double-meanings of words; our supercomputer can process and research data sets for chemistry, physics, astrophysics (a student recently discovered a new pulsar in the center of the Milky Way) and computational biology.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Read Dean Decatur's </span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/01/24/does-college-make-you-smarter/the-winner-a-liberal-education"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">article</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and learn why a liberal arts education is the best way to start your future. </span>Coach Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14852639580528450168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287971521893015383.post-23168316136783786562011-01-18T10:36:00.002-05:002011-01-18T10:38:06.394-05:00Of A Revolution<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TCt-dVTjw6E/TTWyJjuWN-I/AAAAAAAAAT8/K41DTwXTmDw/s1600/MLKphoto9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="138" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TCt-dVTjw6E/TTWyJjuWN-I/AAAAAAAAAT8/K41DTwXTmDw/s200/MLKphoto9.jpg" width="200" /></a>Yesterday people across the country celebrated Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. There were many remembrances of his work for nonviolent activism and civil rights. Here at Oberlin College, we looked back to the words and meaning of his 1965 commencement address. <br />
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Drawing on the story of Rip Van Winkle, the man who slept for 20 years, King's message was simple: "There is nothing more tragic than to sleep through a revolution." Rip Van Winkle went to sleep under an inn bearing the image of King George III and awoke to see George Washington's face on that same sign: he not only slept for 20 years, he slept through a revolution that changed the course of history.<br />
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The closing words of King's address are as relevant today as they were nearly fifty years ago: "Let us stand up. Let us be a concerned generation. Let us remain awake through a great revolution. And we will speed up that great day when the American Dream will be a reality."Coach Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14852639580528450168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287971521893015383.post-15791885658551274692011-01-10T21:07:00.000-05:002011-01-10T21:07:12.300-05:00Winter TermOberlin's unique Winter Term encourages and enables students to discover the value of self-education and take advantage of unstructured time outside of classes to learn. There is an emphasis on experimentation and creativity, intellectual independence, and personal responsibility. <br />
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And from right here in Oberlin, Felisa Wolfe-Simon, '00, an Astrobiology/Exobiology fellow at NASA has just found that yes, there could be <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/03/science/03arsenic.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1">other forms of life</a> in the universe (or at least in highly undesirable places here on Earth). While at Oberlin, Dr. Wolfe-Simon majored in Biology, Chemistry, AND Oboe Performance. She then went on to Rutgers for her Ph.D. in Oceanography.Coach Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14852639580528450168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287971521893015383.post-37921055879597777082010-11-30T11:32:00.000-05:002010-11-30T11:32:41.623-05:00Refreshing<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"></span><br />
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Turn back the clocks: check.<br />
Honor our veterans: check.<br />
Eat turkey: check<br />
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Support LIVESTRONG and men who grow mustaches: check!<br />
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This month, watch as the men in our athletics department grow mustaches ("mos") to raise awareness and funds for men's health. <br />
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Read an article <a href="http://goyeo.com/news/2010/11/2/GEN_1102101904.aspx?path=gen">here</a>. Donate money <a href="http://us.movember.com/mospace/978646/">here</a>. Watch week one's progress <a href="http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=710842459242">here</a>.Coach Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14852639580528450168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287971521893015383.post-28190190029248636602010-11-02T13:27:00.000-04:002010-11-02T13:27:24.244-04:00Autumn in Oberlin<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TCt-dVTjw6E/TNBJxc13fzI/AAAAAAAAATU/a56HItig_8g/s1600/RS6026_Poster_10.18_Autumn_Colors_and_the_Memorial_Arch-scr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TCt-dVTjw6E/TNBJxc13fzI/AAAAAAAAATU/a56HItig_8g/s320/RS6026_Poster_10.18_Autumn_Colors_and_the_Memorial_Arch-scr.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>The pumpkins have been carved. There's a chill in the air. Students just returned from a much-deserved fall break. The women's cross country team won the conference championship again. And the beautiful reds and oranges of trees around campus are beginning to carpet the sidewalks. Ah. It must be autumn in Oberlin!Coach Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14852639580528450168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287971521893015383.post-59734900024175824472010-10-18T10:41:00.001-04:002010-10-18T10:42:07.898-04:00Slow Train, Good Times<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Oberlin (both the College and the town) were featured in this Saturday's <a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/architecture/2010/10/oberlin_college_graduates_brid.html">Plain Dealer</a> for an article on the new <a href="http://sustainableca.com/">East College Street project</a>, an environmentally friendly apartment and shopping center. Developed by three Oberlin graduates, one of the first tenets in the development is <a href="http://www.slowtraincafe.com/">The Slow Train Cafe</a>, a coffee shop owned by our men's soccer coach, his wife (an Oberlin alum), and one of his former soccer players.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TCt-dVTjw6E/TLxa8kXNxLI/AAAAAAAAATQ/fIRRg8bL8ys/s1600/header.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="90" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TCt-dVTjw6E/TLxa8kXNxLI/AAAAAAAAATQ/fIRRg8bL8ys/s200/header.gif" width="200" /></a></div>As Bob Dylan once said, "On the slow train, time does not interfere." Stop by for good coffee, good times, and good friends!Coach Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14852639580528450168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287971521893015383.post-57846930195874140532010-10-12T10:56:00.001-04:002010-10-12T11:01:22.426-04:00Happy Birthday!What a great week! <a href="http://oberlin.edu/ajlc/">The AJ Lewis Center for Environmental Studies</a> turns 10 today and Megan Widmer clocks in an important year as she will celebrate her 21st birthday on Saturday. While the environmental studies building has been called "the most important green building constructed in the last 30 years," Megan can be considered the best first baseman at Oberlin in the last 30 years.<br />
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