Slow Train, Good Times

Oberlin (both the College and the town) were featured in this Saturday's Plain Dealer for an article on the new East College Street project, an environmentally friendly apartment and shopping center.  Developed by three Oberlin graduates, one of the first tenets in the development is The Slow Train Cafe, a coffee shop owned by our men's soccer coach, his wife (an Oberlin alum), and one of his former soccer players.

As Bob Dylan once said, "On the slow train, time does not interfere." Stop by for good coffee, good times, and good friends!

Happy Birthday!

What a great week!  The AJ Lewis Center for Environmental Studies 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.

Happy birthday Megan and AJLCES!

Muggles Among Us

So this whole semester I thought Katie Baldonieri was studying abroad in Amsterdam.  It turns out I was wrong...she's been studying at Hogwart's!  I wonder what Kristen Dix has been up to........

A Year In The Life

Ever wonder what it would be like to go to school at Oberlin?  By taking a photo a day, senior cinema studies major Ma'ayan Plaut is able to tell you.  From dorm life, to concerts, to sporting events, to Oberlin weather, behold a year in the life of Oberlin College!

Since it's well past dinnertime for me, I decided to include one of Ma'ayan's pictures of food.  Yum!

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Running Wild

Congratulations to both our men's and women's cross country teams for being ranked nationally!  The men's team (#31) is ranked nationally for the first time and are also ranked fourth in the Great Lakes region.  The women's team (#28) is no stranger to the national ranks, as the team is the two-year defending conference champion and senior Joanna Johnson was Oberlin's first-ever NCAA Cross Country All-American last season.  

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The Resourcerer's Apprentice

Remember the Disney movie Fantasia?  One of the segments features Mickey as the Sorcerer's Apprentice (it uses Paul Dukas' music based on the Goethe poem).  Mickey is a little bit lazy - but very ambitious! - and believes he can use spells and magic from the Sorcerer's spell book to complete his chores.

This film is an Oberlin student's adaptation: it takes place in our very own Mudd Library and features two other Oberlin students as the Resourcerer and the Resourcerer's Apprentice.

A Fresh Perspective: Moving In

I couldn’t be more ready to pick up and leave, despite being surrounded by friends grieving over the fact that they are leaving their friends and family in our little town of Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Don’t get me wrong, I will miss all of my family and friends but quite frankly, I have been ready to go to college since my freshman year in high school. My brother’s room is a mess, filled with everything I could possibly need for my first couple months of college. Countdown clothes are mainly the last pieces of clothing in my drawers; my room looks empty!

Conveniently, I am rooming with another softball player, Melanie Budney. We’ve only spoken a few times over text message, but I think we’re going to get along just fine. We’re both huge Steelers fans (sorry Cleveland) and our birthdays are only one day apart (I’m older)! I think it’s going to be a great year! Play ball!

- Kelsey Steiner, (soon to be) #11