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Campus Debates Toxicity This past week, controversy surrounding Solarity’s upcoming event, Toxicity, has surfaced on campus and social media. The criticism is largely directed at the event’s name, which many students claim connotes disaster and dystopia. College senior Jessica Lam posted a “Response to ‘Toxicity’” on Facebook last Friday, ushering in a campus-wide conversation about the event.

“The first time I saw fliers advertising Solarity’s next event, I joked about modifying them with labels so the new version would read, ‘White Culture is Toxicity,’ ” Lam wrote. “Weeks later, my friend tells me she was in Japan during the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.

This is what she thinks about when she sees Solarity’s posters.” The document cites several incidents of human-generated “toxic” ruin, including disasters in Chernobyl, Hiroshima and the Elk River: “Glorifying human-made disasters is TOXICITY,” the document affirms. Lam’s statement, which underwent several amendments, was endorsed

by Oberlin’s Asian American Alliance, the Edmonia Lewis Center, the Vietnamese Student Association, the student publication As I Am and the Japanese Student Association. “The statement was not meant to attack Solarity or the organizers, performers and attendees of the event,” Lam concluded. “Rather, I hoped to open up a conversation about the romanticization of dystopian realities.” In response, Solarity drafted a document of its own, conceding, “Although we had multiple perspectives when deciding the theme, we admittedly did not do a good job conveying our vision to the student body, and fully appreciate its potential connotations.” A panel was held this afternoon in Wilder Hall to address the controversy and related topics.

Senate Urges Admin to Adopt Ban Madeline Peltz Student Senate passed a proposal on Sunday, urging the administration to ban the consumption of smokable tobacco products on campus. The general faculty will vote on the policy’s implementation and structure next fall.

The proposal, which passed with 10 yeas, three nays and one abstention, addresses multiple aspects of the policy.

“Oberlin College is committed to providing a safe living and working environment for student, staff and faculty,” the proposal states, ultimately citing secondhand smoke as a threat to student health.

The proposal also “urges the zoning subcommittee to clearly define and publicize the boundaries of the campus where smoking is

not prohibited with appropriate signage,” and suggests that Tappan Square be excluded from the ban.

Senator and College sophomore Machmud Makhmudov was instrumental in passing and soliciting input on the proposal.

“What we originally put forth is not what we passed last night,” Makhmudov said. “So people had input on the process and they suggested things to amend the proposal that I think in the end is going to be better for the entire campus.”

The two main areas changed as a result of student input are the outdoor use of ecigarettes as well as the exclusion of Tappan Square from the ban.

“The Oberlin College Student Senate endorses the adoption of a campus-wide tobacco free policy with the preceding stipula-

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tions, prohibiting the use of products such as cigarettes, cigars, pipes, dip, chew or any other tobacco-based smoking agent,” according to the proposal.

Two other issues required the attention of the Senate on Sunday. The body drafted and passed a proposal amending its bylaws to promote a more efficient system of institutional memory. The new bylaw institutes a series of interviews between Senators at the close of each semester, and will concern their experience with service. Senators hope these interviews will preserve individual impressions of the Senate’s function and efficiency.

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Town, Gown Gear Up for Tomorrow’s Big Parade Elizabeth Dobbins Staff Writer For one weekend each year, students, faculty and community members convene to celebrate warm weather, good company and the town of Oberlin. This Saturday marks the 12th year of Oberlin’s Big Parade, and though the spirit of the ceremony remains unchanged, the event itself has undergone a transformation in its short history.

The Parade’s origins are rooted in Oberlin’s Eastwood Elementary School, which was the namesake for the event’s original title, the “2001 Eastwood Carnival and Parade,” an event that largely catered to Eastwood students. The carnival featured masks and a 30-person canvas dragon, and, though well attended, drew far fewer attendees than its present incarnation. It wasn’t until the following year that the event was referred to as the Big Parade, which is now billed as “an experiment in the power of our human need to express ourselves as well as in the effectiveness of decentralized organizing theory,” according to the Parade’s mission statement.

Oberlin Outreach Coordinator and Apollo Outreach Initiative Coordinator Claudio OrsoGiacone and former students Brendan Ravenhill, OC ’01, and Zach Moser, OC ’02, founded of the event.

“I think the parading is part of a celebration,” said Orso-Giacone. “You know, it’s spring, you

College senior Emma Fox and community member Curtis McCartney collaborate on a Magic School Bus float for this weekend’s Big Parade. The Parade, which was established in 2002, is scheduled for tomorrow.

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want to be crazier, you want to … do something fun, you want to do something color[ ful] and noisy — probably obnoxious.

And you just feel like being loud because it’s like, the biggest leap of the winter is over.”

Since its debut in 2001, the Parade has grown both in size and popularity, largely due to what is now a fundamental feature of the event — student and community participation. This year’s celebration will feature a number of student groups, such as OSteel, WOBC, OC Taiko, the Oberlin Bike Co-op and OCircus!, as well as the Neuroscience de-

partment. There is also a variety of community groups involved, including Oberlin Community Services, Hare Krishna and the Kendal Lawn Chair Brigade. Other annual favorites, like Spanish in the Elementary Schools, a group that features Oberlin and Oberlin Public School students, exemplify the collaborative nature of the event.

“In terms of size, the Parade has certainly grown,” City Council President H. Scott Broadwell said in an email to the Review.

“The mood has always been good I think, especially when the weather has been nice.”

Animalistic Aerialists Safari-themed aerialists impressed an enraptured crowd in Hales Gymnasium last Friday.

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Though participation and attendance have fluctuated over the years, the event’s mission has remained relatively constant throughout the past decade, according to current Big Parade co-Chair and College senior Rachel Adler.

“It’s a platform for people to build things and be silly, and present those things, and to walk in the streets, and to listen to music together,” Adler said.

“Also I think it’s a super cool opportunity for bridging the perceived town-College divide.”

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Public Schools Propose New K-12 Complex Louie Krauss Staff Writer Oberlin Public School officials are currently working to design a new K-12 school complex, one that they hope will improve both the quality of school buildings and eliminate the need for teachers to travel between buildings. Administrators are still in the planning stages and held a meeting in Mt. Zion Baptist Church this past Monday to discuss the design of the new complex.

Several different designs were proposed during Monday’s meeting, including one that features a grassy field between elementary and secondary school buildings, as well as a design for taller buildings that will allow more space for parking and athletic fields.

“This goes back to 2007, when we had our first evaluation of our buildings. And it was recommended that they be replaced, because the

cost to renovate was going to be too much,” Superintendent of Oberlin City Schools John Schroth said.

Aside from the school’s impending construction, one point of discussion among Oberlin residents has been the economic benefits of building another school and community involvement in the building process. Several months ago, Arlene Dunn and other local residents created the Oberlin Community Benefits Coalition, an organization that advocates for local involvement in economic projects in order to ensure financial benefit for the community.

“This coalition did not push for the construction project; it’s just saying that if the levy is passed in November, and you go ahead with this project, we expect to make an agreement with the school before the levy is on the ballot,” Dunn said.

“Because if we have this legally binding agreement with the schools

that they will comply with the demands that we’re making in this agreement, we will support the levy, and we will go out and campaign for the levy.”

According to Dunn, the coalition chose the new school as its main focus due to its current standing as the largest economic development project in Oberlin. The group hopes that the project will employ a local workforce and use local building materials rather than resources from overseas. These two provisions would help ensure that the city’s economy benefits from the project.

Monday’s presentation included three-dimensional models of some of the building designs, such as an improved athletic facility featuring a larger gym and new tennis courts and football fields. As it states, specifics regarding building materials and elevations have not yet been released. Both Schroth and Oberlin Education Board member Rosa

Gadsden said they hope that community members will offer opinions regarding the types of changes they’d like to see.

“It’s important to remember that this is not ‘it’ yet. There’s still a lot of work that needs to get done,” Gadsden said. “That’s why we need your input — so we know what you would like to see. It’s very important we’re conscious about what’s going on, because once we get further on in the process, we’re not going to be able to stop.”

Although momentum may be strong, the project’s realization remains uncertain. Even after the designs and financial plans are codified, state officials may decide not to endorse such a costly project.

“It will be a large bond issue [in the] November [election]. We don’t have the complete figure yet. But it’s going to be a big commitment from the community. And we understand that these are still difficult times

economically. If it [turns out to be] something the community can’t support because of the economic impact, then we’ll have to look at other options,” Schroth said.

While poor air conditioning, dilapidated buildings and a lack of security technology have all been major issues, Schroth pointed out that access to a wide array of the College’s resources remains one of the topmost benefits for the school district. Students often visit both the Allen Art Museum and Mudd library and will be granted access to the new football stadium that is currently under construction.

“The College has been fantastic in being a partner,” Schroth said.

“The president and others have been very involved in the process and have been very helpful. We’re also very appreciative of all the student volunteers and all the dialogue and cooperation that we’ve had with the College.”

Athletics Department Adopts New Trans* Policy Kristopher Fraser Staff Writer Oberlin’s Transgender Participatory Advisory Committee has drafted a new set of athletic guidelines that requires inclusion and improved conditions for current and future trans* athletes.

In late 2011, the NCAA established its own guidelines for trans* athletes. Almost immediately, the College formed a committee to examine those guidelines and institute them at Oberlin.

The most significant proposed changes are in the language of Oberlin’s policy, which now reflects the complexity of different gender identities. Students arguing for revision initially provoked the policy change, in keeping with Oberlin’s demonstrated interest in issues of gender and sexuality.

“The draft has not only helped change language, but we’ve worked very hard to make the procedures for a transgender student to get over the hurdles and participate [in athletics],” said Director of Recreation and Club Sports Betsy Bruce, who sits on the committee as the senior female administrator.

According to Emily Clarke, College senior and former member of the Oberlin Rhinos, the women and trans*-inclusive rugby team, the new guidelines largely relate to pronouns and allyship.

“There’s the language change around pronouns, there was getting away from the language of ‘allowed,’ there was

a change of the person contacted; we’ve put in stronger language about advocates being allowed to participate [to] whatever extent the student wishes,” said Clarke.

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“Oberlin is fairly progressive; we have more transgender students than a typical college would, and I’d hope that we are a welcoming and safe space for those students.”

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When the NCAA finally released guidelines in 2011, Bates College and Grinnell College were the first undergraduate institutions to issue trans*-inclusive guidelines for varsity athletics and club sports. Oberlin used those two institutions’ policies as models for creating their own.

“Other people had been thinking this through and we knew we had to do [something], ASAP,” Bruce said. “We used

those two institutions’ policies to craft our own; we did a lot of lifting, which is fine. We went to a dean and asked for a faculty rep, Interim Director of the Multicultural Resource Center A.C. Stokes, [and] we’ve had somebody from the MRC on it.”

When asked about the potential impact on campus culture, Clarke said she hopes trans* students will develop a greater sense of comfort.

“I know there are transgender students on campus, and I would love to make this easier for someone to feel comfortable on playing on an intercollegiate team or a club sport,” said Clarke.

“We’ve been working on policy for that as well,” Clarke added. “Oberlin is fairly progressive; we have more transgender students than a typical college would, and I’d hope that we are a welcoming and safe space for those students.”

Clarke was a member of the panel at last Thursday’s forum seeking feedback on the committee’s mission of inclusivity.

“We’re meeting again Friday to talk about what happened at the forum,” Clarke said. “I think it has to go through General Faculty by the end of the semester. I don’t know if that will happen. I think definitely in the fall, and we can kind of go back to the club sports policy.”

While these guidelines are receiving a largely positive response from the student body, they remain in the planning stages. Since the draft still has several hurdles to clear between faculty members and deans, it is likely that these new guidelines will be implemented in the fall of 2015.

New Oberlin Political Collective Explores Socialism Stigma Louis Krauss Staff Writer The Oberlin College Socialist Collective had its first meeting last week, during which students convened to discuss both the definition of socialism as well as the stigma surrounding the term. The club was started

by College first-years Oliver Bok and Dana Brandes-Simon, who were openly perturbed by the absence of such a club at Oberlin.

“We just had a couple conversations

about how sweet it would be to be a club like this, and how ridiculous it is that there’s not a socialism club on campus,” Bok said.

According to a club charter paper, the last recorded socialism club on campus was assembled in 1998, when the charter was made.

Many of the meeting’s attendees admitted to being unsure of how to define socialism.

“I think the basic definition is [that] workers control the means of production,

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or economic democracy,” Bok said. “[But] I think there’s a lot of stigma in the U.S. about the word socialism.”

Both Bok and Brandes-Simon attributed a large part of the negative association with the term to the movement’s political history.

“There’s still this Cold War idea that socialism infringes on a person’s individual rights,” Bok said. “I think there’s this idea that people associate socialism with authoritarian governments. Socialism is not authoritarianism; in my mind it’s the oppo-

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Brandes-Simon added that, while socialism is often thought of as synonymous with conformity and dictatorship, Oberlin students are often open to engaging with the term’s ideology.

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Off the Cuff: Frank Schaefer, former United Methodist pastor and LGBTQ advocate Frank Schaefer is a former United Methodist pastor from Lebanon, PA. After performing the marriage ceremony for his gay son in 2006, Schaefer was stripped of his credentials and excommunicated from his congregation. Schaefer has since become an ally and advocate for LGBTQ Christians and delivered a lecture at the Oberlin First Methodist Church yesterday evening titled, “Defrocked: Still Faithful.” He sat down with the Review to discuss his road to religion, the Bible and his next steps.

Can you talk about your road to the Methodist Church? How did you end up there?

It was a long trip. I have a very eclectic background. I grew up, for most of my childhood, in a Baptist church. Later on, I became a charismatic believer. And during my college time [when] I was going for a ministry degree, I did an internship at United Methodist Church, and I loved the experience. I loved the church and the ministry, and so I decided, ‘You know what? I’m going to ask the bishop if there’s room for me.’ And [at the time] it was Susan Morrison, and I actually called her up — which is very unusual — and at the end of the conversation she said, ‘Welcome to the United Methodist Church.’

Can you talk about the experience of having your credentials revoked?

I’ve really stood in the tension between the love for my son and the love for my church, my career and my job. When my son came out to us, it was a very dramatic experience, because he also shared that he had considered suicide — he cried himself to sleep many times and prayed to God, ‘Make me normal, I don’t want to be homosexual.’ When that didn’t happen, he actually had a plan in place to kill himself, and it was only by [the] fact that he had a friend he could confide in, a girlfriend, that we believe his life was saved. And from that moment on, two things were clear to us: First of all, this was not his choice; he obviously didn’t choose to be homosexual. [And secondly] he just needed our love and affirmation. We immediately hugged our son and said, ‘We love you no matter what, and you are our son.’ We started to affirm him theologically by saying, ‘We believe you’ve been created in the image of God just like everybody else. This is how God created you; this is who you are.’ It took

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him many years to accept that for himself, and [to] accept himself as a gay man. When he asked me in 2006 [to perform his wedding] there was no way in hell I was going to say no.

It would have negated all of our affirmation.

I didn’t want to [say no]; I love him so much [and] I was honored. I decided at that point that my love for my son was more important, because I knew that my church forbade gay marriage, and I decided ‘if this means I lose my job, so be it.’ I let my bishop, know and my cabinet, but I didn’t tell my congregation. I didn’t want this to be a statement of any sort; it was an act of love.

I had the wedding about 300 miles away in Massachusetts where it was legal, and it was a beautiful wedding, and I never heard anything until six years later — not from my bishop or my superintendent. It was within a conflict in my local congregation that someone who had heard about the possibility that I had performed that wedding drove up to Massachusetts and got ahold of the court document and lodged a complaint against me, and I faced a trial about four months later. I was defrocked eventually in the trial.

It was interesting because the church basically told me, ‘You can no longer be a minister in the United Methodist Church.’ However, there was another part of the church that saw things differently and said, ‘Not so fast.’ One day after I was defrocked, someone called me on my cell phone and identified herself as the

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10:15 a.m. Dascomb Hall staff members reported a suspicious person sleeping in the lounge on the second floor of the dorm. The individual had a green sleeping bag and black backpack. Officers responded and checked Dascomb Hall and Wilder Bowl, but the individual was not located.

11:30 a.m. Grounds staff members reported additional vandalism to the outside chairs on the north side of Dascomb

3:12 p.m. Officers responded to a report of a suspicious person in the computer area of Robertson Hall. Members of the Oberlin Police Department also responded and spoke with the individual.

3:50 p.m. Officers and an ambulance responded to the Willard Court area to assist a student who fell off her bicycle and injured her leg. The student was transported to Mercy Allen Hospital for treatment.

bishop of the California [Pacific] Conference [of the United Methodist Church], and I’d never met her before [and] never even knew she existed. She said something like, ‘Frank, I’ve talked this over with pastors and we as a conference believe that you have done the right thing to marry your son to another man. Jesus would have done the same thing. We believe that taking your credentials was wrong, and we want to invite you to our congregation as a Methodist minister.’ I’m still in process. The appointment process can be quite long. But I’m looking forward to going to California and being a United Methodist minister again.

Also, the grassroots part of the church involved with LGBTQ rights has really reached out to me, and I am speaking at a different United Methodist Church every week. I am preaching every Sunday for the next three or four months; my schedule is totally filled up.

And this is another way in which the church is saying, ‘Not so fast: We don’t believe that your credentials were taken — by God, anyway.’ That just goes to show that people in the United Methodist Church are really making a difference. The movement is growing by leaps and bounds. … It’s a beautiful thing to see.

which was rather evangelical and conservative. I was taught that homosexuality was a sin, and that’s what I believed. It started to change when I met for the very first time an openly gay person. I remember thinking of him, that he was just the nicest guy; I could be friends with him. And that was the first time I was at odds with what I was taught. [I thought] If gay people are evil, then why is he so nice? Then began a long evolution. When I went to seminary for my ministry, I became tolerant of gay people, and I no longer saw homosexuality as a sin or a choice. I studied the scriptures that are always quoted in this context … and I came to the conclusion that those passages in the Bible weren’t talking about committed, loving homosexual relationships. And I became tolerant, but I still wasn’t a supporter. When my son came out, that’s when I became a supporter, and it was still a hard transition. This was back in 2000, when the world was different. And then of course, through the trial, I was really outed. I had been keeping quiet about it, and when all this came out through the complaint and the press wanted to know my stance I couldn’t lie, and I had to tell the whole world how I really felt about homosexually. And that’s when I became an advocate. I was sort of pulled into it; I never meant to be an advocate. But I think I’m in the right place, because I feel that this is a calling from God for me.

Your talk emphasizes faith, and I’m curious as to how you personally maintain your faith amidst all this rejection from your former congregation?

I’ve got to be honest, it really affected my faith. There were points when I was so frustrated and depressed over everything that transpired that I doubted whether I would go back to [the] church if they took my credentials. What made the difference was the support of the LGBTQ community. They reached out to my family and myself, even ahead of the trial, during the trial and after the trial.

It’s amazing to see hundreds of Christians gathered Sunday after Sunday — Christians that are gay or allies or just members who are for gay rights. It’s amazing to see their support and love as we continue in this fight.

Before you learned your son was gay, did you have a position on homosexuality?

And how did that evolve?

It was an evolution for me. I was raised mostly in the Baptist Church in Germany,

Saturday, April 26 12:39 a.m. An officer observed a vehicle operating in a reckless manner near the Science Center and met the driver of the vehicle in the Firelands Apartment parking lot. The driver was identified as a student, and was warned not to drive his vehicle until the following day.

2:59 p.m. Officers and members of the Oberlin Fire Department responded to a fire in the southwest corner of the Arboretum. They located and extinguished the blaze, as well as a second fire discovered in the area. No one was found nearby.

5:25 p.m. A student staff member reported a strong odor consistent with burnt marijuana coming from a room on the first floor of Barrows Hall. Officers and staff entered the unoccupied room for a safety check. The odor inside the room was strong. The officers confiscated and disposed of a 40-ounce bottle of malt liquor that was observed in plain view.

Sunday, April 27 12:11 a.m. A student under the influence of alcohol attempted to gain entry to an event at Wilder Hall and was escorted from the building and transported to her dorm for the evening.

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12:51 a.m. Officers were requested to assist a student ill from alcohol consumption at a Village Housing unit on Cedar Street. The student was assisted to the security vehicle and transported to Mercy Allen Hospital.

12 p.m. Officers were requested to assist an ill student at Bailey House. The student walked to the security vehicle and was transported to Mercy Allen Hospital for treatment.

2:43 p.m. Officers and members of the Oberlin Fire Department responded to a fire alarm on the second floor of the Oberlin Inn. The cause was determined to be dust from a vacuum cleaner. The alarm was silenced and reset.

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Annual Community Parade Turns 12 Tomorrow Continued from page 1 According to Broadwell, the Big Parade draws attendees from all walks of life.

“It’s a fun thing to do; it brings out the community. All aspects of the community — the town, the College, the visitors, just pretty much the whole gamut of Oberlin,” said Broadwell.

Officially, the Big Parade is a College-run event. Through funding from both the Student Finance Committee and a variety of grants, the Parade cochairs rent a parade workspace from the College and tents and grills from the city, obtain permits from the city and provide materials for float construction.

Though a hefty number of those participating in the events are students, Adler emphasized that ever since its inception, the Big Parade has been a collaborative event between both the city and College.

“I think it’s an interesting thing because the Parade is funded by the school, and it’s a student organization, but the Parade wouldn’t happen without the participation of people who aren’t technically associated with the College. I think that’s what’s really special about the Parade,” said Big Parade CoChair and College senior Zoë Glaser.

According to Adler, anyone is

welcome to participate in the Parade or attend the float-building workshops that are held behind the Student Health Center each spring. While many participants plan their floats or routines well in advance, parade coordinators have known people to come in at the last minute and build an entire float in one night. According to Adler, the Big Parade is characterized by this informal structure and drop-in nature.

“Some people just sort of show up at the Parade space during open building hours and start building things,” said Adler.

“Some groups of students from a department will get together and say [they] want to build something and then show up.

And then there are also plenty of people who prepare their own things not at the parade space and show up at Prospect at 11 a.m. … and just get in line.”

Before the event, the coordinators of the Big Parade attempt to reach a variety of communities by advertising through social media, sending emails to local businesses, attending community fairs and hosting events at the public library or the Feve. In 2006, a lack of funding and the loss of construction space threatened the event. The parade was able to relocate the workspace and the tradition continued, but Orso-Giacone feels the parade has momentum

Props from past Parades are stored in the Big Parade construction workspace behind the Student Health Center. Every year, members of the College and community convene to work on their floats, costumes and colorful constructions.

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beyond its formal organization.

“I have no idea how … the students have organized it these past years. I honestly don’t care because there is always possibility to work. There is always a space,” said Orso-Giacone.

The city’s involvement in the Parade is minimal beyond providing traffic control. However, in recent years, city officials such as Broadwell have participated

in the Parade, dressing up as the Statue of Liberty and mounting a moving trailer in order to collect money for Oberlin’s Fourth of July fireworks. Providing the opportunity for lighthearted community celebrations is a central part of the parade.

“I was tricked into going downtown and standing on the front steps where Shansi is now,” Broadwell said. “I wasn’t in the

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Parade, just watching... [with] a bunch of my friends. And as the Oberlin High School alumni float came by, my mom was on it. They all started singing happy birthday to me and then all my friends behind me had cans of silly string, which I didn’t know, and covered me with silly string.

So that’s how they celebrated my 50th birthday… [by] watching the Big Parade.”

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College first-year Dana Brandes-Simon addresses the members of the recently founded Oberlin Socialist Collective. The collective held its first meeting last week, during which attendees discussed the definition of socialism.

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Continued from page 2 be for themselves, which I thought was great,” Brandes-Simon said.

The club will spend each week discussing prominent socialist leaders, and plans to bring in guest speakers to facilitate some of the lectures.

College sophomore Madeline Peltz, a politics major and co-chair of the Oberlin College Democrats, was one of the 20 attendees at Tuesday’s meeting. According to Peltz, many Oberlin students’ political identities often involve aspects of socialism.

“I don’t remember who said it, but I agreed with whoever said that political orientations are often influenced by socialism at Oberlin,” Peltz said. “And I think it’s really productive to channel that into a socialist club.”

The OC Dems co-chair added that she believes a large portion of the stigma regarding socialist ideologies stems from student tendency to take issue with regulations over identity rather than politics.

“I think the main political discourse that’s happening at this college is one of identity politics, and electoral politics

seems trivial to us compared to identity issues,” Peltz said.

While many students seem to share what Bok and BrandesSimon define as socialist ideology, socialism has never had a concrete place at the forefront of campus politics. Both Oliver Bok and Peltz noted right-wing scrutiny as a possible motive for negative association.

“It might be because we have the first black president, and while we’re dealing with race relations on the campus, the country is dealing with race relations in a much cruder way,” Peltz said. “One of the weapons used against Obama is [to say] that he’s a communist, that he’s not born here. But perhaps the lack of socialism is because its been used against the president, making it unappealing.”

According to Bok, one issue with using the word as an insult is that people tend to make associations between socialism and Cold War conformity.

“I think it’s funny Republicans use it against Obama. At the same time, while it’s been used to call Obama socialist, if you ask Obama, he’s nowhere near to being a socialist. So for that reason the word has lost a lot of its bite recently,” Bok said.

The club will hold the rest of its meetings Mondays at 9 p.m. in Wilder 311.

past week, the Senators fought bitterly over “points” — their internal system of discipline.

When a Senator is late or fails to fulfill an obligation related to their position, they are assigned a certain number of points that carry over between semesters. The points are assigned by the operations manager, a position currently held by College first-year Emma Snape.

During the plenary session, two senators confronted the points system, which requires a censure, a procedural punishment published in campus media for a Senator’s failure to complete their duties. The discussion culminated in two senators threatening to resign.

Earlier in the semester, Senate plenaries were heavily attended as these conflicts unfolded. This week, only the reporter and one other student, College first-year Ema Sagner were in attendance.

“I was glad that they passed the smoking ban,” said Sagner. “I wish they spent less time talking about their own bylaws. A structure that exists to achieve some goal, in this case to be representatives of the student body, shouldn’t exist if all they’re talking about is their own structure, because that means that they’re not putting enough energy towards their goal of representing the student body.”

Despite the drop in attendance, the same issues of communication seem to plague Student Senate.

“The issues we are facing and arguing about today are the result of the mistakes we’ve been making for all these years,” said first-time Student Senator and College sophomore Mia Wallace.

“All of the mistakes we’re making are not mistakes we’re making fresh,” she said.

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May 2, 2014

Letters to the Editors Obies Should Vote in Support of Issue 22 To the Editor: I encourage the voters of Oberlin to join me on May 6 in support of Issue 22, the income tax levy.

Issue 22 is a three-fifths of one percent income tax increase for 10 years for General Fund operations. The General Fund supports quality of life services, such as police and fire, streets and storm sewers, sidewalks, cemetery, parks and recreation and many other vital day-to-day services.

Issue 22 will generate about $1.8 million to support these services and operations, replacing funds that the state of Ohio cut from local governments like Oberlin.

For those earning $50,000 per year, this works out to $25 a month in additional taxes.

Because it is a municipal income tax, it does not apply to pensions, retirement funds or social security. While the governor and the state legislature can brag about balancing the state budget, they have done so by reducing and eliminating funding sources of local, public entities throughout the state and have not provided a source of replacement funding.

The city has done its part by cutting costs as much as possible and by not filling open positions; city employees have taken a three-year pay freeze and are contributing more toward their health insurance costs.

Reserve funds will make up the shortfall this year, but continuing down that path is not a sustainable option. Oberlin is not the first city in Ohio to explore an income tax increase, nor will we be the last, as the state has no intentions of restoring the funding they reduced and other funding they have eliminated.

I believe that the city has been a good steward of taxpayers’ funds, and if Issue 22 passes, we will continue to serve

residents wisely, providing quality services in an efficient and effective manner. If you have questions, email levy@ cityofoberlin.com, visit cityofoberlin.com/2014/levy.page or contact me at sbroadwell@ cityofoberlin.com.

to contribute more to campaigns, permitting individual states to decide whether they wish to have affirmative action programs, etc., provide fertile ground in which the seeds of oppression of the poor, racism, sexism and homophobia germinate.

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A Response to the Sterling Scandal To the Editor: The U.S. Constitution that protects blacks and all other Americans also protects Mr. Donald Sterling, the billionaire basketball owner, giving him the right to think and say whatever he wishes, however repugnant and reprehensible his remarks were about blacks in general and Magic Johnson in particular. The severest financial and personal prices he might have to pay will be condign, though some may argue that his past actions as a property owner were far more reproachable and damaging.

Still, it can’t give us a lot of comfort to know that his most private thoughts and feelings were taped, probably surreptitiously. As we condemn Sterling, we should remember that most of us, on occasion, have had a thought or feeling that we would not want broadcasted worldwide. We must all work unceasingly to have fewer hurtful, despicable and shameful thoughts, feelings and words, though we may enjoy constitutional rights to harbor them.

Our concerns are not improperly placed on the elevation of our private and personal behaviors. But we must pay far greater attention to court decisions and actions that retard progressive steps toward a more just America.

Policies allowing billionaires

–Booker Peek Emeritus Associate Professor, Africana Studies

Vote on Issue 11 in Upcoming Election To the Editor: I encourage the voters of Lorain County to join me in support of Issue 11, the Transit Levy. Passage of Issue 11 will enable Lorain County Transit to reinstitute some of the bus routes in our county that were eliminated due to reduced funding.

Passage of the levy, which would cost the owner of a $100,000 property $2.50 per year, will raise almost $500,000 annually. Lorain County is the most populated county in the state that does not have a dedicated revenue stream for public transit. Being unable to match state and federal funding, our tax dollars are helping to support public transit in other parts of the state. Let’s keep Lorain County tax dollars in Lorain County! Increased funding will enhance the currently limited transit service and enable Lorain County Transit to reinstitute some of the lost services. Expansion of bus service in our county can help put more of our residents back to work by providing [transportation] options for them to get education, training and job opportunities.

Please vote for Issue 11 to assist those in need of public transportation throughout Lorain County.

–Scott Broadwell Oberlin City Council President

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White House Task Force on Sexual Assault Better Late than Never Yale, Dartmouth, Florida State, Brown. It seems that almost every week, there is a new story about a college mismanaging reports of sexual assault on its campus. Amid anger and frustration with the lack of support and justice for survivors, the Obama administration announced guidelines on Monday that are intended to push college administrators to adopt changes to their process for dealing with issues of sexual assault.

The guidelines, which were part of the first report issued by the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault, founded in January of this year, include ensuring that reports of sexual assault remain confidential, implementing a variety of anti-sexual assault policies, such as bystander intervention, that have been proven to be effective at other schools, and conducting anonymous surveys about sexual assault cases. Additionally, the White House will also ask Congress to pass measures enforcing the guidelines, and to fine colleges that don’t implement them. The administration is also working to launch the website NotAlone.gov, which will “tell sexual assault survivors that they are not alone,” provide them with additional information and outline guidelines and resources specifically for schools and students.

In spite of the dialogue that college students and activists have been engaged in for years now, this is the first major campaign from Capitol Hill designed to combat sexual assault. A recent New York Times article cites a number of factors contributing to Washington’s sudden attention to this issue, including lawsuits, student activism and the Obama administration’s increased focus on civil rights.

Prior to the creation of this task force, the Obama administration had worked on combating sexual violence on college campuses by collaborating with Congress to ensure that, when reauthorized, the Violence Against Women Act would include legislation about “institutional disciplinary procedures” and mandated training for college employees and students on how to prevent and deal with sexual assault. Additionally, on Thursday the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights released a list of 55 colleges and universities currently under investigation by the federal government for failing to follow appropriate steps in reporting and handling cases of sexual assault, which violates Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972. These are unprecedented steps from Washington, but our applause is muffled by the dragging feet of local, state and federal leaders who have ignored the importance of sexual assault legislation and enforcement since the women’s liberation movement brought the issue to national attention decades ago.

Still, many of these guidelines are a good first step. In an interview with The New York Times, Democratic Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand said the recommendation for mandatory sexual assault surveys “has been consistently the number one request of student survivors and advocates.”

However, the recent attention on combating sexual violence on college campuses is just that — a first step. For this campaign to render any serious results, a sustained effort from the White House is essential. We’ve acknowledged the widespread nature of the problem; now, we need to devise concrete measures to combat its prevalence. It’s still much harder than it should be for victims to come forward due to the stigma associated with sexual assault and the frequent focus on their personal lives, not to mention a culture of victim blaming. College administrations, by and large, aren’t doing much to create a safe environment conducive to the filing of reports. We would like to see targeted training of school officials who deal with judicial matters, speficially addressing hostility toward survivors. Additionally, more capable facilitation of the judicial process itself is necessary so that survivors are able to navigate it effectively. Too often, cases get dragged out between academic breaks and endless reschedulings.

The burden extends beyond administrators as well, since there is (and should be) a limit to their powers as disciplinarians. While school officials can and should expel student offenders, police need to make these cases a priority.

As we have seen at Florida State and in other cases that have heavily involved law enforcement, the police’s fumbling are equally troubling. Public and private agents must work together to ensure that these sensitive investigations do not fall by the wayside and that survivors’ cases are handled justly.

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TOXICITY

The Oberlin Review, May 2, 2014

What’s in a Name?

Everything you need to know about the name of Solarity’s upcoming event...

On Friday, May 2 at 8 p.m., Solarity will host its seventh event on Wilder Bowl.

The following is the Facebook post that started a campus-wide conversation:

Solarity’s response:

On April 25, College senior Jessica Lam posted this statement of concern: The first time I saw the small fliers advertising Solarity’s next event, I joked about modifying them with labels so the new version would read, “White Culture is TOXICITY.” Weeks later, my friend tells me she was in Japan during the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. This is what she thinks about when she sees Solarity’s posters. Merriam-Webster defines dystopia as “an imaginary place where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives” — but imaginary for whom?

1. Toxicity, 1945: 66,000 dead and 69,000 injured (Hiroshima); 39,000 dead and 25,000 injured (Nagasaki). Put the active into radioactive.

2. Toxicity, 1962: 150,000 children born with birth defects, thanks to Agent Orange. It’s definitely inviting you to play.

3. Toxicity, 1986: 350,000 people forcibly reset-

tled after the Chernobyl disaster. Come alone or bring a friend.

4. Toxicity, 1991: 3,400 metric tonnes of soot released each day in Kuwaiti oil well fires. The fog and smoke of the wasteland.

5. Toxicity, 2010: 4.9 million barrels of crude oil discharged at the Deepwater Horizon oil spill; crude oil becomes 52 times more toxic when combined with the Corexit dispersant. You notice a pulsing, hypnotizing glow.

6. Toxicity, 2014: 300,000 residents affected by the Elk River chemical spill. Escape the wastes, unite with others, relax and enjoy yourself.

Glorifying human-made disasters is TOXICITY. Playing dystopian make-believe with people’s lived realities is TOXICITY.

The following addendum was then released on April 28: Dystopia-as-commentary can be incredibly powerful in critiquing social institutions, governments and environmental catastrophes. However, dystopia-as-fantasy does not serve the same function; instead, it runs the risk of normalizing violence and relegating people’s lived realities to the realm of fiction.

The initial statement was intended to address Solarity’s use of dystopic and toxic imagery in their advertisements, as well as how attendees’ interpretations of the theme may be reflected in their dress and mannerisms. The statement was not meant to attack Solarity or the organizers, performers and attendees of the event. Rather, I hoped to open up a conversation about the romanticization of dystopian realities. A panel to discuss this and related topics will be held on Friday, May 2 at 12 p.m. in Wilder 112.

Members of the Asian American Alliance and I spoke with Solarity before and after going public.

They have taken our concerns seriously from the start, and we are continuing this productive conversation. We ask attendees of Toxicity and the greater Oberlin College community to do the same.

1. The Manhattan Engineer District, The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. June 29, 1946. pp. 44-5.

2. Swiss Red Cross, (2004) The Magazine of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Retrieved from http://www.redcross.int 3. UNDP and UNICEF. (2002, January 22). The Human Consequences of the Chernobyl Nuclear Accident. p. 66.

4. Hobbs, P. V., & Radke, L. F. (1992). Airborne Studies of the Smoke from the Kuwait Oil Fires. Science, 256, 987-991.

5. United States Coast Guard. (2011). On Scene Coordinator Report Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Retrieved from http://uscg.mil/ 6. Rico-Martínez, R., Snell, T. W., & Shearer, T. L. (2013).

Synergistic toxicity of Macondo crude oil and dispersant Corexit 9500A® to the Brachionus plicatilis species complex (Rotifera). Environmental Pollution, 173, 5-10.

7. Gabriel, T. (2014, January 10). Thousands Without Water After Spill in West Virginia. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com

We, the members of Solarity, wish to express our sincerest apologies for any distress or offense the theme of our upcoming event has caused. Our failure to promote unity, along with the criticisms that have come from the promotion of our spring event have saddened us greatly, as it is completely antithetical to our intent, and we are making it our top priority to fix this right now.

Our two main goals as Solarity are to provide a platform that showcases the vast amount of student talent on campus and to create an event that can accommodate as much of the student body as possible, bringing people from many different campus communities together. In regard to our second goal, it seems that we have done a poor job, to say the least, and have unintentionally hurt members of this community.

We decided our theme after discussions and consideration from the 25 members of Solarity, people of various backgrounds, identities and experiences.

Although we had multiple perspectives when deciding the theme, we admittedly did not do a good job conveying our vision to the student body, and we fully appreciate its potential connotations. Our vision of Toxicity was a wasteland where forgotten and unwanted objects are turned into a beautiful extraterrestrial environment, with slime, fog and bubbles adding color and experience. We chose this theme because we believed it was a straightforward aesthetic to pursue and were excited to decorate the space with objects and materials that we collected from junkyards around Oberlin.

However, it is clear that we did not accurately convey our vision of the theme to the student body. Instead we have offended some by giving them the impression that our theme was dystopian, romanticizing disasters. On second look, we completely understand why our theme could be perceived this way. We apologize for the imagery and descriptions used in our promotional campaigns and to anyone who may have been hurt by our choices.

Though only a first step, we held an emergency meeting to discuss this issue immediately after it came to our attention and have already made initial changes.

Unfortunately, this issue was not brought to our attention until yesterday evening — five days before our upcoming event — and we wish that a dialogue and amendments could have started sooner. Nonetheless, we want to address concerns and desperately wish to begin a conversation. We will be working closely with the AAA and any other organizations or groups that are representing the communities that were affected by our event. We recognize that we have taken on a very challenging task in trying to unite our incredibly diverse campus, and every day we are reminded that there is still so much to learn. As a part of this learning process, we will continue conversations that we have started with the MRC as well as the SIC and other groups on campus to attempt to provide a comfortable environment for as many people as possible. We hope that this can also be an opportunity to reflect and create dialogue among the student body.

There will be a panel discussion on Friday, May 2 at noon in Wilder 112.

With this in mind, we would like to ask all attendees of our event to dress and act with consideration and respect to the concerns that have been raised.

We have been working incredibly hard to put this event on for the campus and want the whole community to be able to enjoy it. Come out and support the huge amount of Oberlin student talent that will be displayed on Friday.

This statement is endorsed by the Asian American Alliance, Edmonia Lewis Center, Vietnamese Student Association, As I Am and the Japanese Student Association.

Respectfully, Solarity

Complaints Over Solarity Naming Flat-Out Ridiculous

Toxicity Controversy Divides Students Over Non-Issue

Aidan Apel Columnist

Machmud Makhmudov Columnist

Earlier this week, a statement endorsed by the Asian American Alliance, Edmonia Lewis Center, Vietnamese Student Association, As I Am and the Japanese Student Association condemned Solarity for having the theme of its spring event be Toxicity. According to the statement, Toxicity glorifies human-made disasters like Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Chernobyl and Fukushima, among a list of others.

They also complained that “White Culture is TOXICITY,” as if to pretend that the title of an undergrad event is indicative of a sickness specific to a single race. Their complaints are ridiculous and inappropriate.

Clearly, the title Toxicity is referring to the grungy, disorienting nature of their event which, like all Solarity events, is intended to be an inclusive night of music, culture and dance. It is wrong for these student organiza-

tions to stand behind a deliberately twisted interpretation of a theme and use a loose association with real suffering to throw around racially bigoted statements. I find it very difficult to imagine Chernobyl victims being mortified by a dance featuring neon painted oil drums, hip-hop and ballet.

Using word association is an inappropriate standard for determining what is actually offensive. I could just as easily find offense in the name “Asian American Alliance” because “Alliance” makes me think of the allyship between Germany and Japan, which resulted in genocide, war crimes, mass rape and so on.

Of course, that’s ridiculous. There is nothing offensive about AAA’s name. The only thing that is offensive would be to take words out of context and use the suffering of millions of people to make selfish and racist comments.

If you hate Solarity, fine. But don’t fashion your pedestal from a pile of real victims.

This week, a widely circulated letter titled “A Response to ‘Toxicity’” has raised controversy regarding Solarity’s decision to name its spring event Toxicity. The document cites examples of several manmade disasters that have caused tragedy and suffering for people across the world.

It subsequently criticizes the theme of the event, stating, “Glorifying human-made disasters is TOXICITY. Playing dystopian make-believe with people’s lived realities is TOXICITY.” A barrage of internet commentary has arisen, with a number of voices criticizing Solarity’s decision and defense of the naming.

If one were to follow the logic of the arguments against Toxicity’s naming, it would be reasonable to also criticize two of Solarity’s past events, Submerge and

Fracture. Aesthetic considerations aside, simply the names of these two events could easily conjure up connotations that imply insensitivity toward the millions of people who have suffered from either deep-sea or earthquake-related disasters. Of course, it’s difficult to actually conjure up this kind of criticism with any seriousness, especially once we remember that we’re discussing a party being organized on a college campus.

I say this not to dismiss the experiences of those affected by various tragedies, but rather to suggest that taking offense at the name Toxicity requires that one extrapolate any related connotations of the word one step further than is reasonable. We should ask ourselves what intentions are really driving the criticisms surrounding Toxicity, and whether those intentions bring us closer or farther away from something that See Solarity’s, page 7

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Solarity’s Objective to Promote Campus Unity Continued from page 6 we all want: a more inclusive, collaborative and welcoming campus community. Closely reading “A Response to ‘Toxicity’” helps illuminate these intentions. Unfortunately, the author writes about wanting to “[modify the small fliers advertising Solarity’s next event] with labels so the new version would read ‘White Culture is TOXICITY.’” Solarity’s event is going to be the culmination of hours of work put forth by dedicated students — those who identify as both white and of color — from every corner of Oberlin’s campus. Dismissing the passion and commitment put forth by those students with a statement like “White culture is TOXICITY” betrays the diversity and individuality of all students on campus. It’s disappointing to see that an organization that is constantly working to improve its outreach and appeal to all parts of campus is being dismissed in such a single-handed way.

A number of events at Oberlin could be perceived as perpetuating either insensitivity toward, or appropriation of, various

cultures on campus. Yet Solarity is perpetually targeted and criticized, and doing so has become a way of being considered popular within some social circles on campus. This trend persists despite the fact that Solarity’s production team has taken massive strides to promote the diversity and inclusivity of their events. Submerge, in particular, took a noticeable step in this direction, abandoning the rave culture image that was a staple of previous events in favor of performances by student groups.

I hope that students come out to support the tremendous array of student talent that will be on display on Friday night. Any attempt to protest Toxicity on Friday must be considered in light of the fact that not only has Solarity made programming and aesthetic changes, it has also issued a full-length apology on its Facebook page which apologizes for any offense caused by its event. If criticisms are made — which, at times, they rightly should be— they should be made in an even-handed manner with the intent to promote a greater sense of community among students, not divide them.

Machmud Makhmudov Student Senate At last week’s plenary, Senate passed a resolution which endorses a tobacco-free campus policy. There were 10 votes in favor, 3 votes against and 1 abstention. A full copy of the resolution can be found on the Senate’s website.

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Steering Committee was made. Students are encouraged to email senate@oberlin.edu if they are interested in being interviewed and considered for these important seats.

Senate also spent time discussing institutional memory maintenance for the body, as well as the bylaws in place regarding censorship of senators for not performing their duties. The Senate body passed into law a new system for senators to document their experiences on Senate.

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Smoke-Free Policy Infringes on Students’ Right to Choose Alexander Ekman Contriubting Writer At the end of last semester, I started noticing posters in more and more parts of campus. They were full-color photos of Rick Santorum at a podium labeled “NO SMOKING” with no other text. My friends and I spent some time trying to figure out what they meant as the posters multiplied. The argument seemed to be that the anti-tobacco policy movement has rationale in common with the pro-choice movement: Mandating whether or not people can smoke is wrong for the same reasons restrictions on reproductive freedom are.

Anti-choice legislation and anti-smoking policies do have something in common. They are both restrictions on what someone can do with their body. But there is a crucial difference. The debate over whether abortion should be legal is centered on whether or not fetuses deserve the same rights as living human

beings. When it comes to smoking, the same issues are not up for debate; people affected by secondhand smoke are manifestly people.

In theory, the policy the College has right now accounts for that by partitioning smokers away from where secondhand smoke will filter into buildings or places people congregate.

But in practice, it’s not working.

Even if the policy were perfectly implemented, I’ve never talked to someone who knows how far 30 feet is off the top of their head.

I’ve never seen a smoker that far from a building, either.

Of course, this is anecdotal.

Maybe I just have bad luck: the clusters of people smoking outside of King before class; the time I walked home to find a handful of people sitting on the steps of my dorm smoking; the people who, when the rules were pointed out to them, moved 10 feet away and then stopped.

The tobacco-free campus policy goes much further than that.

The Office of Student Wellness isn’t exactly being subtle on its official website about its hope that the new policy will convince people to quit smoking. But keeping people from smoking anywhere on campus is both impractical and unreasonable. Smoking is an addiction, and forcing people to quit, at least to me, is a step too far. In that sense, the comparison between the policy and Santorum is sound: Attempting to force people to quit smoking against their will is an incursion on their rights by the College.

But a central tenet of the prochoice movement can be summarized as follows, courtesy of an unknown author: “Your rights end where my body begins.” This could look like it means preventing people from smoking is an infringement of their rights. But as long as smoking means exhaling more than water vapor, anyone who does it is endangering my life.

As long as secondhand smoke is an issue, the choice to smoke around others isn’t only an exercise of the

right to decide what to do with one’s own body, it’s a decision that inhibits the people around the smoker from making that same choice.

I’m an extreme example, since most people don’t have severe –––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Attempting to force people to quit smoking against their will is an incursion on [student] rights by the College.

––––––––––––––––––––––––––– respiratory illnesses. But if someone’s actions are crossing the boundary of only affecting them when they smoke near me, that is true for anyone. Where their right to choose what to do with their bodies, or mine, ends can’t be different on a case-by-case basis. The consequences for me are clearer, but everyone’s rights are — need to be — the same.

My reasons here are perfectly selfish and obviously emotionally motivated — and that shouldn’t be bad. Claiming to make an argument entirely unaffected by personal experience and emotional involvement is dishonest. Of course I care about something that affects me personally, for the same reason that smokers care about it.

I think the smoke-free campus policy is going to backfire due to being overkill, and I don’t know if it can be fixed. The role of the College can’t be to violate anyone’s ability to choose what to do with their bodies — that’s exactly as inappropriate as it sounds. However, that doesn’t just mean letting smokers choose whether or not to kick the habit. It also means ensuring that their decisions don’t keep other people from being able to make their own choices. As of right now, I know our current policy isn’t enough. My safety depends on other people’s choices, and judging by how that’s gone so far, this is not something I can afford any more.

Russia Must Achieve Goals in Ukraine Without Invasion Sean Para Columnist The crisis in Ukraine continued to gain momentum this past week, while every attempt to avert further escalation failed spectacularly. Last week’s Geneva Accord was a dead letter almost as soon as it was signed. The Russian-backed separatists in the east continue to gain ground, and the regional administration building as well as the prosecutor’s office recently fell to protesters in Luhansk, making it the second provincial capital to drown in a tsunami of separatists. The tentative actions of Ukrainian security forces intended to dislodge the rebels have been far from successful. In short, the Ukrainian government is paralyzed, and the government in Kiev cannot keep the country together. Russia, meanwhile, couldn’t be in a better position.

Russia’s objective in the current tug of war over Ukraine is to prevent its incorporation

into NATO. Ukraine’s admission into the American-led alliance system is seen as an existential threat to Russia, as the two countries have strong economic and historical ties. Vladimir Putin seems bent on preventing a repetition of what has happened in the past two decades to Poland, the Baltic states, Romania, Bulgaria and other countries in the former Soviet bloc.

These countries had formed a security buffer, keeping Russia removed from the West since World War II, and their incorporation into NATO was a breach of the agreements reached between Russia and the United States after the fall of the Soviet Union.

Putin has succeeded in accomplishing his goals in Ukraine without launching a full-scale invasion of the country. Kiev is off-balance, its legitimacy eroded by an utter lack of efficacy. The rebellion has also called into question the impending May 25 elections, which were supposed to offer the country a chance to elect a new

national government and set the stage for constitutional reform.

Russia is playing its hand very well. Its economic importance makes it difficult for sanctions to easily isolate the Russian economy without harming European –––––––––––––––––––––––––––———

Kiev is off-balance, its legitimacy eroded by an utter lack of efficacy. The rebellion has also called into question the impending May 25 elections.

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––——— economies as well. Therefore, the coalition that opposes Russia is divided between the hawkish United States and its more cautious allies, such as Germany and the United Kingdom. Since Europe has so much more to lose from wider sanctions

against Russia than the U.S. does, significant measures against larger sectors of the Russian economy would be imposed without a dramatic escalation of Russian actions toward Ukraine.

A compromise is therefore necessary to defuse the crisis. Russian influence and interests in Ukraine preclude a viable resolution to the crisis that puts Ukraine firmly in the Western camp. The gulf between the Kiev and Moscow governments can only be closed through a compromise that takes Russian interests in Ukraine into account. Kiev is walking a fine line, trying to prevent both armed conflict with Russia and a permanent fracturing of the country. So far, it has not provoked a Russian intervention. Perhaps autonomy should be granted to the eastern regions of Ukraine. This seems a much more palatable choice than a full-blown war that Ukraine could never hope to win.

Warren Darcy Professor of Music Theory When did you start teaching at Oberlin?

Fall 1973. I have now taught here 41 years. I am also a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory Class of 1968, with a double major in Music Composition and Music Theory.

music of Wagner and Mahler, to cite two composers.

What do you appreciate most in a student?

A strong work ethic and an open, inquiring mind.

Favorite Oberlin memory?

From my student years: Proposing to my wife Marsha, a Conservatory Piano major, in the hallway of Talcott. From my faculty years: attending the premiere of my song cycle “Beyond the Dream” by faculty soprano Daune Mahy and the Oberlin Chamber Orchestra (Daune later performed this work with the Buffalo Philharmonic).

What do you find most rewarding about teaching at Oberlin?

The fact that I am teaching some of the most talented young musicians in the world. Also that I am able to teach areas of special interest to me: the

What are your post-Oberlin plans?

To remain in Oberlin and devote myself to writing fiction (novels and short stories), specifically horror fiction.

Was there anything that surprised you when you first started teaching here?

No, because I was away only five years, completing my Master’s and doctorate in Music Composition at the University of Illinois. So when I returned, things seemed pretty much the same as when I had left.

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Fall of 1970.

Was there anything that surprised you when you first started teaching here?

No. I was an undergrad at a similar school, Swarthmore College. The main difference between Oberlin and Swarthmore then and now (apart from the fact that S’more is significantly more well-off financially than Oberlin) is that Swarthmore is about half Oberlin’s size. After only a short time here, I decided that Oberlin was a much healthier place to be because of that.

What do you appreciate most in a student?

Nothing in particular. The list of qualities that I might wish that a student have has evolved over the years. Now I’m a fan of this quote from

Anthony Powell: ‘All people driven alike by the same furies, are seen up close to be equally extraordinary.’

This is an ideal view, of course. In reality, dealing with people is almost always a challenge of one sort or another.

What do you find most rewarding about teaching at Oberlin?

Interacting with students.

Favorite Oberlin memory?

Commencement is coming up. Two were especially memorable. I was here in 1972 when Pete Seeger refused to speak but sang protest songs instead. This was at the height of the Vietnam War. It was very moving.

Somewhat later [in] 1985 William Goldman (OC ‘52, author of The Princess Bride, among other books) gave a wonderful commencement address in which he talked about how long a minute can be. During his

Eleanor Knapp Administrative Assistant When did you start working at Oberlin?

I started my employment with Oberlin on September 1, 1964. Since I did not work full time when my children were small, the union’s official start date for me was July 1, 1967.

Was there anything that surprised you when you first started working here?

Being from a conservative farming background, it was surprising how unconcerned with convention the students were.

Has the school changed since you started working here?

It has changed physically with the addition of so many buildings: Conservatory, King, Mudd, P.E. Complex, Science Center, Stevenson, etc. The campus grounds’ appearance is much prettier now. The students are basically the same unique individuals.

What do you find most rewarding about working at Oberlin?

The many people with whom I have worked over the years have been the most rewarding part of my experience at Oberlin.

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Oberlin Spring Folkfest Friday, May 2 at 6 p.m. and Saturday, May 3 from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m and 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Cat in the Cream, Tappan Square and Finney Chapel Catch the Sweetback Sisters, Sam Amidon and Phil Ochs Song Night at the Cat on Friday, as well as performances on Clark Bandstand and acoustic guitarist Leo Kottke in Finney on Saturday. Free and open to the public.

G’s Up Hoes Down: Black Masculinity, Veganism and Ethical Consumption Remixed Friday, May 2 from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Dye Lecture Hall, Science Center Amie “Breeze” Harper, Ph.D. candidate in Critical Food Geographies at the University of California, Davis and editor of Sistah Vegan, will be exploring approaches to vegetarian and vegan activism and the use of hip-hop methods by key black male vegetarians and vegans.

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“Mr. Darcy is one of the most renowned and respected Oberlin faculty, and his book on Sonata Theory has been widely accepted as one of the foremost texts on the subject. He is able to explain complex concepts clearly and succinctly — the mark of a good teacher and of someone who truly knows what they are talking about. I have always thought that I might want to study music theory in grad school, but the two classes I’ve taken with Mr. Darcy have helped convince me to follow through on that.”

subsequent studies and my career as a journalist. I am deeply grateful to have studied with him.”

–Ferd Protzman (OC ’75), Assistant to the President/Communications

“I first took a class with Harlan in spring 2012 on European Political Theory: From Hobbes to Marx. After that, I went on the London Program with him where I grew close to both him and his wife, Carol. Since then, Harlan has acted as an advisor on my honors thesis.

What first struck me — and still strikes me — about Harlan’s classroom presence is how he can take a garbled mess of comments regarding, say, Marx’s understanding of theory and practice (I may or may not be speaking from personal experience here) and tease out precisely what the student intended to say. I think it’s first and foremost a testament to his skill as a professor, but I also think it’s a testament to Harlan’s humility. He genuinely tries to slip inside the mind of his students to figure out what they’re thinking and help them along, rather than forcing a certain interpretation.

Outside the classroom, Harlan is kind and compassionate.

On the London Program, for example, he and his wife, Carol, would go on a weekend-long hike every week. At the end of class on Thursdays, without fail, he would extend an invitation to the entire class to join along. Although I never had the opportunity to go, I know that a number of students did and had really memorable experiences.

Also, I’ve found that his strange deadpan humor — once you can figure out when he’s joking and when he’s not — is hilarious.”

–Nick Kuipers, College senior

“After one class with Harlan Wilson I can confidently say he

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“[Warren Darcy] is one of the most impressive scholars I’ve ever taken a class with. I’m in his MUTH 352 Romantic Era at the moment, which I signed up for this spring because I had to take something before he retired. The Sonata Theory that he spent much of his academic career developing is an incredible tool that offers a framework and language for interpreting how pieces of music cohere and compare to one another.

After the work I’ve done for him this semester, I feel much better equipped to analyze and understand pretty complex, large-scale works.

I’m in awe of how he seems to have the entire canon of Western music from 1750-1900 or so stored in his head and can seemingly summon and play examples on the piano or make comparisons at will. Also, even though his approach to music theory falls very much on the “hard” side (“hard”: music’s formal structure and schematic organization; “soft”: affect, how does it make you feel), his profound fascination with and love for the music he teaches comes through really strongly.”

–Carolyn Burnham, College sophomore

“Studying European political theory with Harlan Wilson was a turning point in my life. He is a great teacher and a brilliant, multi-talented person.

Professor Wilson inspired us to work hard and genuinely cared about what we thought. Gently but firmly, he pushed us to express our ideas with clarity and precision.The class taught me a great deal about political theory, thinking, writing and life. It helped me in my

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–Kyle Mytelka, College junior

“As humble as he is, I sometimes wonder if Harlan Wilson knows everything. Confirming this suspicion is his wonderful

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ability to weave hilarity, wisdom and infectious curiosity into every 50 minute lecture he gives. Suggesting otherwise is his near tangible enjoyment of learning from his students.”

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“John Pearson made me work harder than I have ever worked before, but he believed in us students as artists in a way that made us believe in ourselves as well. I think of the lessons he taught us all of the time and feel incredibly lucky to have been able to learn firsthand from such a renowned artist.”

–Carolyn Burnham, College sophomore

“John has been a force in developing this Art department.

His teaching style guides us through our own stylistic challenges and pushes us to take risks in our work. John also likes to ground his students in their unimportance, which helped me take art-making off a pedestal. He taught me that art can be taken to an infinite number of different places. He also helped me realize that nothing I do make should be venerated, because as a student, the next iteration of any piece is an improvement on the last. He takes a distanced stance in critiques to give room for our own visual voice, but his feedback is precise. John taught me to think in terms of visual thoughts and to record every thought on paper. ‘Art happens,’ and John helps us work in a way that is conducive to many random moments of success. His experience was clear, and I respect that.”

–Benjamin Garbus, College first-year

“I feel very lucky to have worked with David [Orr]! His wealth of knowledge combined with his unique preaching lecture style makes him one of the most inspiring people I’ve met. Moreover, he is a kind, caring and thoughtful professor with plenty of useful life advice.”

–Enzo Cabili, College senior

“David Orr is a remarkable teacher, author, designer, fundraiser and environmentalist. He manages to convey the urgency of the environmental crisis without abandoning his relentless optimism. David Orr insists that his students are capable of bringing about profound shifts in the ways humans interact with the world. This sense of empowerment was crucial for us as students trying to come to terms with the apocalyptic threats facing our current civilization.”

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the reason to take classes at Oberlin. One of the professors that really changed my life.” “[David Orr’s] policy class was amazing and changed how I think about environmental issues. It taught me to look at issues and projects with the idea of ‘what can I start’ as opposed to ‘what can I do’ with this project.”

“He is laid-back, humble and funny. He pushes us to think and is very well-read.”

“He’s a very approachable guy, and he keeps class interesting.”

“One of my favorite professors at Oberlin.

[Harlan Wilson’s] political theory classes are very thought-provoking and rewarding. His intellectual enthusiasm is contagious. He is sly and likes to challenge and provoke responses, but he has a genuine passion for getting students to really engage with the ideas and with each other.”

“SUPERB professor of political theory.

Took as many classes as I could with him at Oberlin 20 years ago, and I wasn’t even a minor or major in politics. Still remember his teaching with great appreciation.”

“I love Harlan Wilson. A lot. You don’t understand. I want to be Harlan Wilson when I grow up. He’s incredibly smart, sarcastic as all hell and just plain awesome.

Okay, maybe he’s boring from time to time.

But he makes up for it by being so cool.

Once I went to discuss a paper with him and somehow ended up talking about dissecting cats. Live cats.”

“Got to give it to the man!! Wilson is simply on point. He’s one of the few professors at OC that goes out of his way to educate and help. The man knows whole-page quotes from Camus down to the most obscure theorist. Wilson...you’ve sparked a tremendous interest in me. Thanks. G’luck in the future!!”

“I had Darcy for [MUTH] 131, 132, 232 and 343, and he is easily the best teacher I have had ever.”

“Darcy is a fantastic theory teacher. He definitely knows all his stuff and really loves it.”

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Enjoy live DJs, dancing and drinks with your fellow seniors at the Senior Class Ball. Free and open to seniors only.

SAAC Division III Week Sunday, May 4 through Saturday, May 10 The Student Athlete Advisory Committee is sponsoring a week of events including a “sports swap,” screening of The Blind Side, pool party and more. The complete schedule can be found on Oberlin’s online calendar of events.

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CS Exhibition Pushes Limits of Technology as Art Jacob Rivas If the Computer Science Community Art Show were to be described in one word, that word would silently be pulled from the brain by a headset, fed into a seismograph and read as a beautiful array of colored lines. Although the featured artists at the event held on April 26 in Harkness House’s basement were not typical visual or performance

artists, the Computer Science department’s offerings were diverse and impressive enough to rival and perhaps trump Oberlin’s Studio Arts program.

While made up of relatively few contributors, the exhibition featured interactive art, projections, graphic art, performance art, literary art and a few exhibits that were totally unclassifiable. Judging by this exhibition, it wouldn’t be surprising if five

College senior Oren Shoham performs a number of covers at the Computer Science Community Art Show on April 26. Held in the basement of Harkness, the exhibition included interactive art, projections, graphic art, performance art, literary works and a few exhibits that were utterly unclassifiable.

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years from now, Oberlin supported a thriving outsider arts community nestled comfortably behind computer keyboards and Oculus Rift gear.

More striking than any single performer or exhibited artist was the originality and diversity of the pieces, which caused those in attendance to question the definition of “art.” Displays included headgear that responded to brainwaves, circuit boards that produced sound when tinkered with, a simple video game, a randomized light display and projections that subtly responded to motion. These computer science majors crossed lines the Art department usually doesn’t. “Is a machine not art?” the exhibition seemed to ask.

Not all artists intended to push limits solely through their artistic media. College senior Meg Davis, whose digital prints were pinned neatly in a corner, challenged her viewers to brave the realities of the difficult experiences that define many Oberlin students’ lives: sexual trauma and eating disorders.

While the artist’s 10-plus digital prints reflected great artistic talent, the experiences transferred via text were difficult to digest.

Davis’s courage came through in

her work. Rather than hide her frustration and disillusionment with Oberlin’s opaque Sexual Offense Policy, she pinned it on the wall. One particularly striking element was a quotation pulled from Oberlin’s (hopefully) soonto-be-forgotten vice, Obietalk.

The quotation, which seemed to describe one student’s attempt to find justice for sexual assault, was printed on a plain white piece of paper that accentuated its brutal message.

While a picture may be worth a thousand words, this particular piece was worthier of an apology from anyone who ever made somebody feel so bleak.

The show was not totally technology-bound either. College senior Oren Shoham performed a number of covers, accompanied only by his acoustic guitar and the crowd that surrounded him. While covering Waxahatchee at an art show could easily seem corny, Shoham was able to capture the lyrical sincerity in his own voice. He surpassed the audience’s expectations, and, had it not been for a charming rendition of “Wagon Wheel” by Old Crow Medicine Show, the entire first row likely would have spent the rest of

their Friday night weeping.

Poetry and other short readings closed out the show. The first poet, College senior Krista LaFentres, displayed a knack for originality in line with the show’s diversity, and the second, double-degree junior Devon Wells, managed to elicit both laughter and nostalgia.

He capped his performance by reading love letters a young crush had sent him in middle school. While clearly a humorous piece, there was something honest and innocent in the way his voice met his crush’s pen. It was almost impossible not to travel back to the days when a crush was satisfied by giggles and mall dates.

Whether one was more enlightened by new ideas of where art begins and machinery ends or by the cold confrontation of the administration’s failure to effectively manage sexual assault and mental health issues or both, one would need to purposefully ignore the exhibition’s voice in order to leave unaffected. Hopefully this will not be the last exhibition to showcase the Computer Science department’s wealth of talent.

OC Alumnus Counsels Students on Art, Post-Oberlin Careers Michelle Polyak Staff Writer Composer, cultural producer and musician Nick Hallett, OC ’97, couldn’t stay away from Oberlin for too long. On Tuesday, April 29, he delivered a talk titled “The Impossible Convention: Hybrid Music-Art Practices in Gotham and Beyond,” which was sponsored by the Alumni Association and the Ellen Johnson Fund. Hallett described his art-making journey since his time as a double-degree student majoring in Linguistics and Vocal Performance at Oberlin.

Professor of Integrated Media Julia Christensen introduced Hallett to the group of College and Conservatory students. Throughout the spring semester, the Art department has invited many

Oberlin alumni who currently work as artists to come speak to students who are hoping to follow a similar trajectory after graduation. Hallett explained what kind of a student he was while at Oberlin; he took particular interest in performance artists like Meredith Monk and Laurie Anderson, both known for expanding typical theater productions by intensely layering materials into multimedia collage. Hallett noted that he never took an art class at Oberlin, although his interest in interdisciplinary fields led him to his current career as a multimedia composer.

Hallett mapped out the projects that he has worked on in the 17 years since his graduation. In the early 2000s, Hallett and audiovisual artist Ray Sweeten formed an electropop band called The Plantains. The Plantains was an example of the emerg-

ing genre “electroclash” that reached the public eye in the early 2000s and blended new wave synthcore with 1990s electronic dance music. The Plantains played with prominent bands like Scissor Sisters and Le Tigre, and the scene surrounding electroclash music allowed Hallett to explore other aspects of the art scene that emphasized multimedia performance.

However, the music industry was not supportive of this new musical scene, and Hallett and his contemporaries began to consider electroclash a failed musical endeavor. Conversely, the art world eagerly encouraged the production and exhibition of more work of this kind. Representatives of the art scene noticed Hallett’s skills in organizing performance art shows and the diverse audiences he attracted, and the attention allowed Hallett to move into the

curatorial field within the art world.

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The scene surrounding electroclash music allowed Hallett to explore other aspects of the art scene that emphasized multimedia performance.

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– performance space The Kitchen. In his curatorial practice, Hallett noted that he was “interested in understanding the oneto-one relationship of art and sound.” The See Hallett, page 13

Modern Hits, Golden Oldies Garner Standing Ovation at Obertones Show Clara Shannon Established in 1984, the Obertones are the oldest a cappella group on campus, and they seem comfortable with their standing.

While their cockiness can be irritating, they are known for being stellar performers, and their exciting Finney Chapel concert last Saturday night only confirmed the validity of that assertion.

The all-male a cappella ensemble gave an hour-and-a-half performance to a visibly entertained audience, and, in a move that distinguished them from similar groups on campus, also supplemented their show with skits and dancing.

The 11 Obertones opened the show with each member in

a different costume, joking that they would explain later. A sultry performance of D’Angelo’s “Me and Those Dreamin’ Eyes of Mine” started things off, featuring soloists Eoin Mullaney and Sam White, both College sophomores. The rest of the group swayed back and forth and provided vocal backing, giving the soloists the support they needed to rock the highest notes of the song. The third song of the night was Justin Timberlake’s Grammy award-winning “My Love,” an instant crowd pleaser — during the first few bars, the audience erupted into screams and applause. White committed wholeheartedly to the solo, hitting the high notes with ease, and College sophomore Colin Seikel rapped

while the other singers kept the number visually interesting by bobbing up and down to the beat.

To keep things light, the group soon introduced theatrical elements into the performance in the form of a zany time-travelthemed skit. In the skit, a pair of confused Obertones met doubledegree first-year Khalid Taylor, dressed in a lab coat, who explained that he was a Time Lord with the ability to travel back in time, which would allow them to save the members of the Obertones who had become lost in the thread of time. In order to save their friends, the group had to sing the perfect harmony, which they dispatched neatly, causing the lights to flash all over Finney and the trio to travel back to the

Medieval age. There, they found more Obertones tied up and, after some convincing, managed to persuade them to return to the group.

After the Obertones rescued other members from a classic face-off in the Wild West, the show returned to music, with Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire, ” featuring a solo by College senior Dan Bloch. Dressed appropriately in a cowboy hat, Bloch gave a heavy, nuanced performance that the crowd received appreciatively. The group followed with amusing performances of Owl City’s “When Can I See You Again?” and Jónsi’s “Sticks and Stones.”

While there was no bad number of the night, “Foxy Lady” by Jimi Hendrix brought the house

down. Seikel proved a musical powerhouse with his fiery passion and undeniable charisma.

A surprise appearance by Oberlin’s tap group Vibe Tap brought things over the top. Dancers dressed in sparkly blue and yellow perfectly complemented the upbeat and fun energy of the song; while the Obertones sang pleasant harmonies, each of the tap dancers soloed along to the music.

The next stop on the Obertones’ time travel itinerary was a safari, where they found two of their friends in yet another match to the death, before making a foray into the future. A lone Obertone stranded in the year See Obertones, page 13

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Playful Showcase Features Animalistic Aerialists Vida Weisblum Staff Writer The disorder of the jungle might seem an unorthodox pairing with the hyper-controlled technique necessary for aerial, but the combination worked wonders in the Circus Safari show held in Hales Gymnasium last Friday evening. The show, in which performers costumed themselves as a separate jungle animal that they then embodied during their routines, was hosted by College first-year Zoe Beach and College senior Rachel Webberman with the support of Oberlin College Aerialists. It made for an entertaining spectacle, especially as the show displayed the talents of aerialist veterans and newcomers alike. The concept was solid and allowed room for variation,

though the “safari” theme could have been played up even more with decoration and perhaps choreography in some of the performances. However, in general, each of the performances was filled with lighthearted excitement as well as impressive aerial and tumbling skill, leaving the crowd simultaneously laughing and awestruck.

College first-year Juliette Glickman, who performed as a black mamba snake, has been doing aerials for six years. She instructs aerials at Moody Street Circus and teaches the tightrope ExCo at Oberlin. Glickman kicked off the show by slithering through a sultry and technically sound aerial silks routine complete with hyperextended splits and suspenseful drops. A bubbly performance by double-degree sophomore Christy Rose, in character as a tree frog, con-

trasted with Glickman’s fierce opener. Rose has only been doing aerials since Winter Term, but despite her lack of aerial experience, her strength and flexibility as a gymnast shone through during her powerful trapeze swing performance, which was rich with personality and technical skill. Her routine, though definitely solid, might have been made even more impressive by incorporating more tumbling tricks, which would have broadened the focus of the show. As announced before her act, Rose, combining her passions into an interdisciplinary project, is also in the process of developing wearable interactive sensor circuits for use with circus arts as part of her junior TIMARA recital.

The following routine, performed by a trio of baboons comprised of College seniors Jessica

Lam and Sam Karpinski and College junior Molly Barger, was both one of the technically simplest acts and one of the most entertaining. Lam and Karpinski instruct the aerialist ExCo class that Barger has been a part of for just six months, but despite the gap in aerial experience, the trio managed to pull off a cohesive, humorous number that conjured lots of cheerful laughter and applause. The trio dove into their performance with a slapstick-style comedy routine and even riffed on the Miley Cyrus single “Wrecking Ball” as they pushed each other on a rope suspended from the ceiling. Audience members roared with laughter when the soundtrack evolved into the popular remix of the song for recorder, and the See Performers, page 12

Irwin Quotes Beckett, Demonstrates Versatility in Vaudeville Anne Pride-Wilt Arts Editor “I want to show you now what happens when I put baggy pants on,” actor and clown Bill Irwin, OC ’73, told the Finney Chapel audience Sunday night. He’d taken the stage in an oldfashioned but safe ensemble of a white shirt and loose gray pants — the only thing unusual about his appearance was a brown fedora — but that would change over the course of the night. Once Irwin donned the baggy pants (and later, the even baggier pants), everything became fair game, from classic clowning to dramatic monologues to musical comedy.

Toward the beginning of the show, Irwin, who spent the year after he graduated from Oberlin at Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Clown College, declared that half of physical comedy is finding a problem. To demonstrate the potential humor of “getting into trouble,” he thrust his hands deep into his pockets and found himself incapable of removing them.

He tugged at his pockets as if there were chewing gum inside, fusing to his hands. As with most physical comedy, it was funnier than it seems on paper, and Irwin’s jerky, increasingly frantic movements were greeted with shrieks of laughter.

That’s not to imply that Irwin’s humor was lowbrow. In a segment of musical comedy that Irwin said was “created with

Oberlin in mind,” Irwin, donning a straw boater’s cap, pulled out a comically tiny ukulele and launched into a gasping, neurotic ditty he called the “Querulous Cartesian Love Song” — whatever that means. Then his attention turned to the art of clowncraft. Slipping on, in true Oberlin style, a pair of black thick-rimmed glasses, Irwin announced, “In physical comedy, you’re often treating your pelvis as you don’t in normal life.” By tilting his brown fedora in different directions on his head, he demonstrated how much such small details could shape a character. Then his attention returned to the pelvis See Clowning, page 12

On the Record with Organizers of Safe+Sound Sexualized Violence Exhibition Last Thursday, multimedia exhibition Safe+Sound went on display in the Tappan Square bandstand to raise awareness of sexualized violence in the Oberlin community. The day before the exhibition, the Review spoke with the event’s organizers, College sophomore Tinni Bhattacharyya and College junior Sophie Hess about the process of putting the exhibition together and how they hope to accomplish their goal.

What is the origin of Safe+Sound?

Tinni Bhattacharyya: The project started because both of us are really interested in talking about sexualized violence. I’m a new staffer [at the Sexual Information Center], but Sophie has been a staffer for a while, so it’s something that we do a lot in terms of talking to people, raising awareness, counseling situations and stuff like that. Because it’s so present in our community, and also in light of the new Sexual Misconduct Policy, it seemed like the space was really necessary in our community.

Sophie Hess: Tinni’s an Art major, and I’m a former Art major, and we both have a lot of experience with art and installation. It sort of felt like we’d reached this point where we were teaching a lot of workshops and doing a lot of counseling and a lot of things taking place in the private space, and we really wanted a public space to be able to talk about what it means to survive violence, or what it means to have violence in your community.

You’re featuring anonymous stories of sexualized violence in the exhibition. How does that fit into the final product?

TB: There are two different parts to our exhibition. There are those anonymous stories that you mentioned, and also works of visual art. We’ve been talking about this a lot, actually — about this whole idea of public anonymity, and how that can be a really great experience for someone who’s telling a story because they get

that experience of typing out a story and putting it out there, and feeling like they’re being heard without feeling like who they are as a person is in any way invaded. … What ends up happening is that there’s going to be this internal space, like a room [where] all the walls are going to have all these stories that have been submitted so far, and that allows people to also relate and see, like, ‘Wait, this happened to someone else.

This also happened to me.’ I think that can be really interesting.

SH: To speak about your experience with trauma in a public environment is a lot to ask of someone, and often if one person decides they want to speak out, there’s all this emphasis on like, ‘Share your story, break the silence.’ If one person does it, then they end up being sort of tokenized as the survivor. What I think that this does is it also takes away a lot of the aspects where you can [tokenize people]. The anonymity of it makes it a little bit more universal. And at the same time, that person does get to put their story out into the public — [they can] sort of like take it from their head and make it into an object.

How did you compile the show’s visual component?

TB: For the visual arts parts of it, we basically put out a call to artists through a couple different ends, and basically anyone who wanted to share something; it was completely up to them. We were very much like, ‘This can be in whatever format you want.

If you want it in the exhibition, it’ll be in the exhibition.’ And that was really important to us, because … people at Oberlin are so creative and they express themselves in so many different ways, so we kind of wanted to target a lot of visual arts, creative writing and then sound and music.

SH: And we also had to be pretty broad, too, because we really didn’t want to discount anyone’s experience with violence because we all have them. When we’re at a rate where one in four people on campus is sexually

assaulted, it means that a person [who has been assaulted] probably has three friends who are supporting them, so everybody has a relationship to it.

How do you feel about the final product? Are you excited?

SH: I’m really excited, but I still feel like it’s going to be surprising because we haven’t actually put everything together in one space yet, because a lot of the materials are really heavy. So I know what it looks like in my head, but when it comes tomorrow, I’m really excited to see what it is. And it also really changes — when we first got the submissions, they were written on paper. I had this reaction to them, and when people started reading them, the reaction is totally different. I think watching people see it will be totally different.

TB: And also, we reimagined the space so many times, partly because of logistical issues, but also because we realized that this space required something different from what we originally thought it would. So while I have a picture of it in my head, I feel like the second it goes up, it’s just going to create an environment that we don’t really know. There are going to be so many aspects of it. It’s going to be so visually interesting, but also a lot of the sound things. Really, to me at least, it’s hard to imagine how those qualities will interact with one another.

How do you expect the community to react to the exhibition?

TB: First of all, we would ideally like people to put up their stories, because one of my biggest concerns was that we weren’t reaching out to as many people as possible. It was more like, Sophie and I have these friends who seem to be really paying attention, and I have these friends that are paying attention, but then there are so many people on this campus who probably have had an experience with some form of violence that haven’t been able to share their stories. I think that that’ll be a re-

ally interesting thing to see, what other people are comfortable sharing in that space.

SH: We’ve had a ton of positive feedback in putting it together, but I have no idea what’s going to happen. I feel really good about it. Even though we’ve

designed every part of it, I feel like we’re just curating it, too, and it’s really just [that] we’re creating a platform for other people to tell their stories.

Interview by Anne Pride-Wilt, Arts editor

Safe+Sound organizers College junior Sophie Hess (left) and College sophomore Tinni Bhattacharyya pose on the steps of the Tappan Square bandstand during their exhibition. The exhibition featured a combination of anonymously submitted personal stories of sexualized violence and works of art by Oberlin students.

Kaïa Austin

A work of student art at Thursday’s Safe+Sound exhibition highlights moving quotations pertaining to experiences of sexualized violence. The exhibition, which was held in the Tappan Square bandstand, also featured prerecorded stories of sexualized violence and musical pieces.

Kaïa Austin

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Performers Yip, Growl Through Animal-Inspired Aerial Show Continued from page 11 performers even incorporated prop instruments into their act.

College first-year Katharine Geber, as a tarantula, managed to relax the raucous mood induced by the monkeys with a focused and dramatic performance choreographed to Emilie Simon’s subdued “The Egg.” The act was an impressive reflection of her many years of training in the circus arts. Geber began aerials at the age of 15 and has trained intensively for four years at such places as Westchester Circus Arts, Circus Smirkus, The Santa Barbara Centre for Aerial Arts and Circus Warehouse. She has also taught aerials at Amazing Grace Circus camp and Westchester Arts summer camp.

College seniors Ida Hoequist and Sarah Francis, in character as a pair of sloths, likewise changed the pace of the show with a comic — and appropriately slow-moving — balancing act choreographed to YouTube hit “Sloth Rock.” The routine consisted primarily of Hoequist lying on her back while Francis moved in a

College sophomore Christy Rose performs a trick on the single-point trapeze during her frog-themed aerial routine during last Friday’s Circus Safari. The show, sponsored by the Oberlin College Aerialists, featured both new and veteran members in performances that drew inspiration from jungle animals.

Zoë Madonna

Clowning Delights in Finney Continued from page 11 as he carefully modulated his center of gravity to instantly morph into different characters with distinctive mannerisms.

Irwin, always eager to keep the show moving, never stayed with one bit for long. Directly after his segment on techniques of physical comedy he segued into a long explanation of his love for Irish playwright Samuel Beckett. In the 2009 Broadway revival of Beckett’s classic Waiting for Godot, Irwin played Vladimir, but instead of a monologue from that play, he delivered a frantic, dynamic performance of an excerpt from Beckett’s Stories and Texts for Nothing. This section, while fascinating to watch, was one of the few missteps of the show. Irwin had assured the under-12 members of the crowd that the monologue would be short, but, regardless of age, the audience wouldn’t have complained if it had been shorter.

He had greater success with his next dramatic foray. Reprising the role for which he won a Tony Award in 2005, Irwin performed a scene as George from Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, supported by College senior Colin Wulff as husband, Nick. Wulff held his own admirably, but Irwin was bewitching to watch, inhabiting his character completely and conveying his bitterness without allowing the character to fall flat.

Then, of course, on to the next thing. Irwin freewheeled energetically through a demonstration of how percussion cues can supplement a physical performance, with drum cues supplied by a game College junior Dan Bloch, who, according to Irwin, had been recruited a mere three hours before. The baggy pants weren’t done for the night, though. In a lengthy segment weighed down with backstory, Irwin donned progressively huger pairs right on top of the other, clowning for a little at each stage to Bloch’s drum cues. At last count, Irwin had four pairs of pants on at once.

He added a white vest, red jacket with tails, a black wig and the requisite pair of glasses outfitted with a rubber nose and fake mustache.

He then began an elaborate pantomime of a man who has a good deal of trouble with his spaghetti at a picnic lunch. It was broad humor, of course, but delightfully so, to watch Irwin chase an errant noodle around the stage.

Irwin was the consummate performer, able to bring out the best of any medium he tried. Those in the audience who came anticipating a pure clown show certainly got their fill, but Irwin proved that he has more range than that. He’s as comfortable with Samuel Beckett as with a rubber nose — and just wait and see what happens when he gets ahold of some baggy pants.

deliberately delayed fashion, balancing in various ways through impressive weight distribution techniques and steady positioning. Rendering the performance even more charming was the backstory of the relationship between the pair, announced before their routine: They first met as roommates in Dascomb Hall their freshman year and have been doing acro together ever since.

Following the duo was College firstyear Clara Scudder-Davis, dressed as a fruit bat, who has been dancing since the age of seven. Scudder-Davis’s short silhouette performance was not as intricate as some of the other acts, which was understandable given her mere four months of aerial training.

Nevertheless, the piece was an elegant and fluid demonstration. It will be exciting to see future performances

by Scudder-Davis to watch how the circus arts can complement her dance background. College senior Sarah Cayer, another newcomer to the aerial scene, followed with an alligatorthemed performance. While she has been training for about six months, having gotten her start at Aerial Arts NYC and Innercirque Denmark and

various Oberlin groups, her performance was spunky, mature and exciting. Cayer’s performance was one of the funkier acts of the night. Dressed in an alligator outfit that included minimal green, Cayer supplied flavor with a tie-dye t-shirt and an energetic aerial rope routine to Florence and the Machine’s “Girl with One Eye.” Her attack on the rope was inspiring, particularly because of her ferocity and conviction.

Throughout the show, Beach played DJ as she sat at a small table beyond the excitement. Suddenly, at the end of the night, she bounced out of her seat and took center stage. She immediately captivated the crowd with a masterful display of her six years of circus training. For her panther-inspired routine, Beach also used the trapeze swing, holding herself with dancerlike concentration and hitting each position with strength and precision.

Beach’s emergence from the wings to steal the show seemed like an apt metaphor for the show as a whole: one may not have expected much from the wacky animal theme, but it ultimately benefited from the low expectations, delivering grace, talent and poise.

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Intense, Energetic Pieces Drive Koreo Showcase Clara Shannon The crowd in the Cat in the Cream got everything it wanted at the Koreo showcase last Wednesday, from heavy beats to heart-wrenching poetry. Koreo, Oberlin’s co-ed hip-hop fusion dance troupe, collaborated with fellow hip-hop student performers for a fun and exhilarating show featuring not only dance, but spoken word, beat-boxing and music as well.

The show kicked off with a dance duet by College juniors Lingyu (Mini) Zhang and Chelsea Cross set to the music of Kill the Noise, Until the Ribbon Breaks, All Good Funk Alliance and B2K. Perfectly in sync, the pair gave an impeccable performance with just the right amount of energy to ignite the crowd.

The next performance showcased the entire 10-person cast.

Despite the large ensemble and intricate routine, the group performed “Koreo Kollage,” which was set to the music of B2K and MANN, with ease.

A solo a cappella piece by double-degree first-year Khalid Taylor followed. He offered a soulful change of pace with the songs “If I Ain’t Got You” by Alicia Keys and John Legend’s “Ordinary People.” His voice carried through the room, entrancing the audience with his passion and great sensitivity.

To add to the intensity of the program, College first-year Annika Hansteen Izora performed a poem she titled “All or Nothing,” which was nothing short of amazing. Undeniably powerful in her delivery, Hansteen Izora’s spoken word performance was breathtaking and compelling.

In contrast to the seriousness of the previous two pieces, Koreo’s members gave an upbeat and fun performance called “Going For Gold,” which was set to Bruno Mars’s “Treasure” and Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky.”

“This goes out to all the introspective girls out there,” College senior Jonathan “J Dub” Weiss said before he performed his rap “Swagga Lynda Barry,” with beats by Serge Kalvini. Creative and committed in his delivery, J Dub was supported by the crowd cheering on his performance.

Soon, Koreo members Cross and College sophomore Alan Rueda began a rap battle in which they invited members of the audience to join. Set to beats

by DJ Marky Mark, the battle added a light-hearted, fun and humorous touch to the night.

After a somewhat lengthy intermission, the show continued with a freestyle dance by Zhang, who prefaced her performance with a video and speech on the importance of the relationship between DJ and dancer. She moved effortlessly across the stage with confidence and charisma, showcasing her talents as a dancer. With great energy and drive, Zhang’s style and passion shined.

Next was a solo dance by community member Tiachelle “Ty” Clifford, performed to “Show Me” by Kid Ink. Although the routine was obviously intricate, Clifford moved freely about the stage without difficulty. As he “popped and locked” to every beat, the audience bobbed along.

College junior Robin Wong’s original composition, “Second Sun,” followed, performed on the flute, ukelele and vocals. While alternating between the flute

and ukelele, Wong spoke and spat beats into the microphone, which he then played through a loop pedal. Although strikingly different from the rest of the program, Wong’s piece added uplifting and compelling variety to the night.

Next, College sophomore Gracie Goodman wowed the audience with her impressive beatboxing talents. With only a microphone in her hand, she gave a riveting performance as she switched tempos with ease.

Never losing the beat or the attention of the audience, Goodman’s set was a highlight of the night.

Artists Van ’Go and DJ Pete Karaoke’s “No Sleep,” “Wake Up” and “Go Time” brought the audience to its feet. “In intimate settings such as this, I try to get the crowd very involved,” Van ’Go said, after asking the audience to stand up along with him.

The crowd cheered, clapped and swayed along with the music, clearly enjoying every minute.

Van ’Go’s delivery and DJ Pete Karaoke’s beats were smooth and entertaining.

Another freestyle performance followed, titled “Break Free” with beats by DJ Marky Mark. Koreo then closed the show with a number choreographed by Rueda and Cross, set to “Thinkin’ Bout You” by Frank Ocean, “Talk That Talk” by Rihanna and “Mine” by Beyoncé.

All in all, the night was an entertaining showcase of hip-hop and other talent at Oberlin. Koreo and the rest of the artists demonstrated their undeniable talents with engaging and passionate performances that the crowd will not soon forget.

College junior Mini Zhang (left), College junior Chelsea Cross, College sophomore Calvin Gang, College sophomore Gabriela Hurtado-Ramos, College sophomore Alan Rueda and College sophomore Sue Mengchen Zue perform a dance piece at the Koreo showcase last Wednesday.

Claire Morton

Obertones Race Through Time, Rescue Lost Members Continued from page 10 2016 explained that all humans were turning into robots.

Frightened by this revelation, the singers traveled back to 2003, where they jammed to the classic party anthem “Hey Ya!” by Outkast.

After recovering all of its lost a cappella mates, the group decided to officially invite time lord extraordinaire Taylor to join the group. After Taylor agreed, he soloed on Bastille’s “Pompeii,” garnering a standing ovation from the crowd. The group closed the night with Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On” and, for the encore, a rendition of the Rusted Root’s “Send Me On My Way.” It’s no wonder that the Obertones have maintained such popularity. They have proven time and time again to be a favorite student group on campus, with massive support from their peers. They make entertaining the audience their priority, be it through music or through other performance aspects, and unless they start to slip, the other a cappella groups on campus will have to step it up to unseat the reigning champions.

Hallett, OC ’97, Advocates for Creation of Unconventional Art Continued from page 10 incorporation of sonic elements into visual art is not a new phenomenon, but the technological advances of the past 15 years have allowed it to be much more accessible to larger audiences. Hallett’s work implements musical and visual trends from the 1960s and 1970s and applies them to technological systems of the 21st century.

In his lecture, Hallett aimed to deconstruct his career choices in order to inform current students about what their futures may hold and to give informative advice. After working as a curator for several years, Hallett began to produce artistic work in the genre of new opera. His departure from both curatorial work and the mainstream music industry has allowed him to explore the different aspects of the art world by creating immersive artistic experiences. “The artist should not tap into the zeitgeist but rather the artist should be the zeitgeist,” Hallett said.

In collaboration with performance artist Shana Moulton, Hallett created the interdisciplinary opera Whispering Pines 10, which was staged at the

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in 2012. The opera, which Hallett described as “an exploration of the polarity between high art and low kitsch,” continues to tour today, and Hallett and Moulton are working to make it available on the internet.

The lecture gave students a glimpse into the professional life –––––––––––––––––––––––––––

“The artist should not tap into the zeitgeist but rather the artist should be the zeitgeist.”

Nick Hallett Composer, OC ’97 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––– of an artist who got his start as an Oberlin student. Hallett supplied pertinent advice to the room of eager Art, Art History, TIMARA and Composition students. He assured the audience members that they would have both successes and failures in their professional careers — but they should not be discouraged from applying risky, innovative ideas to art.

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IN THE LOCKER ROOM

Men’s Track and Field

This week, the Review sat down with men’s track and field runners senior Jimmy Taylor, junior Jerry Choi and sophomore Josh Urso to discuss breaking school records, pole vaulting and pre-race rituals.

How is the season going so far?

Jimmy Taylor: It’s been going really well. We have had a lot of people making consistent progress throughout the season, which to me is a mark of how the season is going.

Jerry Choi: I am definitely seeing a lot of improvements — every week I see new personal records.

Josh Urso: To me, compared to last year, it seems like the team’s doing really well. So many school records have been broken this year; it’s kind of ridiculous; I am losing count. [Junior] Tiffany [Henry] has broken at least 15 school records, [sophomore] Geno [Arthur] and [junior] Carey [Lyons] have broken records, and so many people are going to Nationals.

Any highlights from the season?

JC: I finally broke the 54-second barrier in the 400-meter hurdles.

That has been one of my biggest goals since coming into college.

Also splitting under 50 seconds in the 4 by 400-meter relay.

JU: A highlight is improving a lot on last year and setting a personal record — a lifetime best in the 800 meters. The consistency and the higher level of performance has been a highlight for me.

JT: I guess for me, I feel like I have been a little disappointed with how my season has gone in terms of times. But I’ve been having a really good time and have been really competitive in my races, and just working out with younger guys and seeing them

times before and you haven’t died yet, and this is going to be hard, but in the end it’s always worth it. I kind of mentally walk myself through the race in that way, and at the end of it I am always ready to go and excited to race.

JU: Aside from the usual warmups, I don’t really think about the race at all. I continue conversations as usual because I like to think that it’s just a race. This is what I do every day. I run in circles, and this is absolutely not different.

Josh Urso, Jimmy Taylor and Jerry Choi improve every week has been really awesome for me.

If you could compete in any event, what would it be?

JC: I’ve always wanted to jump.

I’ve always liked jumping. It’s really amazing watching people jump.

JT: I feel like the classic ‘I wish I could do this’ answer is pole vault.

Everyone is like ‘Oh, it would be so cool,’ but it would be so cool. I would also love to do the 100-meter dash. I don’t really have a good reason why — it just seems really fun to me.

JU: I have a hard time deciding between pole vaulting, javelin and probably the 400-meter dash. I do run the 400, but to be really good at it, that would be so cool.

What are your hopes for the rest of the season?

JC: My hopes would be that we see a lot of people go to Nationals.

We already have a good amount of people, and I really want to see a lot of the guys get up there. It would be nice seeing more school records

broken and seeing people PR in conference, which is this weekend.

JU: I want to see the trends continue, the trend of the season so far [of] everybody getting PRs. It seems like every week people just keep PRing. It should be exciting because at the end of the year everybody is tapering, everybody is feeling fresh, like they felt at the beginning of the season. Usually you will see some massive PRs at the end of the year when people are uninhibited by the workload. It will be pretty exciting.

JT: I think this year, more than any other year, we have a really balanced track team. We have people that are going to contribute and compete in all different events and especially because our team is so young, it will be really awesome to see if people can step up and compete with the best people in our conference.

Are you excited to host the Conference Championship meet this weekend?

JU: Yes, absolutely.

JT: Having home meets is just

the best. The last time we had conference at home was my freshman year. So it’s always a lot of fun, you have your friends, your professors come out and you get to do the thing you love for an audience.

JU: I am excited for it. I feel more comfortable at the home meets, mostly because all your friends are there — professors, peers. It’s helpful mentally [to be] racing where you work out because you think, ‘OK, I’ve done this, I can do this.’ It’s not as stressful [as] traveling and having to spend the night somewhere in a hotel and getting stiff on the bus.

How do you prepare in the minutes leading up to your event?

JC: Well I warm up like 30 minutes before I race. I have a routine — I don’t go too hard because I don’t want to tire myself out.

JT: We warm up an hour before we do our dynamic warm-up. But for me, I need to have a moment to tell myself that everything is going to be OK. You’ve raced so many

What’s your favorite part of the track and field team?

JU: Definitely the community — it is my favorite part, and being able to unwind on the runs.

JT: For me it’s the same thing — so many of my closest friends are on the team.

JU: I’d say 90 percent of my friends are on the team. It’s not that I don’t branch out, it’s that the team is like 100 or something people.

JC: That’s pretty much it for me, too — the community.

Any advice for young runners?

JC: Have a good schedule — you don’t want to be too stressed out with school and running.

JU: Just have good time management.

JT: Running has to be something that you enjoy and something that you can use as an escape. As soon as it becomes a chore, then you don’t have time.

And if you don’t have running as an escape from the tedium of dayto-day life, then it just becomes a part of that.

Interview by Sarah Orbuch, Sports editor Photo by Zach Harvey

— Men’s Tennis —

Tennis Sends off Senior with Victory Sloane Garelick

Last weekend the tennis team closed out its spring season with a win and a loss in the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament. The team finished its season with a 12–13 record, going 1–3 in conference play.

As the fifth-seeded team in the tournament, the Yeomen took on the fourth-seeded team, the Allegheny College Gators, in the quarterfinals last Friday. Unfortunately, the match ended with a 5–0 loss for the Yeomen.

With its season on the line, the coaches made some changes to the team’s usual lineup, hoping to achieve better results.

“We felt it gave us the best opportunity to win the match, and unfortunately the gamble didn’t pay off,” senior Charles Marks said.

The Gators, ranked No.11 in the region, won all three doubles matches, as well as the No. 1 and No. 3 singles matches.

The Yeomen almost snagged a win at the No. 3 doubles spot as first-year Abraham Davis and Marks took on Alexander Hurtuk and Sam Stephenson of Allegheny, but they ultimately fell 8–6.

First-year Ian Paik offered a truthful, if cliché, assessment of the team’s loss.

“Tennis is like a box of chocolates: you never quite know what you’re going to get, and the match with Allegheny epitomized this,” he said.

After the loss to Allegheny last Friday, the Yeomen bounced back on Saturday with a 5–1 victory over the Ohio Wesleyan University Battling Bishops in the consolation semifinals of the tournament.

“We did what we needed to do to win, and we made sure not to let them into the match,” Marks said.

Paik and first-year Jeremy Lichtmacher defeated Dane Poppe and Blake Brewer of Ohio Wesleyan 8–0 in No. 2 doubles. Davis and Marks secured another victory by defeating Justin Overhulse and Austin Okray 8–3 in No. 3 doubles.

Marks also secured a singles victory by defeating Dane Poppe 3–6, 6–2 and 6–2. The win came in Marks’s last ever match as a Yeomen and clinched a victory for the team.

“It was a good way to not only end our season but to end Charlie’s college career by getting the fifth point, clinching the match,” Paik said.

Davis was happy with the victory over the Battling Bishops but wasn’t content with the season’s end.

“It would’ve been nice to beat Allegheny and reach the semifinals, but there’s always next year,” he said.

Both Paik and sophomore Callan Louis received NCAC accolades for their impressive seasons. Paik was named to the All-NCAC Second Team and was also named the NCAC newcomer of the year while Louis was awarded Honorable Mention, All-NCAC. With this season behind them, the Yeomen are already looking toward next spring and setting high goals for themselves.

“As a team we’d like to improve on our fifth place finish this year and aim to make the jump into the top three of the conference,” Paik said. “We’d like to get regionally ranked, and I think we have the tools to do it.”

Although Marks will be graduating this year, he too is optimistic about the future of the Yeomen.

“This season was a season of learning, with a ton of young guys getting comfortable with the dual match setting,” Marks said. “This team is ready to take huge steps forward in the coming seasons behind a really strong core of young guys.”

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— Baseball —

Yeomen Beat Spartans in Hutson Walk-Off Suzanna Doak Last Sunday, the Yeomen played the Case Western Reserve University Spartans in a doubleheader, winning the first game in walk-off fashion and losing the second in a blowout.

The Spartans are a nationally ranked team and first in their conference, so the Yeomen knew they were in for a challenging set of games.

“A lot of teams tend to psych themselves out before playing tougher opponents,” first-year Justin Cruz said. “The fact that we came out and didn’t let their good reputation affect how we played was huge.”

The Yeomen quickly fell behind 0–3 in the first game, but the Yeomen fought back to take a 4–3 lead in the eighth inning on a double by junior Mitch Novak. It looked as if his clutch hit would go to waste when senior Mike McDonald allowed two runs in the top of the ninth, but the Yeomen wouldn’t go down easily. After singles by junior Daniel Baldocchi, junior Ryan Bliss and senior Kevin Verne, junior Andrew Hutson drove in Bliss and Baldocchi to give the Yeomen a 6–5 walk-off victory.

“We played Case close the first time we faced them, so we were confident going into Sunday that we had a good chance to win both those games,” Hutson said. “To win a game like this takes execution on the part of everyone on the team, and we were able to capitalize on our chances at various points of the game. I was just the lucky sucker who came up at the end and got a chance to get a big hit.”

McDonald was ejected with two outs in the top of the ninth inning, which makes the team’s walk-off win all the more impressive.

He took issue with an umpire who made a safe call at first base, extending the inning for the Spartans, and was promptly thrown out of the game.

“Our biggest challenge was the umpires,” junior Jeff Schweighoffer said. “They were unable to Junior Andrew Hutson connects with a pitch in a game against the Case Western Reserve University Spartans last make routine calls at first base Sunday. Hutson’s single in the first game of the doubleheader gave the Yeomen a 6–5 victory.

Simeon Deutsch and, putting it nicely, they did a really bad job.”

McDonald leads the Yeomen in ERA game against a highly ranked opponent 7–4 in game one, but followed up with Fortunately for the Yeomen, se- and opponents batting average. like Case is always a positive out- a much closer second game, winning nior Mattie DeDoes stepped up to The team fell 10–2 in the second come,” he said.

2–1. get the last out of the final frame, game of the doubleheader, but BaldocDespite the loss, the team showed The Yeomen’s current record is 17– keeping the score at 5–4 and pav- chi was still pleased with the team’s up ready to win on Wednesday after- 17 overall and 7–9 in conference play, ing the way for Hutson’s heroics. performance. noon as it took on the Baldwin Wal- good for third in the NCAC East. They Despite the slight breakdown in “We would have liked to take both lace University Yellow Jackets. The travel to face DePauw University this the ninth inning of the first game, of the games, but winning even a single Yeomen easily defeated the visitors weekend in NCAC crossover play.

— Softball —

Mixed 11–23 Season Draws to a Close

Editorial: Racist Words Haunt NBA

Hannah Heinke-Green

Continued from page 16

After a 0–2 loss in the first of two games, the softball team responded with a convincing 9–3 victory over Allegheny College Wednesday, April 23. With the win, the Yeowomen set a school record, going 5–11 in North Coast Athletic Conference play.

“Winning that game allowed us to break the record for most conference wins in school history,” said Head Coach Mimi Mahon. “We actually knocked Allegheny out of the conference tournament with our win against them.”

After the low-scoring first game, the Yeowomen started out the second game strong, with four runs on six hits in the first inning.

“It was sweet after losing the first game to be able to bounce back and score so many runs in the second,” first-year Sami Mericle said.

First-year Grace Evans, senior Emily King, sophomore Jenny Hill and junior Jenny Goldsmith all scored in the first inning.

Evans continued the Yeowomen’s scoring spree in the fourth with a single to right field. Stolen bases by junior Katie Pieplow and sophomore Caroline Hamilton helped lead to runs for the Yeowomen.

“I helped keep the innings going for us by getting on base and allowing my

fellow teammates to bring me across the plate,” Evans said.

She contributed to the success of the team again the following day when the Yeowomen took on the visiting Defiance College Yellow Jackets on senior day.

Just like the previous day, the Yeowomen dropped the first game by a score of 2–4, but came back to win the second 2–1.

In the first game of the evening, senior Melanie Budney held Defiance scoreless through the first five innings.

Oberlin’s defense faltered in the sixth, however, as they made three errors. The Yellow Jackets capitalized, scoring four runs to take the lead for good.

Senior Kelsey Steiner got the Yeowomen on the board in the fourth inning by hitting a double to right center field, bringing Evans home.

Heading into the seventh, the Yeowomen were tied 1–1 with Defiance, but a double by junior Katie Pieplow scored sophomore Caroline Hamilton to give the team a walk-off victory.

After the busy week, the Yeowomen traveled to Olivet College on Sunday, April 27.

The Yeowomen struggled, losing both games by a combined score of 24–2.

The lone bright spot for the team came in the first game, when Pieplow hit a solo home

Senior Emily King fires a ball toward first base. King leads the Yeowomen with a .325 batting average and 37 runs score.

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run to left field. The homer was Pieplow’s third of the season.

The team concluded its season on Wednesday with a doubleheader against Ohio Christian University. The Yeowomen won both games in a convincing fashion, coming away with 7–0 and 8–0 victories.

The Yeowomen end their season with a record of 11–23 overall. Although they did not make it to the NCAC tournament, they maintained a positive view of

the season. Their record is an improvement over last year’s 4–30 record, and the team’s 23 losses is a five year low.

The team’s success is a direct product of players like Evans, Pieplow and King improving their game this season.

“It’s been a great year again as Pieplow and King have broken nearly every offensive record,” Coach Mahon said. “Emily King also set the record for most wins on the mound and most career strikeouts.”

were people of color, and over three-quarters were Black. Over 43 percent of coaches were Black, too.

That a person who harbors such obvious hatred for people of color has been allowed to own a team in a league like the NBA for over 30 years is troubling, to say the least.

There is never a good time for comments like the ones Sterling made, but they certainly couldn’t have come during a worse part of the season. The Clippers are currently battling the Golden State Warriors in the opening round of the playoffs, and had jumped out to a 2–1 series lead before news of Sterling’s comments broke. In its subsequent game, the team suffered a 21 point loss. Players and Head Coach Doc Rivers do not blame the distraction for the team’s loss, but I find that hard to believe. Would you really want to play your hardest if you knew winning meant benefiting a man who has no respect for you?

Sadly, even after Sterling’s ban, we haven’t heard the last of this story. Rivers has expressed doubts about whether he’ll return to the team next season, and we will continue to see the Clippers lose sponsorships from companies who don’t wish to be associated with such blatant racism.

“I don’t want to change the culture because I can’t,” Sterling told his girlfriend. As the owner of an NBA team playing in one of the biggest markets in America, he’s flat-out wrong. But Sterling’s chance to use his power and wealth for the greater good is over. Like many rich assholes that came before him, Sterling can now sit in his megamansions and consider the ramifications of his stupidity.

Sterling dug his own grave with his words. As President Obama said, “When ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance, you don’t really have to do anything, you just let them talk.”

In a situation like this, there are no winners.

Now all we can hope for is that the NBA learns from this and becomes a better league for it.

Sports The Oberlin Review

With the final seed in the North Coast Athletic Conference tournament on the line, the women’s lacrosse team dropped its last game to The College of Wooster Fighting Scots on Saturday with a score of 11–15. The Yeowomen concluded their season with an overall record of 8–5, and a 3–5 record in conference play. The annual Senior Day festivities preceded Saturday’s contest, as the team honored its six graduating seniors.

The Yeowomen held their own against the Fighting Scots in the opening minutes and even managed to briefly gain the lead shortly after the start of the second half of the game. Ultimately, these efforts were not enough to thwart Wooster’s offensive momentum, as the team netted six unanswered goals to close out the game. Firstyear goalkeeper Alexa L’Insalata, who made Women’s lacrosse seniors Simone Brodner (left), Hannah Christiansen, Phoebe Hammer, Sarah Orbu18 saves, cited several reasons for the close ch, Heewon Kwon and Sarah Andrews. The Yeowomen said farewell to their graduating seniors in the team’s final home game against The College of Wooster.

Erik Andrews loss.

“I do not believe the pressure is what caused the outcome of the game, because in dlish has taught us more about lacrosse and “This team is definitely the strongest and other high-pressure games the outcome was shown us how good we can be. There was so most skilled team I’ve been on,” Brodner the opposite,” L’Insalata said. “We were just much trust between the coaching staff and said. “I think Lynda McCandlish is an inunable to capitalize enough on the chances the team, and it made a huge difference.” credible coach and has brought a new level we had to come back and win the game in Saturday marked the end of McCandlish’s of team play and tactics to a group of skilled the end.” first season coaching at Oberlin after she individuals.”

Despite the loss, there remains great seamlessly stepped into the role of head This year’s graduating class played under promise for the Yeowomen’s next season. coach last fall. Under her leadership the Yeo- three different head coaches in its four seaAll 11 goals were tallied by underclassmen. women doubled their wins from last spring. sons at Oberlin. Overall, senior Sarah AnFirst-year Sara Phister spearheaded the “I couldn’t have asked for a better first drews reflects on her experience positively.

Oberlin offense by racking up six scores, season at Oberlin,” McCandlish said. “The “It’s such an honor to have played with evwhile classmates Morgan Daruwala and team has such amazing, well rounded, great eryone,” Andrews said. “We’ve been through Marissa Maxfield added two and one more, student-athletes. It was a pleasure to coach three head coaches and so many more asrespectively. Sophomore Grace Barlow also them this year. Everyone worked hard and sistant coaches. There’s been so much, and slipped two shots by the Fighting Scots goal- improved over the whole season. We won our team’s grown through each and every keeper to finish with a personal record of 48 some big games that got some people’s at- obstacle.” goals this season. tention, and I’m excited to build on that Along with Andrews and Brodner, the “I think I had more confidence as a next year.”

Yeowomen bid farwell to graduating seniors sophomore this season, but it really all Senior captain Simone Brodner seconded Hannah Christiansen, Heewon Kwon and comes from my teammates and my coach,” McCandlish’s positivity about this year and Review editors Phoebe Hammer and Sarah said Barlow. “[Head] Coach [Lynda] McCan- future seasons.

Orbuch.

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mote acceptance, competition and, most of all, fun. Goodman feels that PUSSYWHIPPED is an example of how Oberlin students can use the freedom of intramural sports to create safe spaces for those who may feel unwelcome on other teams.

Director of Recreation and Club Sports Betsy Bruce seconded this notion.

“Intramurals have been going on forever; in fact, they were the precursor for varsity sports, particularly for women,” she said.

The importance of intramural sports in creating an inclusive environment for students cannot be overstated. Additionally, for some, intramural sports are a chance for the less athletically inclined to showcase their skills on the field.

Byerly offered another view of the intramural sport in discussing the Golden Goals with Betty White’s loss to PUSSY-

WHIPPED on Tuesday.

“Everyone played really well, though I would point out junior Alice Fishbein for stepping up and scoring two goals and then taking one for the team and hopping in goal for the second half,” Byerly said. “She claimed she would lose us the game in goal, but she did a great job pressuring the ball and getting herself into the mess of things.”

Byerly also mentioned some key strategies the Golden Goals focus on to secure wins.

“Break ankles morning, noon and night,” she joked. “A number of us are working on feeding the ball up the wings and opening up more shooting options up front.”

Ultimately, spirits were high, as the five teams headed into the playoffs on Thursday. The fourth and fifth seeded teams will play each other for a spot in the semifinals on Tuesday, May 6.

By now, you’ve probably heard about Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s racist comments to his Black girlfriend, caught on tape by TMZ and reported last Friday.

For those who haven’t heard, the Clippers’ owner of 33 years told his girlfriend he didn’t want her to associate with Black people after she posted pictures of herself with NBA legend Magic Johnson and Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp on Instagram. He also said he didn’t want her bringing Black people to Clippers games.

In case that doesn’t serve as an accurate description of him, in addition to his girlfriend, Sterling also has a wife of over 50 years.

Yeah, he’s a big-time jerk.

It’s not as if this is an isolated incident for Sterling, either. In 2006, he was sued by the U.S. Department of Justice for housing discrimination and for allegedly using race as a factor in filling apartment buildings he owned. In 2009 he was sued by NBA Hall-of-Famer and former Clippers manager Elgin Baylor for age- and racebased discrimination.

Sterling was somehow able to escape these situations with his ownership of the team intact and his reputation relatively unscathed, but that won’t be the case this time.

New NBA commissioner Adam Silver took action last Tuesday, banning Sterling from participating in any league activity for life and fining him $2.5 million, the harshest penalty ever levied on any owner in professional sports.

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Every Tuesday and Thursday at 4:45 p.m., groups of students gather on North Fields to duke it out in the spring Intramural Soccer Series. This year, the competition is tight, with five teams vying for the No. 1 spot. The teams have come up with creative names, as always: Golden Goals with Betty White, led by junior Maisy Byerly; The Goal Standard, headed by first-year Ian Hunt-Isaak; Program House, led by junior Kalind Parish; OKR led by junior Casey Silverstein; and reigning fall outdoor champions PUSSYWHIPPED, led by senior Ariel Goodman.

While PUSSYWHIPPED has not been as successful as it was in the fall, Goodman and her team won 4–3 against the Golden Goals on Tuesday. Despite a slew of losses since the season began, Goodman spoke

enthusiastically about team morale and the significance of PUSSYWHIPPED on and off the field.

“This team exists to create a safe and powerful space where team members can feel supported and tear shit up on the field like we all know how,” she said via email. “While our team hasn’t been too active this spring, we were this fall’s intramural champions and the runners up in the indoor season.”

Goodman also spoke about the importance of diversity on the team, which she feels heavily contributed to its success in the fall season.

“Most of the teams we played in the fall were completely dominated by cis men, with an average of 1–2 women out on the field at a time,” she said.

Despite a poor history of inclusion in intramural soccer, as Goodman mentioned, she has pushed her team to pro-

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