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OCTOBER 2, 2015 VOLUME 144, NUMBER 5

Local News Bulletin News briefs from the past week NAACP Honors Community Members, Organization at Banquet The NAACP recognized three community members and Oberlin’s League of Women Voters with awards at the Freedom Fund Banquet at the Oberlin Inn last Saturday. Alan Mitchell, Jaquita Willis and Donna Shurr were honored with awards for their services in Oberlin. The NAACP awarded the League of Women Voters of the Oberlin Area the Community Service Award for its commitment to voter education. College Adopts New Online Admissions Tool Oberlin College joined the Coalition for Access, Affordability and Success this week. The program is intended to help lowincome students in the college application process by “developing a free platform of online tools to streamline the experience of applying to college.” The group, which includes over 80 public and private colleges, will open the initial platform to high school students in January 2016. Voter Registration Deadline Approaching The voter registration deadline for casting a vote in November’s ballot is Monday, Oct. 5. Issues up for vote include marijuana legalization, direct democracy measures and redistricting. Individuals can register with an Ohio driver’s license, an Ohio state identification card, a current utility bill, the last four digits of a Social Security number or several other types of identification.

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CDS Workers: We’re Overworked, Disrespected Oliver Bok News Editor The Lord-Saunders Dining Hall did not open for dinner on Sunday night, and some stations in Stevenson Dining Hall went unfilled. While the closures may have been nothing more than a minor inconvenience for students, they point to larger problems: severe understaffing in Campus Dining Services and a general sense among some workers that Bon Appétit Management Company pushes them to the limit and does not give them enough respect. According to Director of Dining Services Michele Gross, CDS is currently operating shorthanded because of a glut of recent retirements. Since the whole hiring process takes three to four months to complete, the result is a dining service operating without the required workforce. “There’s just an unfortunate set of circumstances with people retiring,” Gross said. “It’s very unusual for us to have this many people that we have to hire at once.” But some workers see the vacancies as evidence of the management’s incompetence. “We can’t hire people,” said CDS worker and United Auto Workers bargaining representative Robert Sullivan. “These jobs on campus are good jobs … and they can’t fill these spots.” According to Sullivan, management has greatly exacerbated the problem with overly stringent hiring requirements. “This is secret service stuff,” Sullivan said. “I don’t even know how I got the job [with] the standards they have. This is crazy. We have a good crew, and I do appreciate the process of

Ann Backey, an employee of the Bon Appétit Management Company, serves pasta at Stevenson Dining Hall. Campus Dining Services has recently suffered from understaffing problems, and some employees say they feel very overworked. Aaron Cohen

hiring people, because we get good people once we do hire them, but man oh man, we have a lot of holes to fill.” The chronic understaffing has gotten to the point where several workers reported having to work through their breaks in order to finish meals on time. “It’s pretty close to impossible to take a real break because even if I were to try to take a break, it’s just going to put me behind,” CDS worker Carol Altenburger said.

Gross denied that CDS would “knowingly” prevent workers from taking breaks and stated that every worker should take a break — with no exceptions. “If somebody came and said that to us, then we would indicate to them that we need to sit down and talk to them and see why they can’t [take a break],” Gross said. “That’s a tough one, because here’s a person who’s showing dedicaSee Increase, page 4

Working Group Submits Safety and Security Recommendations Katherine Kingma Staff Writer The Presidential Working Group for Campus Security has

submitted recommendations to improve the relationship between Safety and Security and the rest of the Oberlin College community. College President Marvin Kris-

Office of Safety and Security Assistant Director Clifton Barnes (left), Campus Security Officer Bruce Wohleber and Director of Safety and Security Marjorie Burton convene for a meeting. The Presidential Working Group for Campus Security recently submitted recommendations to the office in an attempt to improve the relationship between students and Safety and Security officers. Clover Linh Tran

lov chartered the working group last semester in response to nationwide police brutality and calls by student members of the Black Lives Matter movement to review Safety and Security policy. A specific physical altercation between a student and a member of Safety and Security in December 2014 also prompted the committee’s formation. The recommendations include mandating “cultural, ethnic and gender identity sensitivity training,” finding ways to encourage non-confrontational interactions between Safety and Security and other members of the community and creating “an appointed student, faculty and staff oversight board that would regularly review SaS policies.” The report also urges using less threatening, “non-paramilitary uniforms” that would “further emphasize their support purposes” over policing. One of the proposed

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Business owners, city officials and College administrators clashed over Gateway Center parking concerns.

The Yeowomen suffered their first NCAC loss this past weekend.

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changes includes updating the name to Safety and Support Services from Safety and Security. “Each recommendation is reasonable to examine and to respond in ways that are both possible and appropriate given our staffing, demand for services, budgets and time,” wrote Marjorie Burton, director of Safety and Security, in an email to the Review about the working group’s recommendations. “The important thing is to begin.” Burton said some of the suggested initiatives had already been preemptively attended to by Safety and Security, such as the creation of “softer,” less police-like uniforms. In a post on The Source, Krislov agreed that efforts to implement the recommendations are already underway. “For example, we are exploring See Black, page 4

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Business Owners Battle Loss of Downtown Parking Kerensa Loadholt As construction on the Peter B. Lewis Gateway Center makes daily progress, downtown business owners are growing increasingly concerned about the lack of street parking in the new building’s plans. The parking spots of contention are between North Pleasant Street and Main Street. The business owners of Slow Train Cafe and The Feve, as well as others, fear that the depletion of parking spaces could result in the loss of customers. “We are concerned that the parking situation will affect our business but are hopeful that the College and the city can come to an agreement which will be beneficial for all involved parties,” said Blake New, Slow Train Cafe owner and men’s soccer head coach at the College. “From our viewpoint, there are some easy solutions, but neither party seems to be willing to work together to find one.” The city is working with the College and the developer to design those needed parking spaces, but ultimately the city will have the final say on what happens. “We’re trying to come up with options to put parking somewhere else along East College Street,” said City of Oberlin Planning and Development Director Carrie Handy. “We know that parking is important for all of our downtown businesses.” Co-owner of The Feve and the project’s Volunteer Planning Commissioner Matt Adelman described parking as the major

sticking point at the beginning of the project. He said that the Planning Commission, which is mostly composed of residents and concerned businesses, has been “fighting tooth and nail for [parking].” The commission wanted a parking garage to go along with the Gateway Center, but the garage was not built, as the College claimed not to have enough money. Last Friday, representatives from the design firm SMART Hotels met with Handy, the fire chief, the city manager, the public works director, city engineer, the civil engineer from the College and other city staff. The addition of seven parking spaces was discussed, but the group made little progress in the meeting. According to city officials, they cannot add more parking in front of the Center because of public safety concerns and the fire code. Adelman, however, believes the city’s fire code concerns to be baseless because the building is made of fire-retardant Roxul insulation. “As was said to me by one of the developers of this project, ‘You could literally douse it with gasoline and light it with a torch and it would not burn,’” Adelman said. “The idea that the lack of parking spaces is [due to] fire safety is really a stretch. … The city is playing hardball with the College, perpetuating a bad relationship with the College to the detriment of local businesses.” City Manager Eric Norenberg responded to Adelmen’s com-

Construction continues at the site of the new Peter B. Lewis Gateway Center downtown. The site has been a recent source of contention with the potential loss of on-street parking spaces. Briana Santiago

ments in an email to the Review, stating, “nothing could be further from the truth.” “City staff have worked with the project team since 2012 with a goal of seeing this project succeed,” Norenberg said. “We know it will be an important addition to downtown. Application of fire and other code requirements is about public safety. We are working with Oberlin College staff to establish some on-street parking, while ensuring that the safety of guests and patrons isn’t compromised.” Oberlin Fire Department Chief Robert Hanmer added that the Gateway Center is made of fireresistant materials but that this

does not address the entirety of potential fire hazards in the building. “I have to look at the contents that will be used inside of the building,” Hanmer said in an email to the Review. “Virtually everything you can see inside of the building can and will burn, and this does not even address all of [the] hidden components.” According to Adelman, if the situation doesn’t change and the Gateway Center only adds seven parking spaces, new and old businesses alike will suffer. “The businesses that are here are struggling. Think about [Magpie’s], where there is nowhere to

park your car to carry out a pizza. … People have driven past these restaurants because there is nowhere to park, and the same thing is going to happen with the Gateway Project.” Negotiations will continue until a settlement can be reached between the project’s planners and disgruntled business owners. Tita Reed, assistant to the president for community and government relations, said the College is working on restoring the parking spaces. “We’re standing right there with the local merchants,” Reed said. “We are in support of restoring the on-street local parking.”

Trustees to Reduce Endowment Payout, Student Senators Say Oliver Bok News Editor The Board of Trustees will meet at the College next weekend, and according to Student Senate Liaisons Megs Bautista and Jeremy Poe, they appear set to lower the endowment payout, an action that could have significant ramifications on the College’s operating budget. “From talking to administrators and other individuals, we believe that the Board will be voting to reduce [the] annual endowment payout, resulting in millions of dollars being cut from the annual operating budget,” Bautista and Poe wrote in an email to student organization liaisons. “While we don’t know the specifics of the various proposed reductions, any reduction is obviously significant. When the operating budget is cut, we expect that administrative and professional staff will be the most significantly affected, and that student services will suffer.”

In light of the potentially far-reaching impact of a cut in the endowment payout, Poe and Bautista urged students to attend the trustee forum on Thursday, Oct. 8 to force the Board to take student input into account. “The Trustees hold a public forum for students so that they can get an understanding of the concerns of the student body. In the past, however, the Trustees have found ways to dismiss the opinions of students they heard in these forums: Last December, high student turnout that was very critical of the Trustees was dismissed as coming from a disrespectful vocal minority; last March, low student turnout was understood to be lack of student interest and not a hastily and poorly organized forum.” Student Senate will host a meeting on Saturday at 5 p.m. to “discuss the implications of a budget cut and organize student action.” There will also be a meeting of the Strategic Planning Steering Committee

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next weekend. As a result, the trustee forum on Oct. 8 may be students’ best chance to be heard by Board members before they make a decision on the endowment payout and other key issues. After a contentious trustee forum last December, in which students protested systemic racism and the College’s perceived lack of support for low income and minority students, the trustees turned the forum in March into a venue for small group discussions between students and trustees. The forum on Thursday will have a similar format. “In my time at Oberlin, I noticed that the trustee forums were beneficial but were not as focused as they could be,” said Class of 2015 trustee-elect Gifty Dominah. “I think that this new format will allow for topics to be well-discussed before moving onto another.” The new format has received a mixed reception from students, some of whom claim that the format is simply a way to

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Off the Cuff: Douglas Rohde, forensic scientist Douglas Rohde is the supervisor of chemistry and toxicology at the Lake County Crime Lab. He delivered two lectures on a campus visit Wednesday about his experience in the field and generational differences in the laboratory. The Review sat down with Rohde to discuss the strangest cases of his career and how television shows like CSI and Law and Order have infiltrated the courtroom in recent years. Editor’s Note: This article discusses sexual assault. What are the responsibilities of a forensic scientist in court? Your biggest responsibility is to speak the truth — to transmit your analysis, the scientific basis for your opinion or your conclusion, to the jury or to the judge. You have to do it in as concise and understandable a fashion as possible. It sounds easy, but it takes a lot of training to be able to communicate like that. Some people have a tendency to go longer in their explanations than they really should. There are times when you need to go further in an explanation so that a jury can understand it. In the meantime, the court is presided over by a judge and two attorneys, and they have their own agenda, so you have to deal with that as well. A courtroom can be a stage. It can be a play. A lot of what happens is based on presumption and not fact. When you come in as a witness — generally, forensic scientists are fact witnesses, they’re just stating what they found and not necessarily giving their opinion — it’s a different realm. How did you become interested in this field of science? I grew up in the ’70s and two things happened in the ’70s. One was a TV show called Quincy, M.E. about a medical examiner. His psychic was an Asian man, Sam, who wore all white and worked in the lab. A lot of people really liked Quincy and what he did, but I really liked Sam and what he did. I thought it was very cool to see him working in a lab with all the instrumentation and solving crime. Now this predates CSI by at least 15 years or more and really it was the first CSI-ish show that there was in the ’70s. It was much more realistic than CSI shows. The other thing was that I had to do a high school report, and at that point there was a Senate

sub-committee on the reinvestigation of the assassinations of JFK, RFK and MLK. I did my current events report on that, and they were looking at ballistic trajectory. They examined the alleged recording they had. They also had a forensic pathologist testify about the magic bullet [theory], and I was drawn into that. I just wanted to get this report done, and there was a lot of newspaper coverage, and after I started getting into it, I was into it. I also like science. My third influence was my science teacher in high school. It wasn’t so dry; he really made it a lot of fun. So it was a combination of my love of chemistry and the forensic exposure I had, and I knew that’s where I wanted to go. How has the “CSI Effect” — the theory that television dramas about forensic science have influenced the way real juries make decisions in court — come into play in your experience? Initially, when CSI aired in fall of 2000, it coincided with when I was in the crime lab. The good of CSI is that it highlighted our profession, where before there was no real clear understanding of forensics. More people were interested in it and excited by it, and it allowed kids to suddenly become interested in chemistry or science as a whole. The bad part of it, or the disadvantage, was that jurors expected CSI when they wanted to hear a case and rarely do you have any forensic cases like CSI that are solved within an hour and have such drama associated with them. When you actually sit on the jury and hear evidence, most court cases don’t have forensics, and the ones that do are very tedious. So there’s a disconnect between what people thought they were going to hear and what actually happened. In CSI, everything happens so rapidly and you think you can get DNA off of everything and all the time, and that’s just not true. But I think after 15 years, the expectations came in line with what science can provide. Once in a while there are cases that are solved as quickly as you see on TV, but it’s very rare. What do you think are the most harmful myths about forensic science? The most negative thing is the expectation that you’re going to have a slam-dunk, 100 percent proof of a crime. And sometimes you just don’t have the preponderance of evidence that may indicate whether to lean

Saturday, Sept 26. Friday, Sept. 25 5:45 p.m. Officers and the Oberlin Fire Department responded to a fire alarm at the Union Street Housing Complex. An electric pan cooking muffins activated the alarm, which was silenced and reset. 10:34 p.m. Officers and members of the Oberlin Fire Department responded to a fire alarm in the basement level of Asia House. Smoke from burnt food activated the alarm, which was cleared and reset.

12:58 a.m. Officers were requested to assist a student ill from alcohol consumption on Vine Street. An ambulance was requested, and the student was transported to Mercy Allen Hospital for treatment. 11:52 a.m. A student reported that an unknown person or persons smashed the front windshield of her vehicle, a silver Hyundai Elantra, while parked in the Gray Gables parking lot. Members of the Oberlin Police Department also responded for a report. 7:24 p.m. Staff reported a group of individuals drinking

The victim unfortunately took the gummy bear willingly, [which] caused paralysis, and these three suspects sexually assaulted that woman. When we got the case, the particular drugs that had been infused in the gummy bears were unknown. As a toxicologist, I’m in touch with all of the toxicologists in the country and some overseas, and nobody had any idea. This was a new drug that had been introduced to the United States from Europe. It took me months to really figure out what I had. There must have been 12 to 15 different types of drugs, and not all were illicit, because the DEA determines what kind of drug is legal or not, and they hadn’t seen it. But once I figured it out and reported it, the woman had declined to press charges. The case never went forward. Essentially, these guys got off with a slap on the wrist. Douglas Rohde, forensic scientist at the Lake County Crime Lab

toward this or that. You don’t have the DNA on the gun, you don’t have fingerprints on the murder weapon. When those pieces of evidence are missing it doesn’t mean you can’t use other forensic testing units available, but it just doesn’t give you that power some people expect when you see it on TV. Law and Order contributed to that also because there’s not always a smoking gun. Many cases are circumstantial in nature. In fact, the case that I’m presenting this evening was a physician that was convicted of murder — of poisoning his wife with cyanide. His prints were never found on the capsules; there was no scientific proof that he put the cyanide in the capsules that he gave her. There was a testimony that he did that, but there was no scientific proof. Yet he was convicted. In that particular case, it’s relevant because it was a high-profile murder case. There wasn’t any print evidence or any DNA evidence, but yet there was enough scientific evidence and other testimony for the jury to render a verdict. What is the strangest case you have been involved with? The strangest case was a few years ago. There were a group of guys from New York City who came into Cleveland to do trading — trade school. They had some unknown drugs with them that they infused in gummy bears. They were intending on selling them in the Cleveland area, but they were also planning on using them for a sexual assault.

beer in the Wilder Bowl area. No one claimed ownership of the alcohol; one can of beer was confiscated and disposed of.

Sunday, Sept. 27 12:49 a.m. Officers were requested to assist a student ill from alcohol consumption at East Hall. An ambulance was requested, and the student was transported to Mercy for treatment. 5:47 a.m. A security staff member reported graffiti on the sidewalk east of the Safety and Security building parking lot entrance. The graffiti was in blue spray paint and was non-

Your talk included a segment on the generational differences in the laboratory. Can you explain what the major differences are and how they affect your line of work? Two of the biggest differences between the baby boomer generations and the newer generations are the work ethic and forms of communication. There used to be the veterans and the baby boomers; they would work past closing hours, and their motivation and work ethic worked, and they expected to be rewarded. Their form of communication was one-on-one with eye contact. Now, with the newer generations, they still want to work hard but they want to end their day at 4:30 or 5 and then go on to family or whatnot. That’s not bad, it’s more of a balance, but baby boomers are more of workaholics. Gen[erations] X, Y [and] Z have more of a balance. The form of communication among older folks is one-on-one; we didn’t have cell phones. We didn’t have computers. Either you picked up the phone and called somebody, or you walked down the hall and knocked on their door. Today — and it’s not uncommon even though it’s a small lab — I can have one of my drug chemists sitting 10 to 15 feet away, and instead of getting up and walking over there, sometimes I’ll send him a text. On my end, as a baby boomer, I have to accept that texting is a convenient way of communicating.

offensive in nature. A work order was filed for clean up. 9:25 a.m. Staff reported a College van stuck on the curb of an island in the Philips gym parking lot. A towing company was contacted for removal of the vehicle. 10:54 p.m. Officers and members of the Oberlin Fire Department responded to a fire alarm on the second floor of East Hall. Smoke from burnt food activated the alarm, which was reset. 11:30 p.m. Officers were requested to assist with an intoxicated student outside of Dascomb Hall. The student was able to answer all questions

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asked and was escorted to their room by officers.

Monday, Sept. 28 5:19 a.m. Custodial staff reported damage to a window in the lecture hall at Severance Hall. An unknown person or persons had thrown an apple at the window, shattering glass across the lecture hall. A work order was filed for repair and clean up. 12:58 p.m. Officers were requested to transport a student who cut her leg on a broken piece of glass from Price House to Mercy Allen Hostpial for treatment.

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Increase in Fresh Ingredients Leads Oberlin PD Restructures Force to Longer Shifts, Erratic Workloads Continued from page 1 tion, who’s saying I want to do a good job and I feel like I can’t take my break, but then we’re going to say, ‘Well, let’s look at it, because you need to take a break.’” Since Bon Appétit began operating at the College in 2001, the dining service has started to cook more and more items from scratch as opposed to using prepared food. To some workers, the shift has meant a drastic increase in workload over an extended period of time. “The volume of work is just increasing to the point where now everything is made from scratch,” Altenburger said. “In one aspect, maybe that’s a good thing; but in another aspect, you have 30 pounds of beans, 25–50 pounds of rice — all these things have to be lifted and prepared. The black beans now have to be cooked, steamed, rinsed, chill blasted and then used. So that process is an enormous amount of work just to get black beans.” For First Cook Brice Wilson, the problem is that more and more things are made from scratch without any steps taken by management to keep the workload at a consistent level. “Since I’ve worked here, there’s probably at least 50 percent more work being produced by each individual during their shift because of scratch cooking, but there comes a point when you have to recognize that your day is full, and if you add something, you need to take something away,” Wilson said. The switch to cooking things from scratch reflects a conscious decision by the College to provide fresh, natural and healthy food, Gross stated. “Many fewer things were made from scratch 15 years ago, but that’s the reason we chose Bon Appétit, to change that,” Gross said. “I don’t want things coming out from a box and having [all] kinds of preservatives. We want

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the food as natural as we can get it. … We want the food to be prepared by people in the building so that we know what’s in it and that it’s fresh and that it’s safe. We don’t want stuff out of packages.” The understaffing problems also come as the College tries to get the UAW to allow time management of workers. To Wilson, the push to record working speeds and potentially discipline workers is more reflective of the corporate culture of Walmart than that of Oberlin College. “People work at different speeds, essentially. We’re not robots,” Wilson said. “I probably don’t work as fast as I did 10 years ago. In another 10 years, I might have more physical nagging injuries that are really produced [by] the line of work we’re in. I walk about 10 miles in the kitchen every day, and over time that wears down your body. Oberlin College has always been a place where people can work towards retirement with dignity, and my concern is that a policy like that could enable them to target individuals who they want to force into retirement by telling them they work too slow.” Many workers are further frustrated by the fact that they can’t modify the recipes, and that their suggestions for improvement are continuously ignored by Bon Appétit managers. “A lot of us have culinary backgrounds that are very strong,” Altenburger said. “A lot of us have had either our own catering businesses, or a lot of people have gone to culinary schools. We know what we’re doing with food, but sometimes it looks like we don’t because we’re running around like chickens with our head[s] cut off trying to get some of these untried recipes done and hoping we don’t upset somebody to the point where we get a disciplinary write-up.” To Gross, however, sticking to the recipes is vital to giving students accurate information

about what they’re eating. “I really felt that it was important that the ingredients were known to clients, and that as much nutritional information be known to clients as possible. That means you have to have tested the recipe. You can’t say how much salt is in this, how many calories it has unless you know what you put in it.” According to one worker, Bon Appétit’s contract with the College will be up for bid after this year. Some workers feel that the College should decline to renew the contract and, instead of hiring another management company to oversee CDS, produce everything in-house. “I don’t understand why we have Bon Appétit in the first place,” Sullivan said. “I don’t know what they do. … From simple things like menus, ordering and scheduling, they seem to be incompetent. A lot of us are more qualified than the managers managing us, but they continue to make mistakes that we can help them with, in terms of ordering or scheduling or anything. We have a lot of knowledge that they have no need for.” Worker problems with Bon Appétit extend significantly beyond the usual range of workplace concerns. The College recently settled a lawsuit with a CDS employee who claimed to have been sexually harassed by Dean Holliday, a Bon Appétit executive chef. While Holliday now works at Case Western instead of Oberlin College, he remains a Bon Appétit employee — a fact that one worker described as “disgusting.” In the eyes of some workers, Bon Appétit’s flaws are deeply ingrained in the company culture. “Don’t tell the truth to anyone, don’t answer any questions, don’t look anyone in the eye — those are Bon Appétit core values,” Sullivan said. “Aside from that, everything is fine!”

Black Lives Matter Prompts Intensive Review of Safety and Security Policies Continued from page 1 models to increase engagement and [are] building relationships between students and Safety and Security staff. … We are also continuing to scale up the professional development for Safety and Security staff. One example of this is the social justice diversity and inclusion training the staff received in 2014–2015. The facilitator from that training program will return this year for a follow-up training. Additionally, we are working on scheduling training on implicit bias.” The committee gathered community input with a student survey and open forums. The group, which included five students in addition to being cochaired by Professor of Africana Studies Charles Peterson and Assistant to the President for Community and Government Relations Tita Reed, indicated in its briefing that “students articulated a lack of transparency and clarity in SaS policies and procedures.” “There was just this one, huge, inconsistent variety of interactions that students had with Safety

and Security,” said Student Senator and committee member Joshua Koller. “Some students reported that Safety and Security is friendly, and other students say they abuse their power and they’re rude. … So one of the biggest issues that we wanted to focus on was transparency and oversight — what SaS is allowed to do and what SaS is not allowed to do. It seems like most of the student body was uncertain. Students don’t know who they are. … and the goals will create as many positive interactions between students and SaS as possible … and make sure there is accountability and accessibility in SaS’s actions.” To address problems that Oberlin students have with Safety and Security, Student Senate has created a Safety and Security Working Group. “The issues with [Safety and Security] are many and varied and have slipped through the cracks for some time now,” said Student Senator Megs Bautistia, one of the chairs of the new group. “Our goal is to identify all of the issues and demand that they be addressed by the institution and [that] the students’ voices be heard.”

City Council unanimously approved the Oberlin Police Department’s plans to restructure its format by increasing the number of sergeants and reducing the number of lieutenants last Monday. The revision calls for the increase from three to four sergeants and the reduction from two to one lieutenants. Sergeants typically only work night shifts, but the change would create a daytime shift for one of the sergeants. The plan would also allow new officers to work closely with sergeants in a mentorship and training program. Chief of Police Juan Torres, who joined the Oberlin Police Department last August, said he believes the restructuring is a needed adjustment. “I had to bounce [the idea] off the staff and community to make sure it’s something that fits,” Torres said. “However, I feel that four sergeants is very necessary, especially for assigning officers to sergeants, who are really our official leaders and can show them the ropes.” Torres touted the importance of the extra sergeant position, as they can take on additional tasks during the day. This work includes managing the Lorain County Jail and the Oberlin Municipal Court, and taking requests from other law enforcement agencies. The most significant difference between the sergeant and lieutenant positions is that lieutenants spend the majority of their time in the office as policy makers, working with the police chief and other city officials. Former Lieutenant Kevin Scalli retired on Sept. 15 after 25 years with the Oberlin Police Department, and the department has not yet decided who will replace him. “We typically are the busiest during the day,” Torres said. “One thing I want to have is a sergeant available, so we don’t always have to call on the lieutenants who might be working on

something else at the moment.” Lieutenant Michael McCloskey will be filling the lone lieutenant role when the changes go into effect, likely in early 2016. McCloskey said that he is looking forward to the possibility of reduced office stress. “Before, if an officer requested assistance around town from a supervisor with more of a leadership position, usually it would be me or Lieutenant Scalli who would have to leave … the department to help out,” McCloskey said. “One nice thing is, by having more sergeants, and one during the day, it will probably take a bit of the load off of my role.” In addition to the new sergeant position, Torres suggested to City Council that Oberlin’s residential area be divided into four sections. Each sergeant would be assigned a quadrant to patrol as well as time to assess the neighborhood’s individual needs. These could include community building and evaluating what crimes are particularly common to each part of town. Torres proposed that each sergeant leads three officers in their quadrant, but that all officers remain available to assist elsewhere. He said that he hopes to finalize this plan by December. City Councilman Bryan Burgess said that while there has not been an urgent need to change the policing system, he understands City Council must allow Torres to design his own structure. “I’m willing to try it,” Burgess said. “I think the jury is still out since Oberlin is so small. I don’t tend to think of Oberlin [as] four quadrants, especially since the College takes up a big part of the area. He’s new to the job, but if he wants to try it out, I’m game for it. It’s not like things have been going badly.” The final details on the Department’s restructuring have yet to be finalized, although Torres said he hopes administrative changes will take effect this February.

Opinions The Oberlin Review

October 2, 2015

Letters to the Editors Students Should Bring Perspective to City Council

Review of Faculty Performance Infers Too Much

To the Editors:

From my position as vice president of Oberlin’s City Council, I want to welcome both returning and new Oberlin College students to town. This will be your hometown for the next eight months, and I encourage you to be aware of issues that affect not only the College but also the town. Traditionally, Oberlin students have been leaders in finding solutions to environmental problems, poverty, disenfranchisement, gun violence and a broad range of social justice issues. Students have made major contributions as tutors and mentors in our public schools and as supporters of our community garden. Your creativity and thoughtful problem-solving regularly energize the town. Some of you choose to register in Oberlin, and if, after careful study, you vote in local elections, that is an experience that can benefit the town and enrich your college experience. [The] September 25 [issue of the] Review is a stellar example of students learning about the town and writing thoughtful summaries of issues facing the city. Parking, for example, remains a difficult problem of concern for both “town and gown.” As you embark on your busy year of study, know that you are welcomed by the city of Oberlin, as citizens feel that our town comes alive each September. I wish you all successful, fulfilling years at Oberlin College. If you have an interest in city politics, feel free to call me or any other City Council member or to drop into a City Council meeting the first and third Mondays of the month at City Hall. Once again, welcome to Oberlin! – Sharon Fairchild-Soucy Vice President, Oberlin City Council

offered in the Conservatory and having participated in the 2014 Rubin Institute for Music Criticism in San Francisco, I have had many discussions about the role of the music critic. The critic can educate an audience, subjectively document a concert ( for there is no such thing as pure objectivity), guide listeners to new music, entertain through vivid writing and call for innovations by heralding new trends or dismissing old traditions. I cannot reconcile Mr. Roshak’s review of Michael Strauss (and only Strauss, for Mr. Roshak was complimentary of all the other performers) with any of these purposes. I will not attempt to discern Mr. Roshak’s purpose in writing this review, rather I simply point out that I cannot comprehend it. I understand that Mr. Roshak did not enjoy the concert, solely because of Strauss. I respect his expression of that opinion, even publicly in the Review. However, I cannot condone a calumnious vilification of a performer. I respect Mr. Roshak’s writing and have even been a beneficiary of it in a kind review he

I was dismayed and unsettled by Colin Roshak’s review of a faculty chamber recital, published in the Sept. 25 edition of The Oberlin Review as “Faculty Fail to Meld During Chamber Recital.” As a musician studying in the Conservatory, as someone who has written about music (including in the Review) and simply as a human being vulnerable to other people’s views of me, I was discomfited by the vituperative characterization of Professor of Viola and Chamber Music Michael Strauss in Mr. Roshak’s article. I was not at the recital and do not challenge Mr. Roshak’s opinion of it. Rather, I object to the judgmental and malicious critique of Strauss, chiefly the assertions that Strauss “hadn’t put much effort into his preparation for the concert,” that he displayed “apathy for the music” and that his playing was “disengaged.” Ev- ––––––––––––––––––––––––––– eryone is entitled to their own opinion; indeed, it is the critic’s Stating that a performer job to have an opinion. Yet critiwas apathetic toward a cizing a performance is one thing; assuming that a perform- performance is an inferer did not care about a concert ence unsupported by fact and that they didn’t even bother and completely based to prepare well is quite another. No one but the performer can on one person’s subjecknow how much effort was put tive hearing, parsing and into preparation, how invested reception of a concert. the musician was in the music or what the circumstances sur- ––––––––––––––––––––––––––– rounding the performance were. Everyone has bad nights; getting wrote of a concert I performed up and performing in front of a in last year. I can only imagine crowd is incredibly difficult and how I would feel if I had received equally admirable. Stating that a the treatment afforded Strauss performer was apathetic toward instead of the gracious complia performance is an inference ments I was fortunate to gain. unsupported by fact and comIt is now only too easy to pletely based on one person’s encounter unchecked, spitesubjective hearing, parsing and ful views online and in the poreception of a concert. Making litical sphere. I ask only that such a claim implies that a per- respect, dignity and compassion former does not take their entire be maintained in published arts career seriously, for it is their journalism. job to perform, just as it is the – Daniel Hautzinger critic’s job to critique. Double-degree senior Having taken the Introduction to Music Criticism course

SUBMISSIONS POLICY The Oberlin Review appreciates and welcomes letters to the editors and column submissions. All submissions are printed at the discretion of the Editorial Board. All submissions must be received by Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. at opinions@oberlinreview.org or Wilder Box 90 for inclusion in the following Friday’s Review. Letters may not exceed 600 words and columns may not exceed 800 words, except with the consent of the Editorial Board. All submissions must include contact information, with full names, for all signers. All electronic submissions from multiple writers should be carbon-copied to all signers to confirm authorship. The Review reserves the right to edit all submissions for content, space, spelling, grammar and libel. Editors will work with columnists and contributors to edit pieces and will clear major edits with the authors prior to publication. Editors will contact authors of letters to the editors in the event of edits for anything other than style and grammar. In no case will editors change the opinions expressed in any submission. The Opinions section strives to serve as a forum for debate. Review staff will occasionally engage in this debate within the pages of the Review. In these cases, the Review will either seek to create dialogue between the columnist and staff member prior to publication or will wait until the next issue to publish the staff member’s response. The Review will not print advertisements on its Opinions pages. The Review defines an advertisement as any submission that has the main intent of bringing direct monetary gain to the author of a letter to the editors. Opinions expressed in letters, columns, essays, cartoons or other Opinions pieces do not necessarily reflect those of the staff of the Review.

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Hampshire’s Holistic Admissions Evaluates What Matters Admission to Hampshire College got a little simpler, a bit harder and a whole lot more innovative last year — and it has the results to prove it. The private liberal arts college in Amherst, MA, decided not to accept SAT and ACT scores from applicants for the class of 2019, pushing past the “test-optional” policy many similar schools have adopted. Hampshire’s decision has disqualified it from inclusion in U.S. News & World Report’s annual ranking of the U.S.’s “Best Colleges,” as standardized test scores account for just over eight percent of a school’s ranking. Two weeks ago, the Editorial Board wrote about the benefits of a numbersbased approach to evaluating colleges (“College Scorecard Can Disrupt Higher Ed’s Prestige Economy,” Sept. 18, 2015). In an often hostile post-graduation climate characterized by high unemployment and rising student debt, looking at a college’s return on investment can be helpful. But that doesn’t mean that Hampshire’s radically holistic approach to admissions isn’t a smart move. Removing SAT and ACT scores from the equation allows admissions officers to cut right to what’s most important and make better predictions of student success — many of the same benefits provided by President Obama’s College Scorecard. Hampshire President Jonathan Lash, who also serves as a director of the D.C. global environmental research organization World Resource Institute, published his college’s findings on how its SAT and ACT ban impacted the admissions process in The Chicago Tribune last week. “Standardized test scores do not predict a student’s success at our college,” Lash wrote. “SATs/ACTs are strongly biased against low-income students and students of color, at a time when diversity is critical to our mission. … Not once did we sit in an Admissions committee meeting and ‘wish we had a test score.’” Statistics from Hampshire’s class of 2019 speak to the benefits of removing test scores from the application process: Hampshire’s yield, or percent of students who are accepted and subsequently enroll, rose from 18 percent to 26 percent in just one year. While the quantity of student applications decreased — probably due to the greater number of essays required — quality increased as prospective students focused more on their achievements and talents, according to Lash. What’s more, students of color make up 31 percent of the class of 2019, compared to 21 percent from two years ago, and 18 percent of this year’s admitted students were first-generation. The admissions committee saved time and expense as their pool dwindled, thereby becoming “more targeted, engaged, passionate and robust,” according to Lash. This dramatic reorganization of priorities allowed the committee to get a clearer view of what it believes ultimately qualifies a student for admission: well-rounded character, a desire to learn and alternative avenues of intelligence. When you think about it, it’s not that different from what Obama’s College Scorecard aims to accomplish, though Hampshire achieves this goal by favoring a subjective rather than an objective method. Just as College Scorecard provides prospective students with streamlined information about a college’s potential to increase their individual earning potentials, Hampshire College can now more accurately predict how students might affect the intellectual climate of the campus and perform in classes. The college’s new admissions criteria complement the Scorecard in that they measure “return on investment” from the college’s point of view — how likely a student is to succeed at that school, not monetarily and not after graduation, but academically over the next four years. Hampshire can rest more easily knowing that their investment in each student hasn’t been diluted by extraneous factors. It’s worth noting that Hampshire also gives students written assessments in lieu of grades. In a sense, last year’s shift in admissions philosophy simply brings that office in line with the college’s academic departments. But we wonder whether holistic evaluation prior to enrollment provides the same benefits as holistic evaluation after enrollment. Is there ever a time or place to compare students using numerical metrics? Are colleges themselves the only entities for whom reduction to a single number is acceptable? For now, no. By not accepting the SAT or ACT, Hampshire is in the extreme minority. But trailblazers lead to trends, which themselves lead to paradigm shifts. Who knows — maybe several years down the road, students and colleges will have the tools they need to cut the fat and find a match more efficiently.

Editorials are the responsibility of the Review Editorial Board — the Editors-in-Chief, managing editor and Opinions editor — and do not necessarily reflect the views of the staff of the Review.

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The Oberlin Review, October 2, 2015

Marathons Inspire Runners to Accept Daunting Challenges

Abandonment of Ukraine Allows Conflict to Drag On

CJ Blair Columnist

Sean Para Columnist

When you tell someone that you’re a runner, they’re probably not going to say that they’d like to be a runner too. Even though this isn’t always true for short distances, telling someone that you ran a marathon sends everyone but other marathoners and proud masochists reeling in confusion. To 99 percent of the public, saying you ran a marathon is like saying you walked across broken glass: certainly impressive but something they’d never want to do. When I crossed the finish line of my first marathon last Saturday, I was overwhelmed by the feeling that I had accomplished a rare feat, one that almost no one even considers. My passion for running has turned me into a gangly scarecrow subsisting on Clif bars, so I understand the people who argue that it’s a demanding and meaningless sport. It took me over two years of vomiting, cramping and finishing last in every race before I started to think of running as more than a chore. I was nine years old then. For anyone to stick with something they hate for that long doesn’t make sense. Running is neither a social sport nor an easy one, and it necessitates many hours in lonely pain that many people would

find more punishing than rewarding. For all these reasons and more, runners make up a select few athletes, and marathoners are only a fraction of those few. In a sense, this is what adds appeal to marathons for the people who do them. Putting it like that might ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

For anyone to stick with something they hate for that long doesn’t make sense. Running is neither a social sport nor an easy one, and it necessitates many hours in lonely pain that many people would find more punishing than rewarding. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– make marathon running look like an ego-driven venture, but the catch-22 is that having an ego isn’t conducive to finishing the race. While many runners might try to encourage people to try marathons by saying they aren’t that hard, I’m here to confess that running a marathon is unbelievably hard. See Distance, page 7

Mass media has covered little of the conflict in Eastern Ukraine over the past few months. Since the success of February’s Minsk-2 accords, large-scale fighting has abated in Eastern Ukraine. Nonetheless, violence continues. Small numbers of soldiers in both the Ukrainian and rebel armed forces are still dying. Minor firefights break out often, artillery fire is still exchanged — the conflict has not ended. The international community needs to refocus its attention on the civil war in Eastern Ukraine and come together to forge a peaceful resolution that takes into account both Russian and separatist interests. This is the only way the conflict will end. Civil war erupted in Eastern Ukraine after an uprising during the spring of 2014. The region, known as the Donbass because it lies in the Donets Basin, is comprised of two industrial oblasts, or provinces, Donetsk and Luhansk. In order to understand this conflict, it is important to realize that the Soviet Union only broke up 24 years ago, and before that, Russia and Ukraine had never been separate countries. The cross-border ethnic, linguistic, economic and cultural links still run deep. Ukraine has always had a large Russian-speaking population concentrated in the south and east of the country. Many of these Russian speakers are ethnically Russian, while others are Russian-speaking Ukrainians; these divisions are often very blurred, as one might consider themselves Ukrainian, speak only Russian on a daily basis and have both Russian and Ukrainian ancestry. Before the breakup of the USSR, these divisions had no significant importance; Russians and Ukrainians were “brother peoples.” Things changed dramatically after the fall of the Soviet Union. Legally speaking, the USSR was succeeded by the Commonwealth of Independent States, a multinational organization that was originally ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Many of these Russian speakers are ethnically Russian, while others are Russian-speaking Ukranians; these divisions are often very blurred, as one might consider themselves Ukranian, speak only Russian on a daily basis and have both Russian and Ukranian ancestry. Before the breakup of the USSR, these divisions had no significant importance; Russians and Ukranians were “brother peoples.” –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– conceived of as a confederation of sorts but only ever held symbolic power among the post-Soviet states. Different post-Soviet states had very different relationships with Russia. Some, like Belarus, Armenia and Kazakhstan, became and remain Russian satellites, which are integrated militarily, economically and politically with Russia. Others, like the Baltic States and Georgia, took opposite paths and sought alliances with the West. Then there was a category of states that drifted between the two poles, Ukraine being the most notable and, for our purposes, the most pertinent example. Closely tied to Russia politically and economically, Ukraine nevertheless expressed some desire for alliance with the West and for the creation of a Western-style liberal democracy. The events of February 2014 were a turning point in the UkraineRussia relationship. At the time, Ukraine was being run by a proRussian regime headed by Viktor Yanukovych. In November 2013, he scrapped a strategy to make an Association Agreement with the EU. Instead, Yanukovych accepted a deal from Russia, under which Ukraine would join the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union in exchange for much more financial aid than the EU had offered, as well as less stringent regulations and reform requirements. This anti-EU swing sparked a protest movement in Kiev. The protests increased in size, intensity and violence in February 2014, when pro-EU protesters occupied Kiev’s main square, the Maidan, prompting pro-government forces to launch a violent crackdown against them. Unable to contain the protests or retake the city center, Yanukovych fled to Russia on Feb. 21. Ukraine’s legislative assembly, the Verkhovna Rada, stripped him of power in an unconstitutional vote, and a new, proWestern government took power. This was the Maidan revolution of 2014, and its consequences shall cast a shadow over the world for a long time to come. Events quickly spiraled out of control following the Maidan. The new, pro-U.S. government was weak; it was composed of a broad coalition from student intellectuals to radical right-wing nationalists. Protests against the revolution broke out all over southern and eastern Ukraine, from Odessa to Kharkov. Paramilitaries, who were in fact Russian special forces, took control of Crimea. Crimea largely accepted these “polite green men” and seceded from Ukraine, declaring independence with Russian backing. Crimea was populated mostly by ethnic Russians and had only been part of Ukraine since 1954, See Ukraine, page 7

The Oberlin Review, October 2, 2015

Opinions

Why Time Hasn’t Killed Dylan CJ Blair Columnist

While fans claim that several of his songs have become symbols of the Civil Rights Movement, others are quick to rebut that not only is he a terrible vocalist, but most of his songs are incoherent anthems about getting high and having visions. This is a valid claim, but for every song like “Mr. Tambourine Man,” in which Dylan asks you to join him on

For 50 years, Bob Dylan has been asking his audience “How does it feel?” and in all that time, he’s always had someone to ask. While his original fanbase might be withering away, his name is rescued from obscurity by an endless turnover of new listeners. Unlike any other –––––––––––––––––––––––––––– music icon, Bob Dylan is neither universally praised nor dismissed Oberlin’s campus, like as a past sensation. He’s like first many others across the love or a bad case of acne: extremely relevant to his primary listeners country, is filled with the but meaningless to everyone else. very people cementing Oberlin’s campus, like many others Bob Dylan’s place in the across the country, is filled with the very people cementing Bob Dylan’s American music canon. place in the American music canon. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––– For all the attention he gets, it can be easy to forget that Bob Dylan a flying carpet, there is another that has always been polarizing. Imagine provides a more nuanced look at a man who can sing and play guitar, drugs and deconstructs their conseharmonica and tambourine at the quences. The fact that none of these same time, but whose voice evades songs provide direct support or conpitch and whose lyrics evade mean- demnation of substance abuse presing. It’s a mixed bag, and, aside from ents one of his greatest appeals: He the mid 1960s, it has kept him chas- doesn’t provide answers. ing unanimous acclaim throughout While some of his songs can be most of his career. Despite this, he classified as 12-bar blues or stanhas never disappeared. The reason dard love songs, the majority are enfor that, I believe, is that his music tirely their own, presenting a string echoes the anxieties of people at of images that may or may not relate crossroads in their lives and does so to one another. The consistent dewith startling imagery that address- mographic of Dylan fans is people es subjects most musicians don’t in their late teens to early 20s, most dare mention. of them college students. It’s no co-

incidence that this period is unique in a person’s life and one that lends itself to experimentation — with drugs, but also with worldviews and lifestyle. When you’re trying different substances and life choices, there’s little time in the moment to reflect, and your opinions about those choices are in constant flux. I’ve yet to find an artist better than Bob Dylan for holding up a mirror to this period of uncertainty, with imagery full of the lucidity and contradictions that makes college so difficult to summarize. There are multitudes of songs about break-ups, but Dylan is one of the few artists to discuss isolation due to addiction, wandering alone through dreams and mounting frustration with the surrounding world. His ability to address these points through some of the most poetic imagery in music assures he won’t soon be forgotten. When my mom was in college, she was known as the girl who sat in her room doing homework and listening to hours of Dylan’s music, and now I’ve inadvertently become the same person at Oberlin. Nonetheless, I have no intention of changing my playlists. So when Bob Dylan asks me how it feels, I’m less concerned about what he means, and more grateful that someone understands my position and cares enough to ask.

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Ukraine Conflict Must Return to Global Forefront Continued from page 6 when no one could have imagined the Soviet Union would fall apart or that Russia and Ukraine could be separate countries. In March, Crimea voted in a heavily disputed referendum to join Russia. It was the first time a power had seized land by force in Europe since 1945. The Russian annexation of Crimea, condemned by the international community, also had major implications for Ukraine’s other Russian-speaking regions. These parts of Ukraine looked to Russia as a protector, a mindset bolstered by Russian propaganda that portrayed the new government in Kiev as fascist and bent on the destruction of Russia and Russian-speakers everywhere. Protests in other parts of Ukraine continued. In three major cities in Ukraine’s industrial east — Donetsk, Luhansk and Kharkov — pro-Russian protesters took control of the main government administration buildings and declared “People’s Republics.” While Kharkov was retaken by the central government, rebellion spread across the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The Ukrainian government then launched an anti-terror operation to retake the rebellious regions. However, the rebels, while not being officially recognized by Russia, received huge amounts of Russian financial and material support, as well as small forces of Russian troops — the “popular defense militias,” as they are known. The war in the Donbass has had many twists and turns, but in the past eight months it has settled into a stalemate where the rebel republics control many of the region’s main population centers and the Russian border area; Kiev has retained or retaken significant parts of the area as well. This conflict cannot be overlooked. It lies at the nexus of nationalism, sovereignty, capitalism and communism — many of the great historical themes of the past century have converged in the Donbass. The world needs to turn its attention back to the conflict and bring about a peaceful resolution to the stalemate.

Distance Races Reveal Public Attitudes Toward Running Continued from page 6 If you’re aiming for a specific time, it’s necessary to micromanage every second of the race. Knowing exactly when and how much to push yourself, how many sips of water to drink and at which mile you tend to slow down requires mental engagement and months of practice, both of which deter anyone from doing it just to say they did it. These concerns can sometimes apply to shorter races, but in a marathon, they make the difference between finishing strong and being hospitalized. I’ve been trying for years to find a convincing response to people who ask why I run. The only answer I came up with dawned on me during the last mile of the race, when I knew I would finish in three hours flat. The epiphany came as a quote from Slaughterhouse-Five, when the protagonist, who is writing an anti-war book, grapples with a question from a friend: “‘Why don’t you write an anti-glacier book instead?’ What he meant, of course, was that there would always be wars, that they were as easy to stop as glaciers.” In 2015, it’s common knowledge that glaciers are melting and have been for decades. I can’t be sure if Kurt Vonnegut knew this when he wrote Slaughterhouse-Five in the 1960s, but the fact that glaciers are receding radically changes the meaning of the quote. To approach marathons with the infallible belief that they’re impossible makes them into a glacier that the mind can only look at and say, “I can’t.” For those who don’t run marathons, they will continue to look as unstoppable as glaciers. For those who do, crossing the finish is as powerful as watching one form.

Sick of eating in CDS

FOUR FUN

co-ops?

DORM-READY RECIPES courtesy of JFXie

Directions + one (rounded) quarter cup all-purpose flour (or GF flour) + 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon + 1/4 teaspoon baking powder + 1/8 teaspoon baking soda + 1/8 teaspoon salt + 2 tablespoons chocolate chips or chopped nuts, + 1/3 cup very ripe mashed banana (1 small banana or about 2/3 of a medium banana). The banana might even come from Stevie... + 3 tablespoons packed light brown sugar + 2 tablespoons vegetable oil + 1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Spray mug with non-stick spray (skip this step if you want to eat your bread straight from the mug). In a small bowl, combine flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt until wellcombined. Add chocolate chips or nuts if desired. Stir in mashed banana, sugar, oil and vanilla. Pour batter into prepared mug and microwave on 50 percent power, one minute at a time, for three to four minutes, until you can insert a toothpick and it comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs. Do not overbake. Find this recipe: dollhousebakeshoppe.com

+ 2 plain bagels + 1 cup milk + 4 eggs + 1/2 teaspoon salt + 1 tablespoon cinnamon + 1 tablespoon vanilla extract + 1 tablespoon white sugar +2 tablespoons vegetable oil

Directions Start by slicing the bagels. Working with long strips, slice the bagels into quarter-inch thick slices until you get to the center hole. You should get four slices. Do the same on the other side — four more slices. Then you’ll end up with two nubs; cut those into circles. The slices are for serving, the circles are for snacking. It’s a rule. In a mixing bowl, whisk the milk, eggs, salt, cinnamon, vanilla extract and sugar together until combined. Place all of the slices in the dish, toss to coat and let sit for two to three minutes. If they don’t get a chance to soak they’ll be tough and won’t have that creamy, chewy texture once they cook. Remove them and repeat with the rest of the bagel and milk mixture.

courtesy of Gerald_G

+ 2 tablespoons butter + strawberries +bananas + powdered sugar (if available)

bagels The do not have to

be French

RAMEN

Heat 1/2 tablespoon oil and 1/2 tablespoon butter in a nonstick skillet until hot. Place five to six pieces of French toast in the pan. Move around slightly so they don’t stick to each other or to the pan. Then let them rest for two to three minutes or until they’re a nice, even golden brown. Flip and cook for two minutes more. Place on a plate covered with a clean kitchen towel to keep them warm. Repeat with the remaining oil, butter and soaked bagel slices. To serve, place four slices on a plate and top with fresh berries and bananas. Serve, enjoy and then snack on the left overs all day long. Find this recipe: sprinkledsideup.com

Ingredients

+ 1/2 cup parmesan + 1/2 cup fontina cheese + 1 tbs butter + Pinch of salt and pepper + One package of chicken-flavored ramen + 2 cups of water

Quick & easy!

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two cups of water. Add butter to the water before it boils. As it boils, mix it in well. Grate your cheese. Cook the ramen

according to the package. Strain the ramen, saving the water. Put the ramen in a bowl. Add most of the cheese, but not all of it! Mix in well. Add 1/4 cup of the saved water. Stir

together, then mix in your pinches of salt and pepper. Lastly, sprinkle the rest of the cheese on top. Easy peasy! This recipe was created by Oberlin College first-year Paige Baskin.

MICROWAVE EGG FRITTATA + 2 eggs + 1/2 cup fresh spinach leaves + 1 roma tomato + 1–2 sliced precooked turkey bacon (optional) + 1/3 cup shredded mozzarella cheese + Pam cooking spray (or any fat product) + salt and pepper

Ingredients

microwavable and made in a mug!

Ingredients

CHEESY

Five-Minute Banana Bread

BERRY BAGEL FRENCH TOAST

courtesy of Gerald_G and mazeo

courtesy of johnny_automatic

courtesy to Justin Smith

Directions

courtesy of Matteo Paciotti

Force Freedom Ultimate Frisbee Tournament 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3 North Fields Like Frisbee? Head over to North Fields, and watch the men and women’s team play in a day of intense tackles and competition.

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Oberlin Homecoming! Saturday, Oct. 2 Bailey Field Missing high school? Go support your fellow Obies! Get your crimson and gold gear out and head to the football game this Saturday. You may want to bring a rain jacket though, there is a 50 percent chance of rain!

yummm.. frittata! Breaking News: Reimagining Journalism for a Digital Age Keynote address by Dodai Stewart Friday, Oct. 2, 7:30–9 p.m., Craig Lecture Hall Recent Alumni in Journalism Panel Saturday, Oct. 3, 2:30–4 p.m., Hallock Auditorium Film Screening and Discussion Below the Fold: The Pulitzer that Defined Latino Journalism Sunday, Oct. 4 at 7:30–8:30 p.m., Wilder 101

Spray a cereal-sized bowl with the cooking spray; toss the spinach into it. If the spinach leaves are very big, you can tear them up. Either slice or dice the tomato and toss it in as well; likewise with the optional bacon. Throw the cheese on top of that. You can change any of the veggies to suit your tastes.

Beat the two eggs and milk in a separate cup with a fork, and pour over the mess in the bottom of the bowl (a lot of the stuff will float, especially the spinach and bacon). Sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper. Let cook for about 20 seconds after the center puffs up. Avoid over-

cooking or it will form a yucky crust of crunchy egg. The sooner you eat it, the fluffier it is. After 15 minutes of sitting, it will be cold, and about half of the size it was coming out of the microwave. I don’t recommend letting it sit that long. Find this recipe: food.com

How Dark Is Dark? Bright Lights, Big City, Thursday, Oct. 8, 12–1:25 p.m. King Building, 323 Sean Rohlin speaks about Grogger and Ridgeway’s paper which combines the Daylight Savings Time shift with a test on racial profiling. See the results of this test and hear Rohlin, an associate professor of economics at Kent State University, speak more on Thursday.

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together, then mix in your pinches of salt and pepper. Lastly, sprinkle the rest of the cheese on top. Easy peasy! This recipe was created by Oberlin College first-year Paige Baskin.

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October 2, 2015

Zadie Smith Lectures on Ethics of Writing Louise Edwards Arts Editor

Novelist, essayist and short story writer Zadie Smith gave a convocation speech titled “Why Write: Creativity and Refusal” at Finney Chapel last Tuesday. The talk focused on how creative writers should refuse to think of their work as a product of a capitalist economy, and should question the status quo. Courtesy of Dominique Nabokov

Renowned novelist, essayist and author of short stories Zadie Smith met with loud applause from an audience in Finney Chapel at the beginning of her convocation Tuesday evening. “You don’t know what I’m going to say yet. You might hate it,” Smith responded. Yet clearly many audience members had read her work, and that was proof enough that Smith’s talk would be interesting. Theater and Africana Studies Professor Caroline Jackson Smith said that she first encountered Smith’s work when she worked with a student on a private study. “I was excited to read the work myself, partly because she’s writing from the Black British perspective,” Jackson Smith said. “But because she has a conception of the world as a complex set of interactions between people from a lot of different locations and backgrounds.” College junior and Africana Studies major Natalia Viveros, who wrote a paper on Smith’s

book On Beauty for a class, said she was drawn to Smith’s work because of its exploration of beauty standards and identity formation. “That she was younger and contemporary was really exciting to me,” Viveros said. “I felt like her racial identity definitely affected the themes that she covered in her books.” Smith’s talk, titled “Why Write? Creativity and Refusal,” focused on how writing can be used both to enforce status quo and to reject normal patterns. She noted that the word “creative” is often co-opted by the marketing departments of companies to describe an employee who is good at selling products. She cautioned that writers should not fall into the trap of becoming a “creative brand” and write novels solely to please an audience and gain profit from books. Instead, Smith thinks that creative writers should follow the advice of Ezra Pound and “make it new,” even if that means their writing elicits reactions of confusion, shock or anger. Viveros found Smith’s advice

relevant to pursuits outside the sphere of writing. “I think the advice that she gave was very applicable to anyone who wants to become successful in something they have a passion about,” Viveros said. “She encouraged people to look for the right reasons to pursue something as opposed to pursuing something for superficial reasons. She encouraged people to be true to who they are.” Smith also emphasized that writing is for everyone, despite sometimes being perceived as an elitist art form. “In New York, often the answer to ‘Why write?’ is ‘Because I can afford it,’” she said. In refutation, Smith highlighted art forms such as jazz and hip-hop, which were founded primarily by members of African-American communities of low socio-economic status. She emphasized that these art forms spawned even more creative genres such as beat boxing, funk, rap and spoken word. Smith praised creators of such art forms for their originality yet lamented that contemporary See “Why”, page 12

OSlam Sponsors Kai Davis to Support Poets of Color Kyle Roach OSlam, Oberlin’s slam poetry team and club will welcome writer and performer Kai Davis for a night of spoken word poetry Saturday night. Davis is a Creative Writing and African-American Studies major at Temple University, and her work has been featured at the San Francisco Opera House, The Kimmel Center, The Temple Performing Arts Center and on CNN. Additionally, the young poet was crowned the National Brave New Voices Grand Slam Champion in 2011 and ranked second in the nation at the Youth Speaks Poetry Slam in 2012. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

“We hope that at both Kai’s workshop and performance, Black artists across campus will see their stories illuminated. The spirit that was brought at Sister Outsider was incredible, and we hope to share that same energy again with the campus.” ANNIKA HANSTEEN IZORA OSlam Co-President –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Every year, OSlam dedicates part of their budget to bringing poets of color to Oberlin. The team first crossed paths with Davis at the College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational, an international slam competition between colleges and universities around the world. Davis represented Temple University’s Babel Poetry Collective, for which she is the artistic

director. The chair members of OSlam were particularly moved by the way Davis confronted issues of race, gender and sexuality. “The work of Black and brown artists is often ignored, exotified or belittled,” said College junior and OSlam Copresident Annika Hansteen Izora said. “Both myself and my co-president, Nina Austin, as Black women, are striving this year through OSlam to uplift the stories and art of Black and brown artists, and we thought that Kai’s work on her identity as a Black, queer woman is incredible.” Last year, Oberlin welcomed awardwinning slam poetry duo Sister Outsider. The stunning performance moved OSlam to continue to work toward bringing more artists of color to campus. Davis ultimately appeared on a list of favorite performers. “The chair members of OSlam discussed which of our favorite performers we wanted to prioritize and reach out to, and she was one of the first to respond,” said College senior B.J. Tindal. “She was absolutely willing to work with us in order to make it happen and generally showed a genuine interest in working with us.” Davis is not an artist who is afraid to pull any punches. In her piece “Fuck I Look Like,” she exposes her experiences with racism in academia and challenges the way it positions scholars of color beneath a default group of white intellectuals. “Apparently Maya Angelou is inferior due to her grammatical errors,” she writes. “But white man Mark Twain can write a whole novel in nothing but grammatical errors and that shit is a literary masterpiece.” Also a Philadelphia native, Tindal had seen Davis perform this piece before CUPSI. Davis was a member of the Philly Youth Poetry Movement, and she competed in the first poetry slam Tindal ever

Kai Davis performs. The Temple University students work has achieved national recognition and earned her the title of National Brave New Voices Grand Slam Champion in 2011. Courtesy Kai Davis

attended. She performed “Fuck I Look Like” and won the night easily. “I instantly fell in love,” Tindal said. “Her poetry has always been powerful in a unique way that inspires the audience while also holding each person accountable.” Activist art is nothing new at Oberlin, and Davis is sure to be in good company. She will perform at the Cat in the Cream at 8 p.m. Saturday, and OSlam will also

be hosting a workshop at 3 p.m. in Afrikan Heritage House, where Davis and campus poets will mingle and write. “We hope that at both Kai’s workshop and performance, Black artists across campus will see their stories illuminated,” Izora said. “The spirit that was brought at Sister Outsider was incredible, and we hope to share that same energy again with the campus.”

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Duo Delivers Imaginitive, Inclusive Multimedia Performance Louise Edwards Arts Editor Spoken word artist Alixa Garcia beatboxed on pan flute while her audience at the Cat in the Cream clapped along enthusiastically last Friday night. Pan flute music is part of Garcia’s Colombian heritage, and she played upon notions of traditional rhythm by altering the way she blew into the pipes. Naima Penniman, who performs with Garcia is the other half of spoken word duo Climbing PoeTree, danced to Garcia’s music. The multimedia performance included spoken word poetry accompanied by music, photography and video in the background. Garcia and Penniman’s interdisciplinary work focuses on themes of social justice, and the duo seeks

to inspire audience members to create change within the environments and systems they interact with on a daily basis. “Creativity is the antithesis of destruction,” Garcia said, addressing the audience. “Creativity is a nonviolent weapon.” Garcia immediately established a welcoming atmosphere when she introduced the duo’s second slam, “Being Human,” which the two performers recited together. “This piece is dedicated to the human beings in the room. Where y’all at?” Garcia said, elevating the energy in the room before beginning; participants cheered eagerly in response. The imagery in the duo’s poem illustrated vivid personification of the environment. “Being Human,” includes nature-centric lines such as, “I wonder if rain is scared / of

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falling,” making it easily relatable. By giving natural phenomena anthropomorphic characteristics, the poem became emotionally accessible. The poem’s questions left room for plenty of interpretation with lines such as “I wonder if sunrise / and sunset / respect each other / even though they’ve never met.” Establishing their commanding presence early on, Garcia and Penniman had no trouble delving into meatier topics. An excerpt from HURRICANE SEASON: the hidden messages in water, a multimedia show the duo performed, commemorated the experiences of natural disaster survivors, particularly survivors of Hurricane Katrina. The piece — which criticized the government’s failure to provide refuge and medical care to Katrina victims, as well as its invocation

of martial law — proved compelling in its detail. Images of helicopters hovering over silhouetted people played on a screen behind the poets, illuminating their message about the horrors of the police state created in the wake of Katrina. This segment highlighted the connection between the environment and systems of oppression, even more intensely than “Being Human.” The line, “We sell our bodies to our bosses and our wealth to make more trash,” reflects how people of low socioeconomic status are often the people who endure environmental injustices because of systematic oppression. Another poem memorialized Black people who have suffered from the police violence that has sparked nationwide outrage. The refrain, “Who decides who’s dan-

gerous enough to die?” echoed throughout the piece and provided a detailed and grounding focus on instances of police violence. The piece also connected this contemporary violence to historical systems of oppression and slavery in the U.S. Penniman and Garcia chanted together, “It was legal to enslave us; now it’s legal to erase us.” These lines underscored how environmental justice is not only about who gets trash dumps built in their backyards but also about who is safe in certain spaces. While the poem illustrated how the legacy of slavery still infects society today, it also reminded that creating art to resist such systems of oppression is a longstanding tradition. The line, “Freedom See Climbing, page 13

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Rebecca Cohen An eager stream of students and faculty poured into Clonick Hall in the Kohl Building last Sunday evening. Those anticipating the crowd arrived well before 6 p.m. Anyone who came on time or late squeezed into the intimate hall’s corners and onto the floor to catch an earful and a glimpse of a world-renowned contemporary flamenco troupe. Niño de los Reyes is recognized internationally for his innovative dance style, which combines traditional flamenco and other modern and jazz elements. He performed with three talented musicians: bass guitarist Alain Perez, acoustic guitarist Juan Escobar and vocalist Ismael Fernandez. The four came to Oberlin for a three-day residency as part of Oberlin’s Performance and Improvisation Program. PI provides forums and collaborative opportunities for Conservatory students to help bridge the gap between the Jazz and Classical departments, and to increase exposure to diverse genres and improvisation techniques. The room was host to an interdisciplinary gathering of spectators, as several Hispanic Studies and Dance professors alike recommended that their students attend the performance. The ensemble occupied an informal, humble presence onstage as Niño de los Reyes introduced his collaborators. Escobar, born in Madrid to a family with Romani heritage, led the first piece with the rhythmic lulls and harmonic structure that underlie the flamenco style. Perez, who comes from a Cuban family of singers and dancers, then eased into the mix with a light, soulful, harmonic line, inviting the dancer to begin a stomp from the sidelines. The son of Ramón de los Reyes, an internationally known flamenco See Flamenco, page 13

Starbreeze Crafts Moving Narrative in Brothers Avi Vogel Columnist It was 2 a.m. when my computer screen finally faded to black, credits rolling. Controller still clutched tightly as the names scrolled down the screen, I realized the adventure was over. A mixture of emotions ran over me — happiness, loss, feelings from all ends of the spectrum — but what I felt above all else was elation at having been a part of a fantastic journey. Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, released by Starbreeze Studios in 2013, is a puzzle-oriented game that offers much more than just brainteasers. The game follows two brothers on their journey to find a cure for their ailing father. The cure is kept in a tree that’s only hinted at on a scroll given to the player in the opening moments of the game. The controls include the two joysticks and two triggers on a controller of the player’s choice that can hook up easily to your computer. Each joystick controls a different brother, which takes a bit of time to adjust to, and each trigger prompts the given brother to interact with their environment. The older brother can do more physically trying activities, while See Strategy, page 12

Through Nov. 8, the gallery at Firelands Association for the Visual Arts will display papercut art by regional artist Julie Friedman. Founded in 1979, the nonprofit organization located in the heart of Oberlin strives to enhance accessibility to the visual arts by holding various art exhibitions and community programming. Friedman, a graduate of Kent State University, studied under book artist Walter Hamady while pursuing a Master’s of Fine Arts from the University of Wisconsin and now focuses on creating paper media works such as printmaking, book arts, papercuts and drawing. Interested in the interaction between natural surroundings and man-made structures, the artist cuts away the background of her pieces — what she calls the “negatives” — to create her images, which are often flowers, trees, birds and fish. “My material is Tyvek, and my tool is an X-acto knife,” Friedman said in her artist statement. Friedman said that she incorporates elements of surrealism and magical realism into her work by skewing depictions of reality; for instance, she sometimes uses unrealistic scale. Text by Vida Weisblum, Managing editor Photo by Rick Yue

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Oberlin-Como Partnership Starts on a High Note Colin Roshak Staff Writer This year marks the beginning of a new partnership between Oberlin Conservatory and the International Piano Academy Lake Como. William Naboré co-founded the program in 2002 to provide intensive training to some of the best young pianists from around the world. The new partnership establishes an exclusive U.S. hub for the Italy-based program and will allow two students, chosen from international applicants, to participate in a two-year artist diploma program. This past Sunday, three pianists from the academy presented a concert in Finney Chapel showcasing the highcaliber musicianship that Lake Como is producing. In addition to being the inaugural concert of the OberlinComo partnership, the performance also marked the start of the 138th season of the Artist Recital Series. Each of the three performers played differently from the others, but were similar in that they all had their own distinct voice. The variety of sounds and interpretations coupled with excellent choices in repertoire led to a successful and memorable concert. The first to play was Chinese pianist Ran Jia, who performed Schubert’s brooding Sonata in C Minor. The first movement immediately put Jia’s remarkably clean and articulate technique to the test, and she passed with flying colors. Jia did

not subscribe to the loose sense of rubato that solo performers often have, instead playing with an almost metronomic sense of time. Each blazing scale passage was even and precise. The second movement, in stark contrast to the tumultuousness of the first, featured a slow, optimistic chorale, which returned multiple times and was interspersed with short, faster sections. Jia played with a pure and uninhibited sound. Each time the original theme returned, she performed it with a slightly different color, emphasizing its importance within the structure of the piece. The third movement, a straightforward minuet and trio, passed fairly quickly and did not offer much musically, though Jia’s playing was excellent. The fourth movement returned to the drama and angst of the first; the melody bounced up and down the keyboard, and Jia maintained the tension until the final, emphatic chords. After the precision and musical exactitude of Jia, Italian Alessandro Deljavan performed. His portion of the program was filled by Frédéric Chopin’s second set of 12 études. Each of the short pieces showcased a different skill set of Deljavan. He navigated the changing characters with ease, quickly shifting from barrages of virtuosity to more somber and introspective moods. Deljavan played with a romantic interpretation, utilizing a convincing sense of rubato and a legato touch. He could

often be heard singing along with the music, Glenn Gouldian style, which helped him to shape phrases with a sense of natural breath. The seventh of the twelve etudes was especially touching. Titled “Cello,” it was the first respite after six dazzlingly virtuosic movements. The slow opening theme balanced well between the bass and the higher melody, and the music slowly morphed into something immensely heartfelt. Although Deljavan’s technique through all of the difficult études was impressive, the slow music showcased his playing best. His legato phrasing and sense of timing drew out the intensity and romanticism of the music. Deljavan finished with the bombastic 12th étude “Ocean,” which evoked imagery of an unforgiving and destructive sea, until the end of the piece which evoked imagery of the sun coming out —a glimmer of hope on the stormy horizon. After the 12 Chopin études came 12 of Alexander Scriabin’s 24 preludes, performed by the third and final pianist, Cuban Marcos Madrigal. It seemed that the best might have been saved for last, as every moment of Madrigal’s performance was expertly executed. Much like the Chopin that had preceded it, each of the Scriabin preludes had its own character. Madrigal played with an enormous sound that filled Finney Chapel, but in quieter passages he also played with a tender and sensi-

Pianist Ran Jia, who studied at the prestigious International Piano Academy Lake Como, plays Schubert’s tension-filled Sonata in C Minor. She performed at Finney Chapel last Sunday along with two other Lake Como pianists, Alessandro Deljavan and Marcos Madrigal. Juliette Green

tive touch. He seemed to find a good compromise between Jia’s metronomic rhythm and Deljavan’s sense of freedom within the long lines. The slow and reflective 15th prelude showed off Madrigal’s more delicate touch, while the faster 23rd gave him a chance to demonstrate a more youthful side to his playing. After the 12 preludes, Madrigal finished the concert with a remarkable performance of Sergei Prokofiev’s relentless Sonata No. 7. Through all three movements, Madrigal was never weighed down by the intensity and virtuosity of the music. He never released the tension, even in the most intimate movements. The third movement

was a hailstorm of musical genius, which Madrigal played with impeccable technique and an undeterred sense of lyricism. Thanks to three spectacular and varied performances, the inaugural concert of the Oberlin-Como program was an immense success. The pianists demonstrated not only impressive command of the keyboard but also a sense of individuality. In the world of classical music where achieving an elusive perfection is a driving force, these three pianists showed that what is most important is to have a distinct artistic voice and to commit to it wholeheartedly.

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artists working within these same genres have turned their sights on profits rather than personal fulfillment. For example, she noted how Kanye West is a “restless, radical and forward-thinking” artist who allows his image to be a commercial one. She also bemoaned that one of West’s biggest hero’s is Steve Jobs — someone who sought to use his creativity with a goal of earning money. “Books are sold as products, but we can refuse the form of identifying them as productions,” Smith said. “The most radical thing to do is to refuse — the refusal of business as usual.” Smith emphasized how writers should refuse to see their work as part of capitalist systems of production. Jackson Smith continued in this vein, highlighting how African-American creative writing has historically been used to refuse and fight back against oppressive systems. “As a child of the Black arts movement and the Black Power movement, literature was at the center of everything, as it has been for African Americans since the beginning of time on this continent,” she said. “In the face of violence of the enslavement period, Africans in the diaspora utilized writing as a liberating tool. …

And in the 1960s there were never any political meetings without poetry and music, and most of the writers who arose from that period clearly foregrounded ideas of resistance. … Creative writing is life blood and an actual extension of both the aesthetics and political realities of Black experiences.” Smith’s work follows in this tradition of radical thought in a global setting. “I think we don’t have enough writing yet about how complex our communities are becoming through various forms of immigration and emigration,” Jackson Smith said. “I think it’s important [that] Zadie Smith has a sense of not just bicultural but multicultural influences on contemporary British culture.” Similarly, Viveros noticed that Smith highlights characters of diverse backgrounds who claim allegiance to many countries. “A lot of the characters in the novel White Teeth have dual nationalities, and they weren’t sure how to navigate that,” she said. “I think it’s important in that, there’s a lot of discussion and debate: Can a person be of two nationalities, be proud of both, still be American and also embrace another culture? Does that make them less American or more loyal to another country over their natal country? I think it’s important to bring light to [that], because I think

people don’t realize people who have two nationalities have those own conflicts.” Jackson Smith said that Smith’s work, which deals with multicultural and multinational individuals and communities, reminds her of Professor of Creative Writing Sylvia Watanabe’s forth––––––––––––––––––––––––

“Can a person be of two nationalities, be proud of both, still be American and also embrace another culture?” NATALIA VIVEROS College junior –––––––––––––––––––––––– coming short story cycle. “Her new work is a story cycle about a young woman growing up in Hawaii with a Japanese father, a European mother and a traditional Japanese grandmother who’s trying to introduce the long history of Japanese dress and manners and customs in a world where that reality is already remote for this young woman,” Jackson Smith said. “Her work, in a similar way, is looking at what [it means] to have a single individual or a community of people who has to synthesize what are sometimes warring realities.”

the younger one can fit into tight places and be lifted to out-of-reach objects. Although this may seem lacking in creativity, the ingenious strategies required of the player grow more impressive as gameplay continues. Besides the main puzzles that obstruct your path, there are smaller obstacles on the side that are relatively easy to clear. Though they’re not important to the overall progress of the game, they serve to enhance an already luscious world. In style, the graphics take their influence from European fairy tales. But, the imagery is not the dark-lined and heavily shaded images that are associated with the Brothers Grimm. The shapes themselves are colorful and soft, blending together to create a uniquely styled landscape. Each section of your journey has a distinct style and color, but all the scenery remains tied to a single world. Part of the joy of Brothers is just seeing what is around the next corner. Its style makes you feel like you are watching a story in action, gently nudging the characters along a predetermined path rather than making decisions that radically shape the world. Although that seems like a lost opportunity in our current world of video games that tout player choice, it allows the developers to create a tight, finely crafted story that not only has a cohesive narrative but also explores themes that might be lost if the player took a different route. However, this game doesn’t focus on tight controls. There are times where your character will get caught on geometry or you’ll move too fast and phase through some textures, though the gameplay is nuanced so that it

doesn’t detract from the experience. Focusing solely on the brothers’ movements and interactions with the world they inhabit allows the player to plumb the depths of immersion. Sometimes puzzles are broken up by clever gameplay quirks, but these aren’t the selling points of Brothers. Though the aforementioned facets may be relatively common, they combine to create an experience that is anything but. There are games that do puzzles better, have greater graphics on a larger scale and even run smoother. But at its heart, this game offers a touching tale set in a grand world that, at many times, seems indifferent to your presence. Each screen hints at a larger story that we never get to see, and every place you visit has a backstory that almost emerges just beneath the main narrative. But as much as you’d like to stay and linger, you cannot. The brothers’ commitment to their father is front and center, but the scope of the world is not lost. Instead, it seems even more real amid the fantastical setting. Yet while the aesthetics of the game are pleasing, the storyline itself is far from cheery. From the beginning, this is a game steeped in loss. The impending loss of their father looms over the brothers’ heads and propels the game forward. The only thing regrettable about this game is that it ends. It’s a small adventure, taking about two hours, so the plot never feels extraneous, and the game lasts for a perfect amount of time. Its emotionally sentient end is enough to move a gamer to tears, something that few other games can accomplish. If you’ve ever wanted to experience a game that is more than just a game, let Brothers help.

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Flamenco Group Fuses Styles and Disciplines Continued from page 11 dancer and professor based in Madrid and New England edged his way toward the semi-circle of musicians, drawing his hands together while his heels increased their speed of accented tapping. Keeping his spine erect, de los Reyes filled his shoulders with deep breaths and released them while snapping his fingers. Fernandez grew up performing in Seville with his family’s famous flamenco band. Within the band, he incorporated elements of the traditional Andalucian style cante jondo,

which means “deep song,” into his gorgeous vocal phrases evocative of a cantorial chant. Fernandez rose in pitch with progressively louder chants of the Spanish lyrics. In one song, he ended his phrases with an “ao” vowel sound as part of a regional accent and sank into guttural exhales. The Romani style, which includes North African and Indian elements, was evident in his voice, along with Islamic and Jewish harmonic lines derived from the culturally rich region of southern Spain. As the Spanish poet Federico García Lorca once wrote, “In all of

Niño de los Reyes dances to flamenco music played by vocalist Ismael Fernandez (left), acoustic guitarist Juan Escobar and bass guitarist Alain Perez. The worldrenowned Flamenco artists performed as part of a three-day residency hosted by Oberlin’s Performance and Improvisation series. Bryan Rubin, Photo editor

Andalucia … the people talk constantly of duende, and they recognize it as soon as it appears out of a powerful instinct.” Duende is the term used to describe the quality that musicians or dancers — especially in flamenco — express with a certain soulful honesty and passion that can’t be learned but rather is intuited. Lorca would have been pleased; Niño de los Reyes and his band most certainly possessed duende, as they traversed centuries of Latin and Mediterranean sounds with an anguished yet celebratory gusto. With all performers contributing to the sound, the band began to play as one pulsing body, as if an electric current were running through their clapping hands and instruments. Their influences ranged from AfroCuban beats and bass lines to contemporary jazz chord progressions and tap dance styles, all layered upon a traditional flamenco musical and movement base. “We grab things from everywhere; we try to improvise a lot,” de los Reyes said in his introduction to the concert. One band member mentioned at a subsequent question and answer session that the world of flamenco is changing a great deal, and to stand out one must have a current vision and personality and be able to incorporate traditional elements. The group demonstrated its skill in this

regard with a rendition of the jazz standard “Autumn Leaves” by Joseph Kosma, interpreted seamlessly using their Flamenco vocabulary. The dancer’s cycles of movement reflected the band’s musical adventurousness. He demonstrated a sense of floating motion as he reached upward with his arms and torso. However, the dance always pulled his energy close to his seemingly magnetic core, often spinning around on an axis that leaned side to side as he threw his weight from one leg to another. He launched into high-speed jumping and spinning with incredible footwork, all within the steady rhythmic pattern underlying each song, before condensing his movements carefully into quiet, subdued clapping. “There’s one thing that’s universal, and that’s rhythm,” Escobar said after the show. Band and dancer cultivated a symbiotic relationship through eye contact and careful mutual attention to slight harmonic shifts and rhythmic fluxes. The performers often launched into extended crescendos and channeled quiet composure in unison, reflecting their ability to improvise collectively and produce a coherent sound. De los Reyes casually went backstage halfway through to change his shirt, returning shortly after to encourage his compañeros by shouting “Olé!”

from the sidelines when each musician launched into a solo. A particular highlight of the performance was when Perez, who was just nominated for a Latin Grammy, performed his original song, “El Ciego Sin Bastón,” which translates to “Blind Man Without a Cane Stick.” He sang with a smoky vibrato to lyrics about speaking with a blind man, appreciating ignored artists and couples who die for love and ignoring politicians. As Fernandez again took over in the next song with lyrics from cante jondo by Federico Garcia Lorca, the jazz and Romani aesthetics became so indistinguishable from one another in a hypnotizing flow of sounds that neither the musicians nor the audience wanted to end. After the show, Reyes spoke about how flamenco is as much of a feeling as it is a dance. “I think flamenco is something that comes from deep within. … It’s a complaint of a suffering, and one doesn’t even know where it comes from. … As Lorca said about duende, you don’t quite know what it is.” Escobar spoke of his dedication to his art along with the difficulty of sustaining oneself as a musician. “Life isn’t a bed of roses … [but flamenco] has given me feelings of great happiness. … It’s a way of life.”

Climbing PoeTree Creates Space to Reimagine Environments Continued from page 11 is a rap song past the white man’s plantation,” shows how music has provided a pathway to freedom and identity formation for Black people throughout history. Enslaved people’s songs contained hidden directions to help fellow enslaved people escape to the north via the Underground Railroad. Modern rap songs carry that legacy by pushing against the racism still present in the United States. Climbing PoeTree’s own work follows in this same tradition of radical resistance to injustice through creative expression. Garcia and Penniman lightened the mood of the show with variety and humor by performing a love poem. “What’s the point of revolution if you can’t go home and make sweet love?” Garcia joked. The poem was playfully flirtatious, full of cheesy pick-up lines like, “Damn, girl. You must be tired of running through my head all the time.” Yet the piece didn’t feel disconnected from the other, more serious poems, since it still contained political messages about sex and sexuality: “I want to protest misogyny between your legs,” and “Woman created women in her own image to set her daughters free.” Juxtaposing this sexual innuendo with a rewritten biblical line places women at the center of the creation of the entire universe and therefore in a position of power. Toward the end of the show, Garcia and Penniman presented another empowering piece that focused on the solutions that communities have developed to combat environmental injustice. “In New Orleans, morning glories have been planted to pull toxins from the land,” the poets said. It also spoke about how Detroit families have created community gardens in abandoned parking lots and how dockworkers in South Africa refused to unload explosives against Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s orders. To hear of such actions was exciting. This hopeful poem provided examples of concrete solutions that have worked in combatting global injustices. Before the show ended, the two artists encouraged audience members to take a look at the cloth strips dangling from the walls of the Cat. The duo explained that the patchwork tapestry is part of their project called S.T.I.T.C.H.E.D., which stands for Stories, Testimonies, Intentions, Truths, Confessions, Healing, Expressions and Dreams. Audience members and workshop participants were invited to write down their thoughts on a small cloth square, which Garcia and Penniman would then sew together in long strips. Some participants offered specific aspirations such as, “I will work hard to achieve my goals so that I can pay my parents back for everything they’ve done for me.” Others were simple yet direct statements: “You are beautiful,” or “I am a woman, a warrior, an eco warrior.” The collection of thoughts filling the Cat created the feeling of a space shared with many other voices, though the people who wrote the words weren’t physically present. The words shared by these voices, along with Climbing PoeTree’s performance, fostered a sense of togetherness, an important part of fighting environmental injustices as a community. The closing words of the last poem, “Possibility is as wide as the space we create for it,” also challenged audience members to work together to imagine new solutions for societal problems and visions of the future.

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The Oberlin Review, October 2, 2015

ARIANA ABAYOMI, EMMA BREZEL AND OLIVIA HAY

This week, the Review sat down with senior women’s tennis captain Ariana Abayomi, junior captain Emma Brezel and junior Olivia Hay to discuss their fall season, the dynamics of a small sports team and their experiences as student athletes. What did you see the team coming out strong with for your first tournament? Ariana Abayomi: I think doubles was really strong. Olivia Hay: Yeah, we didn’t get any new players this year, so we didn’t have to try incorporating any new doubles combinations. I think that might’ve been one of the reasons why our doubles was pretty good. Emma Brezel: I agree. We did doubles combinations that had already been working out for us. I mean, we were a little bit rusty at the beginning, but we were able to figure it out towards the end and usually win. So that was pretty good. It seems like you guys have a small roster this year. Is it smaller than usual? AA: I feel like 11, what we had last year, was crazy. That was big. In my experience of being on this team, there’s been seven or eight tops. So six people is probably the smallest I’ve ever been on. OH: That being said, it’s not an unusual number of players and not much different from other teams in our league. Are there any benefits to having a small team? AA: I think we’re all pretty close on it, and we get along really well. There’s some sense of urgency now, as our coach says, because there’s a smaller number of people, so we have to be on each other more. EB: I feel like we have more pressure to play our best all the time because we know everyone’s counting on us. We can’t say, “So-and-so is going to win

Junior Emma Brezel (left), senior Ariana Abayomi and junior Olivia Hay for us, so we can drop our game a little.” We have to be on top of [our game] all the time, which I think is good for the team in the end. What are you looking to accomplish this weekend or improve on from your last invitational? AA: As a team, I’d like to have at least two teams — one singles and one doubles — to get to Sunday [the last day of the tournament]. EB: I think I’m focusing on doubles this weekend because that takes a little bit more of figuring out in terms of who you work best with. It’d be nice to see how each team does, and then be able to see what they do really well together, and then switch the teams up. I think that’ll be most important for the rest of the season. I think this tournament is a nice place to see where you are in terms of the rest of your season. How does having separate fall and spring seasons shape the way you guys play and

Orthorexia a Growing Concern Isabel Hulkower Columnist Eating disorders on college campuses are nothing new. The combination of stress and new surroundings can be extremely triggering, and scores of students across the country struggle with issues surrounding food, eating, anxiety and control. Disorders like anorexia and bulimia are well-known within mainstream culture, but the rise of food as a status symbol and class signifier has pushed a new type of eating disorder into the public eye: orthorexia. The term itself was coined by Dr. Steven Bratman in 1977. The name is related to the word anorexia, which literally means “without appetite,” whereas the prefix “ortho” translates to “right” or “correct.” Therein lies the difference between these two disorders. While anorexia is an eating disorder that focuses primarily on weight, orthorexia speaks to a desire for health and purity. Over the past few years, the idea of

strategize? EB: Fall’s kind of nice because you can get a little competition in you and see where you are, and then you get this time off and think about what you need to work on. Then you can go into the spring ready for action. I feel like if I was just a fall athlete, I would feel really rushed, and I would have no time to see what I need to work on, then fix it, then start over again. Because the fall counts but not for a huge part — it doesn’t count towards getting to the conference tournament or getting to the NCAA championship or anything like that. It’s really nice to have, now that I think about it. The Intercollegiate Tennis Association honored Yeowomen’s tennis this summer for academic excellence. How does academic focus factor into the team dynamic? EB: We all work really hard. What’s nice about having a small team is we all know how much school means to each of us, so we know if it’s Saturday

“clean eating” has become extremely popular. Online communities from bodybuilding forums to Pinterest boards provide a wealth of — not always accurate — information on the benefits and mechanics of nutrition. Admittedly this non-processed, fresher style of eating has steadily drawn attention and support and can help shape healthy diets. But orthorexia occurs when a desire to eat healthily becomes obsessive, extreme and eventually a detriment to overall health. Orthorexics tend to place drastic limits on what foods are acceptable to eat, often dismissing groups of foods in their entirety. Animal products, gluten, foods that have been processed and non-organic products might be eschewed. For many, orthorexia stems from the obsession of knowing where our food comes from. It can begin with a strict diet because of the atrocity of meat industries, a disavowal from GMOs or even wanting to avoid processed food. Though there is nothing inherently wrong with these stances, for some it can easily become a pathological and all-consuming lifestyle. The line between adhering to a strict diet and suffering from a legitimate eating disorder can get cloudy; while some behaviors are healthy for some, they can be destructive for

night and we have a tournament the next day, people will be studying, which makes it easier to do that. And then I don’t feel so lame studying by myself because we all go to [Slow Train Cafe] together. How do you guys personally balance being varsity athletes and serious students? AA: I think having a busy schedule makes you try to be on your responsibilities a little bit better. EB: I think most of us grew up in high school having sports practice every day from 4 to 7 or something like that, so it’d be kind of weird for me to go to college and have this big block of time that I’ve literally never had in my schedule. I think it makes me plan out my day a little bit more carefully because I don’t just have two hours where I can go and do nothing. OH: I think tennis for us is also an important time away from studying — a good stress release.

others. The distinction lies in the emotional root of the behavior and the level of internal distress it causes. A few diagnostic questions from the National Eating Disorder Association include: “Does it seem beyond your ability to eat a meal prepared with love by someone else — one single meal — and not try to control what is served? Are you constantly looking for ways that foods are unhealthy for you? … Do you feel guilt or self-loathing when you stray from your diet? … Have you put yourself on a nutritional pedestal and wonder how others can possibly eat the foods they eat?” These questions also bring up another dimension that differentiates orthorexia from other disorders. Because the ideal is health and purity, it has an aspirational and spiritual quality which allows it to get buried deeper into one’s personality and identity. Self-esteem becomes enveloped in remaining “clean,” “pure” and free of toxins, with emotional repercussions if the diet is not followed to a tee. Often, a hallmark of orthorexia is controlling food as a means of emotional fulfillment to the detriment of actual health or interpersonal relationships. As of now, orthorexia is generally recognized but does not have a place in the Di-

What are your favorite subjects or classes? What studying do you get excited about doing? AA: I’m really into biochemistry right now; I’m a Biochemistry major, so I guess that’s a good thing to be into. OH: I’m an Anthropology major; I’ve taken a lot of really great classes in the Anthropology department. I also study Japanese, and I really like the Japanese department. At this point, there’s like eight people in my class, so that’s really cool. EB: I’m also a Biochemistry major, and I really like it, but I’m taking this English class right now with Sandy Zagarell, who’s amazing. It’s been nice to get away from doing quantitative work and think outside the box and not necessarily [have] a right answer. I can just be more creative. Do you guys have any personal or team goals for this year or season? AA: I’m just looking to get through this weekend. OH: Last year we kind of ended on a rough note, so fall is about getting everyone back on their feet a little bit. AA: We’re definitely just picking up the pieces right now. EB: I think we had a good season; it just didn’t end the way we wanted it to. I don’t want it to discredit all the good work we did do. This fall season is just proving to everyone that we are a really good team and we can function with the small amount of people that we have. Even though it’s small, each person on the team is a quality player and I think we’re all [at] a very similar level, which I think is really nice. And I think showing everyone that that works is really important. Interview by Sarena Malsin, Sports editor Photo by Ben Shepherd, Photo editor

agnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the standard criteria used by the healthcare industry to diagnose and treat psychiatric disorders. This status refers to the fact that orthorexia is not a clear-cut diagnosis. What is and is not considered “disordered” varies from case to case, and many people eat restrictively for any number of reasons without negative consequences. However, if someone becomes unable to eat food prepared by others, which in turn leads to them being unable to participate in their life fully, then they should likely seek help. When discussing eating disorders, it should be clear that these disorders aren’t always about food or bodies, they are mental illnesses that happen to manifest themselves in that way, but there is usually comorbidity with depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder and other illnesses. What is healthy eating for some people can become orthorexia for others with the right constellation of brain chemistry and vulnerabilities. Orthorexia should be kept as distinct as possible from simple health consciousness, as conflating them does a huge disservice to those who are suffering.

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— Football —

Yeomen Fall Despite Late-Game Surge

Editorial: Sit Tight, Chicago

Darren Zaslau Staff Writer

Continued from page 16

The Yeomen ended their campaign against Ohio Wesleyan University in a fury last Saturday, as senior quarterback Lucas Poggiali capped off the late game surge with a sly diagonal slip to first-year wide receiver Robby Reinheimer in the final 10 seconds of the game. But for all their final efforts and the Yeomen offense’s best performance of the season, the Yeomen still fell to their opponents 55–42. The Yeomen started the game meekly, granting the Battling Bishops complete control of their home field and surrendering 27 points in the first quarter. OWU running back Jesse Beachy rushed for a 40-yard touchdown on the Battling Bishop’s first drive of the game, followed by a pair of 37-yard touchdown passes from OWU quarterback Dominick Orsini and a punt return for a touchdown. At halftime the Yeomen trailed by four possessions and the Battling Bishops took a 41–12 lead into the locker room.

Head Coach Jay Anderson said he believes the Yeomen must start each game as strongly as they ended against Ohio Wesleyan in order see success in the remainder of the season. “We were just inconsistent,” Anderson said. “We gave up too many big plays.” Moving into the second half, the Yeomen were down but not out. Oberlin’s defense quieted the OWU offense, only surrendering 14 total points and opening up channels left and right for Oberlin’s offensive line to close the point differential. Responding to an offensive thrust from the Battling Bishops, Poggiali tossed a 22yard touchdown pass to Reinheimer. At this point the Yeomen trailed 48-26 but were not done. Poggiali found Clemons in the end zone once again, this time from 10 yards away as Oberlin trailed by just two possessions, 48-34. Poggiali’s 10-yard connection with Reinheimer capped the game’s scoring for the night. Having completed a season-high 27 out of 44 passes for 342 yards, four touchdowns

Feature Photo: Frisbee Outs OSU

Senior Conrad Schloer holds off an opponent from The Ohio State University to snag a catch out of the air during the Flying Horsecows’ tournament on Saturday, Sept. 19. The men’s ultimate frisbee team won the tournament in the finals on Sept. 20. This victory marks the first time that an Oberlin College athletics team has beaten an OSU team since 1921, when Yeomen football defeated the Buckeyes 7–6 Courtesy of Sawyer Brooks

Oberlin Yields 3–0 to Hiram Continued from page 16 en’s offensive performances were certainly confidence inspiring. Junior right-side Ave Spencer led the Yeowomen with 10 kills, while junior outside hitter Jillian Hostetler, winner of NCAC Athlete of the

Week last week, came in with eight. Junior right side and defensive specialist Krista Langhans snuck a team-high four aces past the Terriers, while Powers led the Yeowomen with 10 digs. The weekend before, the Yeowomen won two league matches against Kenyon College and The College of Wooster on Friday and Saturday, respectively. The Yeowomen crushed

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and two interceptions, Poggiali was happy with the overall flow of the offense and the protection he received from his teammates. “I wouldn’t have been able to do it without the offensive line. They didn’t give up a sack for the whole game,” he said. The Yeomen racked up a season high of 431 total yards to OWU’s 315. But for the Oberlin defense, the end result was not what the Yeomen had in mind on their bus ride down to Delaware, Ohio, Saturday afternoon. The Yeomen were able to hold OWU to just 14 points in the second half, but by that point, the game was nearly out of reach. Senior defensive back Gabe Edwards served as Oberlin’s castle wall, leading the team with eight tackles, five of which were solo. Edwards, who was an All-North Coast Athletic Conference Honorable Mention last season, said the defense can’t afford to let their warm-up continue into game time. “We just need to get off the bus,” Edwards said. “We have to show up ready to go.” Along with Edwards, sophomore defensive back Bennett Jackson played his part as a key element of the Yeomen defense. Jackson added three tackles along with the Oberlin defense’s lone interception of the game. Junior linebacker Justin Bute commented on presence of younger players on the defense and the important roles they have on the team. “A lot of young guys have stepped up in the roles that they have been given, and they are embracing that,” he said. On average, the Yeomen defense gives up 42 points per game, making it tied for the most forgiving backline in the North Coast Athletic Conference. Coach Anderson believes the defense must play sound football on all sides to win. “We have to play the right brand of football,” Anderson said. “It’s not about who we play but how we play.” The Yeomen must find a way to move on from this loss, moving them to 1–3 overall and 1–2 NCAC, as they have an important weekend in store for them. Saturday, Oct. 3 marks the beginning of Homecoming Weekend, as Oberlin hosts Allegheny College in a weighty conference showdown. Kickoff is set for 3 p.m.

the Kenyon Lords in just four sets and The College of Wooster Fighting Scots in three straight sets. Senior defensive specialist Shavonne Stanek described the Yeowomen’s optimism at their hot start and expressed her confidence in their prospects for the remainder of the season. “We are ready to come out and show how much the vol-

leyball program here at Oberlin has improved over the last four years,” Stanek said. “My freshman year, we were not a threat in the conference, and I think at this point that has changed tremendously.” Oberlin will be looking to get back to their winning ways this Saturday, Oct. 3 when they travel to DePauw University. The first set is scheduled to begin at noon.

Swimming and Diving Alumni Meet Carr Pool 10 a.m.–1 p.m. Field Hockey Fire-up Tailgate Friday, October 2 Knowlton Social Space 6 p.m. Heisman Hall of Fame dinner (RSVP Needed) 10 a.m. Women’s Basketball Alumnae Game Austin E. Knowlton Athletics Complex Philips gym 7 p.m. Full bar social hour, dinner (RSVP Needed) 10:30 a.m. Men’s Lacrosse Alumni Game North Fields Saturday, October 3 8 a.m. Heisman Club Board Meeting (Invite Only) 11 a.m. Alumni Flag Football Classic Williams Field House Knowlton Complex Social Space

now. Whenever Rose has been hurt in the past you couldn’t walk more than a few blocks in Chicago without coming across a makeshift shrine dedicated to the longevity of his body. Though Rose’s recent injury is not nearly his most severe, the fact that he hasn’t been able to make it through any of the past three seasons without surgery is troublesome at best. Granted, the Bull’s winning percentage has remained impressive over the last four years — between 60 and 70 percent without their best player. But, as with any professional sports team, the only thing that really matters at the end of the day is results. Derrick Rose has only been healthy in two postseasons during his seven-year tenure in the NBA and has only gotten as far as the Eastern Conference Finals. However, in both instances, his obstacle was not his body; rather, it was the best player in the world, LeBron James. So while the Bulls’ success without Rose is encouraging, the reality is that he needs to stay at a healthy MVP-caliber level if the Bulls expect to shake things up this year. Because while many radical Bulls fans call for Rose to be traded or for the organization to give up on him and put their NBA Championship hopes into someone else’s hands, the fact remains that Rose is the Bulls’ best option right now. The NBA is a league dictated by its superstars, and while Rose may not always be able to play at that level due to injuries, he is still unquestionably an elite player. Most importantly, the Bulls would never get their money back if they attempted to trade Rose and the 41 million dollars left on his contract. The fact of the matter is that no team besides Chicago will likely ever take a chance on the battered point guard. As infuriating as it is for some fans to admit, sometimes players are just unlucky. Some players will go their entire careers without getting hurt; whereas others will spend most of their careers sidelined with ailments that ultimately force them to retire early. Things can always be worse, and former NBA center Greg Oden is a great example of that. Personal feelings aside, I wish Rose a speedy recovery and a long and healthy career. Not only is he a great player for my hometown team, but he and the Bulls are also the best chance at dethroning LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers from their dominant position atop the Eastern Conference in the upcoming NBA season.

11 a.m. Field Hockey vs. The College of Wooster Bailey Field 11:30 a.m. Men’s Basketball Alumni Game Philips Gym 1:30 – 3 p.m. Homecoming Tailgate Knowlton Social Space 3 p.m. Football vs. Allegheny College Bailey Field 7 - 9 p.m. Baseball Reception (Invite Only) Knowlton Social Space

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— Women’s Volleyball —

Terriers Defeat Yeowomen in Three Sets Sam Kreisberg Riding high off of recent victories, the Yeowomen’s volleyball team took to the court to face the Hiram College Terriers this past Wednesday but were unable to extend their fourgame winning streak. They were defeated in three straight sets: 25–18, 25–21 and 25–22. This marked the first loss of the season for the Yeowomen in the North Coast Athletic Conference, moving them to 2–1 in conference and 6–8 overall. The Yeowomen offered little contest in the first set, which Hiram easily took 25–18. Junior setter Meredith Leung attributed the loss to a lapse in Oberlin’s energy. “We struggle with momentum,” Leung said. “We had too many errors, let too many balls drop and gave away too many easy points. We need to find a way to remain consistent and go aggressively after every ball.” However, despite early errors and a slow start, the Yeowomen turned their fortunes around in the next two sets and gave themselves several op-

portunities to win. At one point during the second set they led 15–12, but after three lead changes and six ties, the Terriers came

“We need to find a way to remain consistent and go aggressively after every ball.” MEREDITH LEUNG Junior setter

out on top with a score of 18–17. Hiram kept the lead for the remainder of the set, and Oberlin failed to close the gap, ending the set at 25–21. The third set began with a measure of offensive control on Oberlin’s behalf, as the Yeowomen surged ahead with an early 15–10 lead. But a sevenpoint streak obliterated the Yeowomen’s advantage and pushed the Terriers two points ahead at 17–15. Hiram led for the remainder of the match, and the Yeowomen gave up two consecutive points to assure the Terrier’s victory of 25–22. Hiram’s dynamic of-

fense tested Oberlin throughout the three sets, with the Terriers hitting a massive .393, trumping the Yeowomen’s .210. Senior libero Molly Powers acknowledged the skill of Hiram’s offense but felt that the Yeowomen did well to keep them from getting too comfortable. “Coming into the match we knew that they were going to get some great kills,” Powers said. “I think our block did a good job getting some nice touches, and the defense was able

to step into some spots and dig some balls up that should’ve been down.” The Terriers only garnered four aces to Oberlin’s six, but the Yeowomen often struggled to form good passes when faced with the Terriers’ powerful serves. Head Coach Erica Rau believes the Yeowomen’s in-game difficulties will be overcome once they realize their potential as a team. “I think that we’re still struggling a little with our confidence because [the

Yeowomen] don’t realize how good of a team they are,” Rau said. “Hiram is a good serving team — they’re top in the conference, usually top three — but I think it was definitely also our confidence. I’d like to see the team come out there realizing how good they are and playing that way all the time.” Even if they didn’t match the offensive statistics of a conference giant like Hiram, the YeowomSee Oberlin, page 15

Sophomore middle hitter Dana Thomas spikes the ball over Earlham College’s Abigail Sheehan. Thomas had seven kills and two blocks as the Yeowomen beat the Quakers 3–1 this past Saturday. Oberlin was subsequently defeated by Hiram College this past Wednesday and is currently 6–8 overall and 2–1 in conference. Bryan Rubin, Photo editor

— Men’s Soccer —

DePauw Spoils Oberlin’s Conference Kickoff Scott Rivlin The men’s soccer team suffered its first loss this season in the North Coast Athletic Conference on Saturday, falling to the DePauw University Tigers 2–1. DePauw came out of the gate firing on all cylinders. Just 27 seconds into the game, senior forward Adrian Ables scored a goal, giving the Tigers an early 1–0 lead. Going into NCAC play, the Yeomen had a record of 6–2, and they fully understood the challenge that the 6–1 Tigers would pose on their home field. According to Head Coach Blake New, controlling the pace of the match would be an important factor in the outcome of the match. “They play a really unorthodox style; they play man to man all over the field,” New said. “They play with two marking backs on a sweeper, and they’re a very physical team, so you have to try and instill your tempo on the game. You have to be patient, and you have to move the ball.” Despite the early goal, the Yeomen kept a tight ship for the rest of the first half. The pace of play picked up after the Yeomen came back from the intermission sig-

nificantly more aggressive. Oberlin fired off eight shots in the second half — double what they shot in the first. On the defensive end of the pitch, first-year keeper Koryn Kraemer deterred six shots in the contest out of eight attempts on goal. In comparison, DePauw’s senior keeper Chris Yount finished the game with four saves. The Yeomen found their mark in the 66th minute, earning their first and only goal in the match when senior midfielder Louis Naiman notched his third goal of the season. However, the Tigers quickly retaliated in the 75th minute, when Julian Gonzalez found the back of the net to put DePauw up 2–1, securing them an early three points in NCAC play. Overall, DePauw finished the game with 21 total shots, eight of which were on goal. Despite the loss, the Yeomen remain confident in their prospects for the remainder of the season. First-year midfielder Wyeth Carpenter stressed that despite the tough loss, the Yeomen will continue to raise their intensity and competiveness for the rest of their conference matches. “This will give more fuel for the team in

the coming days to work hard and compete at a high level,” Carpenter said. Naiman expressed similar optimism, both for the rest of the season and the team’s NCAC expectations. “We understand that we have a lot of work ahead of us if we’re going to achieve our goals for the season,” Naiman said. “How we

compete against our conference opponents will ultimately determine whether we succeed. We have a tough schedule ahead of us, but we expect to win every game.” The loss puts the Yeomen at 6–3 on the season and 0–1 in the NCAC. Oberlin looks to rebound this Saturday as they travel to The College of Wooster to take on the Fighting Scots at 7:30 p.m.

Waiting for Superman Randy Ollie Sports Editor If you held your ear to the ground this past Tuesday, you probably caught the echoes of exasperation from Chicago. Once again, former NBA Rookie of the Year and 2011 MVP Derrick Rose has been injured — so severely, in fact, that he was rushed into surgery Wednesday morning to repair a left orbital fracture resulting from an elbow to the face in practice the day before. Any Bulls fan or NBA junkie will tell you that this does not look good for the start of the season or Rose’s health for its duration — it’s a bleak prospect for such a promising player. Even more frustrating is that, with this latest ailment, Rose has now officially been injured in every region of his body. The most serious of these started in 2012 when he tore his left ACL and needed surgery, followed shortly by another season-ending knee injury in his right knee in 2013, and topped off with a 20142015 season in which he only played 51 out of a total 82 games. He has also had sprains in both wrists, both ankles, neck problems and a variety of back problems. For comparison, Rose has missed more games in his last two seasons than San Antonio Spurs forward and future Hall of Famer Tim Duncan has missed in the last 18 seasons. Rose’s susceptibility to injury has gotten so bad that Bulls fans, myself included, can’t help but cringe in their seats whenever the explosive guard takes a hard foul or hits the floor a little too hard. Granted, Chicago fans are some of the best in the world, but the Rose injury dilemma has been a rollercoaster of broken dreams and disappointment for some time See Editorial, page 15

Senior defender Macallan Savett lunges at Medaille College’s Prince SaySay. The Yeomen defeated the Mavericks 6–1 on Sunday, Sept. 20 but fell to the DePauw University Tigers to the tune of 2–1 this past Saturday. The Yeomen are currently 6–3 overall and 0–1 in the North Coast Athletic Conference. Maria Stull