The Oberlin Review

February 18, 2005

NEWS

New ResEd regime
By Rachel Decker
New-fangled Residential Education and Dining Services is currently undergoing big changes.

Revamped London program set to return in 2006
By Maxine Kaplan
The Oberlin-in-London program will most likely be returning for the 2006-07 school year after a one-year suspension and a substantial redesign. The suspension of the program combined with the recent decision to charge students fees for study away have led to intense scrutiny of Oberlin’s commitment to study abroad.

Also in news:
• Koppes to resign in June
• Add/drop changes provoke debate
• Student sexually assaulted
• OhioLINK system in jeopardy
• Keep closes smoking lounge after complaints
• Sex and the single smoker
• Francophone writer speaks on immigrant life
• Wal-mart delayed by lawsuit

SPORTS

Yeowomen defeat Ursuline 74-69 on senior night
By Kaitlin Barrer
Oberlin women’s basketball seniors Nicole Burford and Cristina Briboneria triumphed in their final home game with a win on Wednesday against Ursuline College. The Yeowomen’s leg up on the Arrows was omnipresent, although they were often either tied or just ahead.

Yeo-ballers lose to Hiram, but defeat Allegheny
By April Gentile-Miserandino
The Oberlin men’s basketball team kicked off the week with their annual alumni game on Saturday. The contest pitted older alums such as George Bundy Smith, Jr., OC’87, and Chris Broussard, OC’90, against more recent players including Justin Perkins, OC’03, and Julius Hill, OC’04.

Also in sports:
• Swimmers are lead by Selenak
• Indoor track and field sends athletes to All-Ohio
• Outside Oberlin
• In the Locker Room With Cristina Briboneria and Nicole Burford

Lasting presence: Clayton Koppes has worked at Oberlin since 1978.

ARTS

Guerilla 16 takes stage with The Perceptionists
By Chris Fry
Guerilla 16 and The Perceptionists hit the ’Sco this past Friday in one of Oberlin’s best hip hop shows in the last few years. Oberlin College’s newest and perhaps only hip hop crew, Guerilla 16, opened in their first live performance with an impressive display, starting with “Guerilla Stomp,” an attention grabber that got the crowd pumped up and ready for more.

Finney goes wild for Oliver Knussen
By Ben Zilber
My father likes to call his time asleep at the orchestra his “beauty sleep.” It’s true: sometimes the gentle soothing chords of the orchestra, the serious yet non-threatening manner of musicians and maestros alike, the calm, steady coughs and concentration of the audience add up to quite a nice doze, complete with sweet dreams and the occasional musical wandering.

Also in arts:
• A LARGE CRITIC w/ Pete Chambers
• OMTA conquers Bernstein
• Author starts off French mini-course with lecture
• Young jazz pianist Eric Lewis swings into town
• The Weird Weeds

COMMENTARY

• Editorial: Senior staff must share the burden
• Staff box: Insider edition
• Letters