NEWS
Springer Hints at Senate Run
By Sophia Yan
The Science Center’s West Lecture Hall erupted with the audience chanting �Jer-ry, Jer-ry!� as a lively Jerry Springer bounded down the stairs before his speech last night.
Oberlin Mourns Virginia Tech Victims
By Rani Molla
During a three-hour period Monday morning, a lone gunman killed 32 individuals on Virginia Polytechnic Institute’s campus in Blacksburg, VA, making this America’s deadliest shooting spree to date.
Also in News:
• Student Senators Worry About Presidential Search
• Senate Mandates Greater SFC Disclosure
• Lender Scandal Raises Questions for Oberlin
• Graduation Speaker Announced
• Off the Cuff: George Saunders
• Confident Trippi Keynotes Conference
• Students Phone Barack Obama, Chat Politics
• Two Oberlin Students Chosen This Year as Watson Fellows
• Final Thoughts with Jerry Springer
SPORTS
First-Years Making a Difference
By Zachary Lewis
During the course of the season, what has become increasingly obvious to the Oberlin men’s lacrosse team are the contributions of the Yeomen’s first-year attackers Nick Sherman, Alex �Edge� Jacobs and Erik Strand.
Hull and Prati Lead Women's Lax to Victory Over Puget Sound
By Moose Terry
The young women of the Oberlin College lacrosse team faced two tough opponents this week.
Also in Sports:
• Women Blank Allegheny, Men Continue to Struggle
• Baseball Prepares for Crunch Weekend
• Rhinos Run Wild in Romp of Kenyon
• Sports Talk: Sports Therapy
• Women's Softball Defeated in Doubleheader
• In the Locker Room: Isaiah Cavaco
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FEATURES
Brotherly Love for Business
By Kaitlin Barrer
Burrowed in a dismal-looking plaza on Electric Boulevard in Avon Lake lies Fratello’s, a restaurant as titillating as its street’s name suggests.
• experiment: "Climb Co" Will Rock You
ARTS
Saunders Gives Advice to Writers
By Leah Falk
To some, the fiction style of writer George Saunders has established itself as a kind of literary mode a la something from Raymond Queneau’s Exercises in Style.
Robots Invade Wilder Main
By Sean Nagamatsu
If you’re human, watch out. This weekend Wilder Main will be taken over by a production of Czech writer Karel Capek’s play, R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots).
Also in Arts:
• Bands Dazzle 'Splitchers Scene
• Students Act Around the Clock
• Taiko Drummers Celebrate Heritage
• Spring Back Dances with Talent
• Senior Show Explores Art Patterns and Process
• Orchestra Performs the Rite
• Obie Strings Serve Up Sibelius
• Under the Radar: Singing Solo
• Obie Alums Make Top 50 on MtvU
• Film Captures Innocence But No More
• Floors of Finney Vibrate with Colors of Rhythm
COMMENTARY
Reflections on VTech Tragedy
On this day 118 years ago, an Austrian named Adolf was born; 110 years later, two disturbed teenagers opened fire on their classmates at Columbine High School; four days ago, another troubled student carried out the bloodiest school shooting in United States history.
• Letters to the Editor: Earth Day Messages, other letters
• True Blue: In Defense of A Childhood Friend
• The Right Stuff: The Death of A Speech Code
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