Campus News

While Vice President Mike Pence and challenger Kamala Harris faced off in Salt Lake City, Utah, last week, a gathering of 110 Oberlin College students spread out in Wilder Bowl to watch the debate on a giant screen.

If the walls in Finney Chapel could talk, they would reverberate with the enchanting sounds of the Oberlin Orchestra; command attention with empowering words spoken by Martin Luther KingJr.; and pulse joyously along with South Africa’s Soweto Gospel Choir.

In this photo series, we walk with the dinosaurs in Cleveland and visit a congressional intern in Washington, D.C., before coming back home to Oberlin to watch the Wild Beast of the Bungalow take over the stage in Warner Concert Hall; go snowboarding in Hales Gym; and sit in on a gallery talk, book art class, choir practice, an academic retreat, and a dance performance.

The senior politics and Middle Eastern studies double major's experience in Lebanon culminated in a 23-page report examining the Syrian refugee crisis.

Kathleen Stephens’ visit immediately follows the planned U.S.-North Korea summit in late February.

Duncan Reid appreciates the physical challenges that come with being a member of the varsity men’s cross country team. This summer, the politics major secured top honors at the 2017 USA Triathlon Draft-Legal Duathlon World Qualifier in Oregon.

Kahn, the newly appointed Erwin N. Griswold ’25 Chair in Politics and Law, will discuss same-sex marriage and the Affordable Care Act, among other topics.