Oberlin Alumni Magazine
Music to Her Ears
November 15, 2023
Erich Burnett
Your new magazine editor brings an unapologetic love of ’80s rock—and an incurable passion for storytelling.
![Annie Zaleski poses next to her published books.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/rs176663_20230726-085.jpg?itok=xSzlk_eh)
My Cousin the Comb Jelly
November 15, 2023
Annie Zaleski
The research of Darrin Schultz ’13 deepens our insights into animal evolution.
![Darrin Schultz In his research, Darrin Schultz applied existing DNA sequencing technologies and new analysis techniques to organisms people hadn’t studied before.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/m_darrin-img_7253.jpg?itok=uKbtWeXu)
For Sake's Sake
November 13, 2023
Hanna Raskin ’98
Jamie Graves fell in love with the world of Japanese beverages. He’d love to tell you why.
![Jamie Graves.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/microsoftteams-image_1.jpeg?itok=90oBTJpd)
The Vagina Dialogues
November 13, 2023
Jeff Hagan ’86
Despite its cheeky name, Tight Lipped has serious plans to address vulvovaginal pain.
![Fleischacker and Minion hold up a copy of their zine, Opening Up.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/april_parlor_mtg_26_1.jpeg?itok=20cQiV7L)
The Course that Changed Everything
October 25, 2023
Kate Becker
Music and math brought Alina Zhu to Oberlin. An irresistible challenge defined her final year on campus.
![Alina Zhu writing at a chalkboard.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/alina_at_chalkboard_by_tanya_rosen-jones.jpg?itok=FqFPXCdR)
Halls of Game Fame
September 26, 2023
Communications Staff
For generations of students, the big game at Oberlin meant big campus spirit too.
![Students outside Gray Gables at Oberlin in 1943.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/1943_down_the_scotch_gray_gables.jpg?itok=vyEoU1lc)
Cat Batch Fever
June 21, 2023
Hanna Raskin ’98
According to the cookie recipe tacked to a wall of the Cat in the Cream , one tablespoon of molasses can be substituted for one cup of sugar. But when Hillel Hinton-Williams is working at Oberlin...
![Manager Hillel Hinton_Williams Baking Cookies.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/catcookiescover_0.png?itok=WUGftGPE)
Feels on Wheels
June 21, 2023
G.M. Donley ’83
“I’m embarrassed to admit it, but it was a huge relief,” he recalls. “I hated riding that thing.” In his fourth year, Bisker inherited a broken-down family bike that had...
![Josh helps a little neighbor fix his handlebars in Williamsburg.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/9._josh_helps_a_little_neighbor_fix_his_handlebars_in_williamsburg.jpg?itok=ir0WBzLz)
The Golden Age of Obiewood
May 30, 2023
Annie Zaleski
Oberlin creatives have the talent to make it in Hollywood. Now they have the network too.
![Illustrations by Nadia Radic Collage of photos and graphic designs representing the Oberlin Screenwriters Intensive](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/screen_shot_2023-05-31_at_11.15.52_am.png?itok=W_fUBh6T)
John Lewis Talks Jazz
January 24, 2023
Oberlin Alumni Magazine
John Lewis of the Modern Jazz Quartet talks jazz and more in a 1956 radio interview with Jim Neumann ’58, host of “Jazz Hot and Cool!” on WOBC.
![Collage of jazz album covers.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/jazz_albums_neumann.jpg?itok=UmEtXhiZ)