News
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)
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)
Laymon’s Terms
June 20, 2023
David Silverberg
When Kiese Laymon looks back on his Oberlin years, he does not mince words. “Being there, at a place that valued young Black artists, literally saved my life,” says the 1998 grad, an...
![Kiese Laymon headshot.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/laymon_2022_hi-res-download_4.jpg?itok=ly1r0jNr)
BLACK VOICES
July 16, 2021
Yvonne Gay and Marsha Lynn Bragg
Black Voices: Members of the Oberlin Community discuss racism and the murder of George Floyd. A special online extra from the Oberlin Alumni Magazine spring 2021 issue.
![Artist Rendering of head and shoulders image of George Floyd along with eight other individuals](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/blackvoices_by_noadenmon.png?itok=490CGueR)
Home Township Hero
June 21, 2021
Cathleen Partlow Strauss '84
Tshepiso Ledwaba ’20 brought the talent to become a world-class piano tech. Oberlin gave him the training.
![Tshepiso Ledwaba.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/ledwaba_portrait_unisa_01-20-4.jpg?itok=cbWNGh59)