The Black Alumni Association is holding a reunion this weekend. Organizers expect at least xxx of alumni to attend to event.
Included in the schedua of events is a dinner celebrating the creation of a Hall of Fame which will recognize noteworthy Black Obelrin alumni. Alumni who are honored will have plaques dedicated to them, which will be hung in Afrikan Heritage House.
As part of the ceremony William Robinson OC '63 will give a keynote address.
Other aspects of the weekend include symposiums on arts activism and career networking. A description of the session on arts activism says, "We have always been a mission-conscious people. This workshop will explore how we use art to elucidate and elevate our condition in this country."
The weekend also includes some more entertainment-oriented activities, including an imporomput showcase of talent today, a party Saturday and a Gospel Brunch Sunday.
Also connected with the weekend is a performance by Avery Brooks, OC '70. The one-man act about the life of Black renaissance man Paul Robeson is to be performed Saturday. (see story page xx)
For times of events see the Community and Arts calendars.
Oberlin Animal Rights (OAR) is in their second week of protest of a three-week neuroscience lab. In addition to continuing protest of the lab, the group demonstrated on WIlder Bowl Thursday.
Last week three students began a hunger strike on Thursday, the first day of the lab. Of those three, junior Aaron Simmons fasted for five days.
Sophomore Josh Raisler-Cohn is continuing to strike now, uncertain of when he will stop striking. Sophomore Piper Weinberg, the last of the three original fasters, stopped Thursday - one week after she started.
The lab which OAR is protesting is a vivisection lab in which students make a hole in a rat's skull and then different electrodes and drugs can be inserted. Then students can observe the effects of the drugs on the animals.
OAR also read a response in from of the lab before it started this week, in response to students in the lab who had asked OAR to stop protesting. The students in the class said they understand the concerns of OAR and wished they would stop the regular protesting.
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Volume 125, Number 20, April 11, 1997
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