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Ask the Fans...
Should we keep the “Yeomen” nickname?

“I think that we should get rid of it and change it to the Vikings.”
-Cameron Levitt
College first-year

“We should get a new nickname. I like the Oberlin Pride or Crimson.”
-Jeff Ramsey
Head Football Coach

“We should keep it, it’s all about tradition. I like the ‘Yo-mamas,’ though.”
-Anonymous
Recreation Director

“They should change it to the Oberlin Weightlifters.”
-Rob Smith
College first-year

“I like farmers.”
-Thomas Jefferson
Yeoman scholar

“Keep the Yeomen.”
-Anonymous
Athletic Department Secretary

“We should keep it. It’s always been here.”
-Anonymous
Equipment Manager

“I don’t know. Let me think on that.”
-Michael Gaines
Athletic Department Guru

“I think we need to get a new one. I wouldn’t be opposed to us being the Oberlin Crimson.”
-Ann Gilbert
Women’s Basketball Head Coach

“The Oberlin Buffalos.”
-Buffalo Bobby
Mascot authority

Marquee Event

Men’s and Women’s Ultimate Frisbee
Great Lakes Invitational
Saturday and Sunday

The Oberlin men’s and women’s ultimate frisbee teams will take on 25 different schools ranging from Middlebury to Purdue to Ohio University on Saturday, beginning at 10 a.m. until 6 p.m., and on Sunday, beginning at 10 a.m.

You Can Say that Again

“We seem to be consistently inconsistent. That’s probably our problem.”

-Jim Donovan
Head Men’s Lacrosse Coach

Need we say more?

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