News
Students Learn Through Action and Organization
by Tobias Smith

Education as Activism: Student activists organized a day of learning as means of protesting American retaliatory actions. (Tom Shortcliffe)

In step with a national campaign protesting U.S. governmental responses to the Sept.11 attacks, hundreds of students walked out of class this Thursday to attend a student– organized teach-in.
Events, including student discussions, faculty lectures, the film 9/11 and a letter writing campaign, began at 9 a.m. and continued until 4:30 p.m., ending after more than 300 students signed in as a testament to their participation in the national protest.
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Education as Activism: Student activists organized a day of learning as means of protesting American retaliatory actions. (Tom Shortcliffe)

Arts
Sweet Honey in the Rock Sings Finney Stage

by Douglass Dowty

The African-American, all-female ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock will perform their program of Grammy Award-winning music in Finney Chapel this Sunday, Oct. 14. This group of six black women, based in Washington, D.C., is known for their unique music inspired by the traditions of the black American churches fused with other contemporary styles. During this year, they have or will perform in settings ranging from churches in inner city Detroit to New York’s Carnegie Hall to the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
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Crushing Defeat : Two Yeowomen converge on Kenyon defenders in Oberlin's 4-0 victory. (photo by Marc Penalver Aguila)

Sports
Yeowomen Victorious Over Top-Ranked Tigers
by Liz Logan

At 5:40 p.m. on Oct. 9, a group of tremendous athletes huddled together in a huge group hug, screaming. They had finally done it. In a 2-1 game, the Yeowomen had defeated Wittenberg, the number one team in the North Coast Athletic Conference.
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Perspectives
SFC Article Not Balanced

To the Editors:

As both a member of the Student Finance Committee and a student who is feverishly committed to protecting the rights of students against any impending barrage of administrative shadiness, I was both disappointed and distressed by the article which appeared, or rather, didn’t appear in last week’s issue of the Review. In case you missed it: four paragraphs which scathingly portrayed the SFC as a group of money hording bastards who chuckle at the notion that students should be able to spend money on the things that students like to do.
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