News Briefs
Cinema gets with the program
By a unanimous vote, College faculty decided Tuesday to turn the Cinema Studies
major into a full-fledged program. This means there will be a group of faculty who are completely
dedicated to Cinema Studies, Professor of Cinema Studies William Patrick Day said.
The popular new major has grown substantially since lifting off in November of 2001, but its course
offerings are still limited by the number of professors teaching in the major. As a program, Cinema
Studies will now be able to hire its own faculty, and in turn create more courses. The next step,
Day said, is to consolidate what weve done, make sure the major is running right and
decide what kinds of projects we want to implement.
Kate Antognini
CIT to improve server service
People with websites on Oberlins servers will find a few changes in
store for them when they return to campus after Spring Break. The Center for Information Technology
will be upgrading the College servers, bringing users more disk space and greater flexibility in
dealing with files. There is one change that might cause some confusion, however websites
will now have new addresses. The CIT urges anyone with a website on an Oberlin server to visit
http://www.oberlin.edu/migration, which describes the changes in detail.
Jesse Baer
OCAW walkout gaining steam
Approximately 750 Oberlin students have pledged to join the National Student
Walkout for Day-X, due to take place at noon the school day after the U.S. bombing commences in
Iraq. The Oberlin Coalition Against the War expects an 500 students have not signed the pledge
sheets.
The OCAW goal is 1500, so we are happy with the results so far, OCAW organizer Marianna
Leavy-Sperounis said.
The group is presently planning meetings with Oberlin public school officials to discuss prospects
for involving Oberlin High School students in the walkout.
We fully encourage and support students who choose to walk out and hope that those who do
not walk out will attend events once the school day has ended, Leavy-Sperounis said. A protest
is scheduled for shortly after noon on Tappan Square, to be followed by a march.
Greg Walters
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