The Oberlin Review

May 7, 2004

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NEWS

Students ask to see College’s books
By Milena Evitmova
The dispute over financial transparency on Campus includes many student organizations. Several groups have demanded more information on the College’s budget and the endowment investments

Big parade comes to town
By Sarah Robertson
An eager crowd of Oberlin citizens and students lined the sidewalks of East College Street Saturday morning awaiting the arrival of the third annual Big Parade.

Also in news:
• OSCA under a magnifying glass
• Linda Gates to be acting dean
• OC budget nears completion
• Groups register College voters
• Town development underway
• New SATS to be unleashed on the class of 2009
• Student groups rush for charters
• Finkelstein demystifies Israeli-Palestinian debate
• obies dating obies
• Athletics employed radical
• Obies attend gender talks
• First-years to get more credit
• Off the Cuff: Khalid Medani
• News Calendar

SPORTS

Local star commits to OC
By Matthew A. Kaplan
Oberlin High School senior Jordan Beard eagerly anticipates the day he puts on the crimson and gold Yeoman basketball jersey. Beard has a laundry list of accomplishments, but the greatest may not even be on the hardwood, the gridiron or the diamond.

Lacrosse fights with injuries in loss
By Colin Smith
A battered and bruised Yeomen lacrosse team finished its season with a hard-fought 12-3 home loss to the Battling Bishops of Ohio Wesleyan University on Saturday.

Also in sports:
• Baseball nabs first NCAC win
• Defense: The unsung heroes of OC games
• Smarty Jones takes Derby
• Slain athlete gets Silver Star
• Club Corner: Rugby overcomes injuries for second place finish
• In the Locker room with...Quammie Semper and Mark Lengel

Lawn Chair Brigade: Kendal at Oberlin seniors march through town as part of last Saturday’s Big Parade

ARTS

The Fantasticks opens in Wilder
By DeShaun Snead
This musical, directed by first-year Alan Kline, is often a comedy of slapstick leanings. It is the story of two young lovers, Louise (sophomore Vernicia Elie) and Matt (first-year Brian Piper), whose fathers, played by sophomores Emma Nadeau and Maggie Keenan-Bolger, feign a feud to hoodwink their children into love and marriage.

Human Marvels play the ’Sco
By Emily Ascolese
If you’re into blood and needles, pitchforks and horns, if blue skin or women with whiskers turn you on, if you’ve ever tried to set yourself on fire or put out a cigarette on your bare tongue, The Human Marvels will rock your unconventional socks.

Also in arts:
• Holy Virgin High too soon to die
• Pop Culture Digest: “Farewell, Friends!” Final episode ends sitcom legacy
• Man on Fire fails to deliver on classic formula
• Early music choir captivates
• Arts Calendar

COMMENTARY

• Mourning Peter Goldsmith
• Goldsmith man of courage
• Review’s facts wrong again
• Divestment issue worthwhile
• Context of race and sexual violence necessary
• CIT plans to close Biggs Lab
• 2004 Alumni Class Officers
• Thanking Oberlin, Executives
• Chief Wahoo condemned as discriminatory
• Help Lorain strike
• Food: Getting medieval with one too many margaritas
• Editorial: Healthcare cuts / Reconsider SAT