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NEWS

Public relations and “verticality” questioned
By Josh Keating
College and Conservatory professors raised questions about Oberlin’s strategic planning process at a general faculty meeting on Wednesday. The faculty is set to vote on the proposal next week.

Dorms compete to conserve
By Jamie Hanson
The Dorm Energy Competition of last April, inspired by junior Kate Weinberger’s Winter Term project, motivated students across campus to reduce their energy consumption over a two week period.

Also in news:
• Sex health workshops held
• Spring Break: not just a party
• Obirin amidst the cherry trees
• Off the Cuff: Matthew A. Kaplan
• Mini-course mines material from Russian mob
• Man and God in Ohio schools
• Indigenous speaker discusses forced sterilization

SPORTS

Club sports struggle
By Ian Mark
For over 30 years Oberlin has offered its student body the opportunity to participate in club sports.

Basketball falls in postseason to Denison, 65-45
By April Gentile-Miserandino
The Yeo-ballers executed their offensive motion and played tight defense but the hoop had other plans as shots rolled off the rim left and right.

Also in sports:
• Tennis opens season with dominating victories
• In the Locker Room w/ Gabo Golden
• Outside Oberlin
• Bowling rolls hard through Woodland Bowl
• Equestrian team rides to victory at Lake Erie show
• Track and Field places third, fourth at meet
• Men’s basketball ends the year with loss number 22
• Head volleyball coach resigns

ARTS

Monk discusses her creations in pre-concert talk
By Liz Logan
For over a week now, many of us have stared at Meredith Monk’s picture on the Oberlin website — the one where she has cornrows and sways to one side with her eyes closed, looking like a true hippie. We look at her and wonder, what’s this “rule-breaking” artist all about? Monk’s lecture on Wednesday to a jam-packed Hallock Auditorium gave students a glimpse into her journey to stardom and her interdisciplinary approach to art.

Bartók here...Bartók there...
By Ben Zilber
When you go to a four-hour concert of music by Béla Bartók, the composer and pioneering ethnomusicologist, you know that you’re going to have an interesting audience. The music is not easy, but it is full of vibrancy and vitality with a rhythmic undercurrent that drives the music like a wild beast.

Also in arts:
• Bartók, Bartók everywhere!
• A LARGE CRITIC w/ Pete Chambers
• The death of an author
• Grizzly Bears seen rockin’ hard in the wintry Ohio tundra
• Baroque Orchestra turns two
• New-age workout craze examined by art section sleuth
• Duo tag-teams Con’s classical guitar studio in masterclass

COMMENTARY

• Editorial: College needs assault hotline
• Staff box: Drilling in the Arctic serves nobody’s interests
• Live from the Library w/ Grace Hammond: SOS! Help save OhioLink
• Letters