September 5, 1997
Volume 126, Number 1

This Week's Stories

• McNish fired from Residential Life

Students upset; Mehwald to serve as acting director

• College bails out bookstore with $40,000 loan

• Students dig in to improve Oberlin

• Appleton retires effective October 1

Health plan board to examine care

• Women's Studies professor's return stalled due to swamped visa offices

College re-opens tenure track position search

• $6 Million donated to college by anonymous donor

New revenue to go to Science Center

• Dawkins resigns from Development

Administrator moves to University of New Hampshire

• Validines to change

• College without IBM support

• South Hall given southwestern flair

• All-campus mail will shortly be thing of the past

• Oberlin helps to buy city a brand new fire engine

New truck will replace 29 year-old engine

• Trustees approve budget plan

• Ditch plan debated

• GF look at new class, faculty

• Oberlin to become Chemical Landmark

• Earth theme of all-campus convocation

Gary Snyder speaks to a packed Finney Chapel

Feature Photos
Welcome back Say cheese Sex at seven

• News Briefs

Acting Assistant Director of Security named

Office of Communications changes name

Tuition increase approved in 1997-98 budget

Student Senators distribute new water bottles

• Security Notebook

• Community Events Calendar