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You Can Say that Again

"Thwack."

-The sound of Mark McGwire's bat after connecting with #62

Sophomore John Rogers was named the North Coast Athletic Conference player of the week for his superb Friday performance.

Conference coaches honored Rogers who finished first out of 17 on the four mile course at the College of Wooster. Rogers' time of 22:14 was unbeatable. The cross country team has its next home meet Sept. 19.

John Rogers

John Rogers
(photo courtesy of S.I.D)


Marquee Event

The Yeowomen kick off their first homestand of the year. Come watch the excitement of power soccer done the Oberlin way.

Women's Soccer

Oberlin vs. Baldwin-Wallace

Tuesday, 4:30 p.m.


IN THE LOCKERROOM WITH...Jabari Spruill

Junior Jabari Spruill works the front desk at Philips. A constant source of mystery, we decided to talk to the front desk worker on duty for a moment.

How much homework do you get done while you're working?
I actually get a lot done. This is the third time I've worked and the last two times I got a lot of reading done. It's more reading than problem solving work.

Why do you only check some IDs?
From what I know I'm supposed to give these orange stickers to everyone and I have bigger ones to give to faculty. It's just to track the numbers of people using the gym.

Are you an athlete?
Yeah. I play football. My very first job here was working for my football coach and now I'm just doing other things. With the new rec director, they're trying hard to get more students here and plus they extended the hours during the week which is cool.

Are there some regulars that you've met just by being here?
Actually there are. In the free weight room one day an old guy came up to me and started talking. I'm from Charleston, South Carolina and he told me about his trip to Charleston.

Is your chair comfortable?
Not really. It's just kind of bare and flimsy. I have to get up and walk around every once in a while. I don't think they'd spend money getting the front desk guy a new chair.

How does this job tie into your future career plans?
I have to be able to communicate with people and be friendly.

Is there anything you would like to tell all the people who come here?
I kind of get annoyed when people come in and ignore the sign that says you're supposed to show your ID. Some people just walk right by.

There are a lot of mosquitoes around here. How many mosquito bites have you gotten sitting here?
Ow. Only one. Just one today.

Are there some people that are too smily?
Laugh. No I haven't run into any extra smily people.

Ow.


This Week's Events

Men's soccer
Saturday at Penn State-Behrend
Tuesday at Kenyon

Women's soccer
Saturday at Penn State-Behrend
Tuesday vs. Baldwin Wallace 4:30 p.m.
Thursday vs. Hiram 4:30 p.m.

Football
Saturday at Thiel

Volleyball
Friday at Illinois Wesleyan Tournament
Saturday at Illinois Wesleyan Tournament
Wednesday at Ohio Northern

Cross Country
Friday at Allegheny Invitational

Field Hockey
Saturday at Kenyon (vs. DePauw)
Sunday at Ohio Wesleyan

   


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Volume 127, Number 2, September 11, 1998

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