December 4, 1998
Volume 127, Number 11

This Week's Stories

• Nut comes to Oberlin

Karen Finley's The American Chestnut to show in Hall tonight

• VIBE--shaking things up in Wilder Main

• Rutherford Hayes steals the show in Con

Student composers show offers wide cross section of new music

• Day without Art pases quietly

Annual AIDS observation proves a day without publicity

• Student Jazz concert muddled

Jazz composers alternately bore and excite, offer uneven program

• In the Kitchen with the 'Next' big thing

• Beck proves he's no 'loser'

• Finley visit reflected in student work

Seniors recognize their influences in show to open this Monday

• Malpractice in the Conservatory?

Is the Con preparing students for the twenty-first century?

• Be afraid, be very afraid

Can one woman be an entire industry? Oprah can.

• Oprah sitting pretty in Vogue

Is Oprah practicing what she preaches or is she selling out?

• Feature Photo: Art Appreciation

• Campus Arts Calendar

• Arts...Out of Town