News Briefs

Mini-Course: Muslims and Jews

This mini-course, taught by Professor Ross Brann on Sunday, March 2, at 2:00 pm in the West lecture Hall in the Science Building is open to all students, whether they are registered for the course or not. Professor Brann’s course will explore the historical and cultural interaction between Muslims and Jews from the emergence of Islam in the seventh century to the contemporary Middle East.

—Greg Walters

Guest Environmental Lecture

Dr. David B. Goldstein, Energy Conservation Specialist and Energy Program Co-Director at the Natural Resources Defense council will deliver a talk entitled, “Environmental Protection as Economic Development Policy: Energy efficiency as a Driver of Economic Growth and Innovation” in the Wright Lecture Hall (Room W201) of the Wright Physics Laboratory on Wednesday, Mar. 5, from 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm. A Cleveland native, Dr. Goldstein was recently named MacArthur Fellow — the prize otherwise known as the “genius award,” and comes with a no-strings-attached $500,000.

—Greg Walters

OC Marijuana Laws Discussed

On Wednesday March 5, four members of the Oberlin staff and a local attorney will come together for an informational panel to shed some light on the College’s rules and regulations and the town’s laws pertaining to marijuana. Associate Dean of Students and Judicial coordinator William Stackman, Director of Residential Life and Services Kim LaFond and Director of Security Robert Jones will detail the workings of the College’s policies, while Professor of Sociology and town prosecutor James Leo Walsh and local attorney Thomas Dougan will provide information on the town’s laws
The panel originally scheduled for December will be the first formal event held by the Oberlin Chapter of the National Organization to Reform Marijuana Laws since it was officially chartered over the summer.
“I’ve rescheduled this panel three times, but now that it’s actually going to happen I think it should be really good,” OCNORML activities coordinator Blake Wilder said.

—Greg Walters