Oberlin Endowment Suffers in Floundering U.S. Economy

Oberlin College's endowment, which stood at $640 million at the end of September, is down 13.97 percent from $744 million as of June 30. Continuing declines on Wall Street -- the Dow Jones, Standard & Poor and the Nasdaq indexes slid about 5 to 7 percent on Wednesday -- are taking a toll on Oberlin's investments.

East College Street Project Ready to Break Ground

After three and a half years of planning, three Oberlin College graduates are finally seeing their dream realized. Their corporation, Sustainability Community Associates, is beginning work on its community development project on East College Street.

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• OBUS Set to Provide a Green Option for Student Holiday Travelers
• Downtown Merchants Chafe at Jazz Building's Ramifications
• The Parking Paradox: Car Convenience Clashes with Mother Nature
• Off the Cuff: Local Author Donald Ray Pollock
• New First-Year Residence to Be Crafted by the Ideas of Student Committee Members
• Oberlin Expands Its Borders into Neighboring County of Pittsfield
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Shakespeare and Marlowe Come Alive in The English Channel

The English Channel, performed in Little Theater from November 12 to 16, offered a unique answer to the question: Who was Shakespeare? For English Channel playwright Robert Brustein, Shakespeare was a poet and writer who was well-known in his own right, but lived under the shadow of his close friend, theater great Christopher Marlowe.

Johnson, Ouellet to Represent Oberlin at Nationals

Oberlin's cross country teams ran their last races this Saturday though cold and rain at the NCAA Great Lakes Region Championships at Otterbein College.

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COMMENTARY  RSS

• Editorial: The Economy Takes a Tumble. What About Oberlin's Values?
• Editorial: Spread the Thanks Around
• Obies Take Scavenging Culture to the Dumpster
• Obama's Policies: Real Change for the Nation?
• Perspective From Outside the Bubble
• Glad We Had This Talk
• Prop 8 Probably Not Here to Stay
• Knock on Wood: Dispatches from Student Senate

LETTERS
TO THE EDITORS  RSS

• OC-OHS Relations Silently Strong
• OCircus! Show Disturbs, Offends Students
• MROCA Students Enable the Disabled
• Ohio PIRG Urges Obies to Volunteer
• Student Finds Article on OHS Misinformed
• OhioPirg Thanks Obies for Election '08 Activism
• Alum Condemns Review's Political Single-Mindedness

ALSO IN ARTS  RSS

• "Do You Expect Me To Talk?": A Quantum of Silence
• Cendrillon Sings the Praises of Oberlin's Opera Program
• Visiting Berlin Artists Speak of History, Memory
• After-Hours Antics At Allen Art
• Oberlin's Only OCircus Scintillates Cat Crowds
• Belle and Sebastian: BBC Live Sessions Is Nothing Radical
• Twangy Troubadours Eliven the Cat with Joyful Sounds of Bluegrass
• A Live Oberlin Confessional Fails to Live Up to Online Original
• Delicious Taste of World Diversity at Food Fest

ALSO IN SPORTS  RSS

• Meet Women's Basketball Coach Kerry Jenkins
• Coaches Can't Cross the Line
• In The Locker Room: Omari Hall
• Basketball Gears Up for New Season
• Oberlin Football Finished Strong
• Williams Field Home Construction to Finish by Spring Season
• Swimmers Take on Veale Classic