Sports
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Athlete Of the Week
Junior
sprinter Courtney Stackhouse, from Woodbridge, Va., set new records
last weekend at the NCAC Championship meet.
Stackhouse not only broke through an Oberlin record, but also set
a conference record for indoor time in the 55m dash with 7.30. The
time was good enough for a provisional Nationals qualification.
Stackhouse
also finished fourth in the 200m two spots behind teammate
Nzinga Broussard and was a member of the third-place 800m
relay team.
The
womens track and field team placed third overall at the conference
meet, finishing only 17.5 points behind first-place Allegheny and
11 behind second-place Denison.
Next
up for Stackhouse and the track and field team members is the outdoor
season, which begins on Mar. 30.
Quote
of the Week
When
you dont win a conference game, you cant expect respect.
Eric
Lahetta
Baseball Head Coach
On
Oberlins last place ranking in the preseason coaches
poll.
Marquee
Event
Oberlin vs. Hope College
Womens Tennis
Saturday, 1 p.m.
John Heisman Club Fieldhouse
The
womens tennis team is still unbeaten as they prepare to face
Hope College. The Yeowomen will seek to improve their record to
4-0 for the season.
In
the Locker Room with. . .
As
we both sit in a booth at the Rathskellar and stuff ourselves with
pizza, first-year hoops player Ronnie Goines shares views covering
it all, from veganism at Oberlin to homophobia in sports.
Whats
your favorite thing about Oberlin?
RG:
The people.
Are
they what you expected?
RG:
No. I expected the people here to be very liberal, but theyre
not. Most people here say, Everyone should be equal, save
the Earth
and whatever, yet they dont have one
Republican friend. I think thats horrendous.
I notice
there is a contradiction here. After all, he has just said that
his favorite thing about Oberlin is the horrendous people. But I
choose not to point it out, as I am interested in where Ronnie might
be going with this. I say
I think
thats really observant. How do you deal with it?
RG:
If I have to call somebody on it, then I just tell them, Youre
very closed-minded. But Im actually the sort of person
who hangs with anybody.
Is
there anything else about Oberlin that you dont like?
RG:
I dont like how it caters to the vegetarians and vegans.
Would
you rather they have to fend for themselves?
RG:
I would rather the College appeal to the majority, and the majority
are the meat-eaters. They can go to Harkness and Fairkid, and they
can go to Stevenson. Yet there are only so many places I can go
to eat meat.
What
is your greatest inspiration?
RG:
God. Yes. The thing is, people see me at the Sco acting all
wild and dancing crazy, but they have to realize that I do that
one night out of the entire week and I go home alone. I pray every
day. I pray before I go on the court. I pray in the classroom. I
know I cant do anything without God. Im in constant
prayer.
How
do you respond to the idea of following your passions?
RG:
Id say dont abandon your loves. Yet at the same time,
live. If you know you want to live in a $1 million home, then do
whats necessary. You can still help your community. Start
a foundation.
How
do you feel about gay people?
RG:
I dont have a problem with them.
Hmmm,
I think to myself.
How
do you feel about the stereotype of the homophobic jock?
RG:
I have gay friends. I have bi friends. I have been to LGBTU meetings.
If you talk to any gay person who has actually interacted with any
athletes, then I think that that stereotype wouldnt stand
up.
Did
you ever have sports recruiters telling you not to come to Oberlin
because there are so many gay people here?
RG:
Yes, definitely. But in high school, I did the frat boy thing. I
didnt want that for college. I wanted to meet people who knew
different things.
I decide
to end the interview on a completely different note, as I see that
Ronnie is a pretty big guy, and his hands are enormous. I have always
had pretty big hands myself, and so I ask him
Raise
your hand up to mine. I want to see how big it is.
He
does so.
Yeah.
Youre the second person Ive ever met whose hands are
bigger than mine.
RG:
Yeah, you know what they say about guys with big hands
Big
gloves.
I wonder
to myself, Is that all they say? I come away from this
interview with a strange sensation because, as controversial as
some of this guys views may be, he is charming and, though
I want to smirk at him, he has left me all smiles.
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