Sports
Shorts
Athlete Of the Week
Sophomore
tennis player Jamie Frankel, of West Bloomfield, Mich. was recently
recognized by being named second team All-NCAC for the athletic
talents he displayed in the first singles this season.
Frankels
overall record is an impressive 10-5 overall at the first singles
in the 2002 season, his defeats all at the hands of players named
first team All-NCAC.
Frankel showed similar promise last season after winning eight singles
games and losing four, receiving an honorable mention All-NCAC recognition.
The
Oberlin mens tennis team recently traveled to Delaware, Ohio
to participate in the 17th North Coast Atlantic Conference Mens
Tennis Championship. The Yeomen fell to Denison, Earlham and Wabash,
returning home with an eighth place finish in the championships.
Quote
of the Week
Is
he excited?
Yes, oh yes! But of course, Im always excited.
Don Hunsinger
Tennis Head Coach
On
the prospects of next years mens and womens tennis
teams. The
teams have no graduating seniors.
Marquee
Event
Mens Lacrosse
Alumni Game
Saturday, 1:30 p.m.
Dill Field
This
is it! The last home Oberlin athletic event of the year. This years
lacrosse team will take on the greats of years past.
In
the Locker Room with. . .
Hes
been introducing you to athletes all semester, now its time
to meet the man himself: Channing Joseph, sports editor.
So
Channing, how have you enjoyed your semester as sports editor?
CJ:
Its been, um, quite interesting and rewarding in unexpected
ways.
Whats
your favorite part about being sports editor?
CJ:
Definitely both getting to write Outside Oberlin and to pontificate
about how sports relates to things that might not be so obvious,
as well as meeting athletes every week, because most of them are
really beautiful people.
JKD:
All athletes are beautiful.
In
the past ITL interviewers have tried to ask funny questions, but
you seem to prefer to ask more philosophical questions. Why is that?
CJ:
Because the answers are funny, anyway. And I just tend to think
more philosophically.
What
does it mean to think philosophically?
CJ:
I would suppose to say that to think philosophically limits my freedom,
as existentialist philosophers such as Sartre would say. Therefore
to think philosophically needs to be redefined as simply asking
philosophical questions.
Right
then. Back to reality. So pretend it was 8:40 a.m. on a Friday morning
and you hadnt done an ITL interview yet. What would you do?
CJ:
Since that never happened, I dont know what Id do. I
dont want to commit myself to a way of behaving that might
not be representative of how Id actually act.
Remember
when we used to do Outside Oberlin articles? Wasnt that fun?
CJ:
It was fun and its quite nice when you have the brain, the
cerebral cortex, left over to be able to do it, but unfortunately
the Review has eaten away at that cortex to the point where I am
now nearly catatonic.
So
youre a Review burnout?
CJ:
I hate to reduce myself to a statistic, but perhaps the facts speak
for themselves?
Were
all statistics. What would you say to all those potential sportswriters
out there?
CJ:
Do it! Itll make the sports editors jobs a lot easier.
Are
you saying sports editors are desperate?
CJ: Well, were not that desperate.
So
have you ever been in an Oberlin locker room?
CJ:
Sure.
How
was it?
CJ:
Simply spectacular. I felt completely
yeah.
Did
you play any sports as a kid?
CJ:
I always liked swimming and gymnastics. I didnt actually learn
to swim until quite late, though.
Do
you have a particular favorite sport these days?
CJ:
I still lean toward the Olympic type sports track, swimming,
diving. Although, I have really started to enjoy watching golf since
Tiger Woods started blowing things up.
So
are you a fairweather golf fan?
CJ:
Unfortunately. I have to admit to that. No, I dont have to
admit to that, because that would limit my freedom.
Do
you associate sports with freedom?
CJ:
Well, sports are as much about freedom as everything else is about
freedom. Life is about freedom. Were condemned to freedom.
I dont really believe that though. Were condemned to
thinking were free.
Youve
been covering the mens lacrosse team for most of the season.
How have you enjoyed that?
CJ:
Theyre nice guys. I really admire them in the face of what
theyve gone through this season. Their ability to stay positive
and to take what good they can from a losing season.
So
have you gained a greater appreciation of the sport of lacrosse?
CJ:
I would say a greater appreciation for lacrosse players as human
beings in Oberlin.
What
do you think about human beings in Oberlin?
CJ:
The longer I stay here, the more I admire the ambition and the creative
genius of many of the people who attend this institution. Sometimes
I wonder whether everybody interesting graduated from Oberlin or
was involved at Oberlin in some way.
I think
were running out of space, so just a couple more. Are you
going to work for the Review again next year?
CJ:
Well, Id like to work for the Review next year. Im planning
on it. Well see.
What
would you like to do? Would you be sports editor again?
CJ:
Although Ive enjoyed my time as sports editor, I would rather
not repeat myself. I get way too bored way too easily. Not that
the job is inherently boring, but sooner or later everything loses
its novelty.
What
will you take away from your time in the sports seat?
CJ:
Thats really a vague question. Lets say a deep respect
for Oberlin athletes, coaches, sports writers, and sports editors
of the past, present, and future.
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