ODI Hosts TV Roundtable

On Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. on Local Access Cable Channel 9, the Oberlin Design Initiative and the Compton Foundation will host a roundtable discussion on town/gown relations in Oberlin.
Carlton Shumate will moderate the discussion. Panelists will include City Manager Rob DiSpirito, School Board Member Denny Smith, Assistant to the President Diana Roose, local resident Jaqui Willis and College seniors Caleb Miller and Katie Connor.
Viewers will be able to call in and ask the panelists questions. Planners of the event suggest that community members and students host "roundtable parties," which are "similar to Super Bowl parties," except you watch the roundtable instead of the Super Bowl.

Jesse Baer

Group Plans to Build New Senior Housing

Crisilis Development Company presented the Oberlin City Council with plans to build a 50-unit senior housing development on Park Street, according to a report in the Oberlin News-Tribune. The housing, with 26 two-bedroom and 24 one-bedroom suites, would replace the Firelands Retirement Center, which will close early next year.
This new development is part of the College’s plan to make our campus more residential, drawing upper class students back into campus housing.
Debbie Sommerville, representing Crisilis to the City Council, said that the company will use tax credits to make the units affordable to low-income College seniors.

Jesse Baer

Faculty Speaks at OCAW Conference

Oberlin professors will hold a panel entitled “How the War Effects POC Communities” on Saturday, Dec. 7 at 1 p.m. in Wilder 101.
Participating in the panel will be Professors of African American Studies James Millette and Pamela Brooks, Professor of History Pablo Mitchell, Assistant Professor of History Daryle Maeda and Assistant Professor of Women’s Studies Frances Hasso.
The panel is part of the regional anti-war conference to be held Saturday Dec. 7 at Oberlin.

Jesse Baer