What's
Inside?

Cover Story
A tale of two Oberlins.

In View
Pie-in-the-sky possibilities or difficult life-and-death decisions? The Human Genome Project may ultimately mean both.

Obies
The Oberlin Center for Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies placed its first intern last summer. Read this firsthand account of his experiences in Moscow.

Center Piece
A new organ takes shape in Finney Chapel. Profile 6 Economist Gregory Hess and his student research assistant ponder the relationship between war, economics, and the election cycle.

Arts
Filmmaking at Oberlin? Most definitely. A three-hour marathon of student film shorts last May was just the tip of the growing celluloid iceberg.

Yeosports
Player-turned-coach Ann Marie Gilbert inspires teamwork on and off the basketball court.

The Big Picture
The Oberlin Orchestra performed at the Getty Center, L.A. under the direction of guest conductor John Williams.


Side Lines
Little facts you might be interested in.


 


What Does the Human Genome Project Mean to You?

The Human Genome Project seems to promise incredible miracles in the near future, but who is thinking of the project's ramifications on our daily lives?

In late September, five faculty members and one administrator presented a panel discussion on the project and its biological, medical, ethical, and economic implications. Excerpts from their presentations are presented here.


Click on a portrait to read an excerpt
from each presentation.


Dennis Luck
Professor of Biology
Yolanda Cruz
Professor of Biology
Norman D. Henderson
Professor of Psychology

David Love
Associate Vice President
of Sponsored Programs
Gregory Hess
Professor of Economics
Joyce McClure
Assistant Professor
of Religion