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Lower Ticket Prices at the Apollo

Communications Staff

In December, the Apollo dropped ticket prices. Admission to all regularly scheduled films Sunday-Thursday is now just $4. On Fridays and Saturdays, admission to matinees before 6 p.m. is also $4, and films after 6 p.m. are $6.

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Closed for Winter Shutdown

Communications Staff

All Oberlin College facilities are closed for Winter Shutdown from December 24 through the New Year. Winter term begins January 5, 2015.

Snow-covered trees in front of a college building

Faculty & Staff Holiday Party

Communications Staff

Visiting Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Composition Nancy Boutilier and her partner, Christa Champion, former head coach of women's basketball, don prop mustaches in the photo booth at the All

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Shansi Visiting Scholar Reflects on Program, Time in Oberlin

Lisa Gulasy

Ika Apriani Fata is in Oberlin as a visiting scholar with Oberlin Shansi. During her time in Oberlin, Fata was enrolled in three courses, assisted Associate Professor Jennifer Fraser in teaching Saman, a traditional form of Acehnese dance, traveled to several U.S. destinations and experienced her first Thanksgiving. As her time in Oberlin comes to an end, Fata shared her experience as a Shansi visiting scholar and what it’s been like to live in Oberlin, a destination more than 9,000 miles from home.

Board of Trustees Update December 2014

Clyde S. McGregor

The Board of Trustees’ second meeting of the academic year took place in Oberlin December 4 and 5. The program began with orientation for two new Trustees and concluded with a plenary session.

Students Craft Bead Lizards

Communications Staff

Recycled Products Co-op and Oberlin Animal Rights offered students an opportunity to take a break from preparing for finals on Sunday, December 14, with a “Bead Lizard Craft Session.”

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What are You Doing for Winter Term?

Lisa Gulasy

Year after year, Obies like you undertake incredible winter term projects, and year after year, we in the Office of Communications love to share them. That’s why we’re asking you to send us your photos and links to other media or blogs to include in an Oberlin OnCampus photo gallery!

Tell us about your winter term project

Marimba Christmas 2014

Communications Staff

Under the direction of Mike Rosen, director of the Division of Woodwinds, Brass, and Percussion and professor of percussion, students perform holiday selections for a crowd gathered in the

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Students Participate in National Write-In Day

Communications Staff

Students gathered in Wilder 115 Sunday, December 7, to participate in National Write-In Day, sponsored by the Rhetoric and Composition Department and the Writing Associates Program. In addition to

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Confronting Difficult Issues Through Education

Marvin Krislov

As we celebrate the 181st anniversary of Oberlin’s founding, we should think about our founders’ vision and what it means in today’s world—a world in which many of us are feeling anger, frustration, and despair over the tragic events in Ferguson, Missouri, in Cleveland, and in other communities.

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