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Oberlin’s standing as one of the world’s great academic institutions relies on the hard work of hundreds of people doing all kinds of jobs. Many thanks to everyone who works at Oberlin for the time, effort, and thought you put in to support our students and our community.

Soaring characters, human soup cans, student dance teams, and handcrafted floats filled the streets of Oberlin on Saturday, May 3 for the community's annual Big Parade. What began as an experiment in

Oberlin community residents of all ages will gather on Saturday, May 3 for the 13th annual Big Parade. Beginning at noon at Prospect Elementary School, the parade will travel down West College Street

The dazzling depth, breadth, and serious silliness of Bill Irwin’s lecture/performance/master class in Finney Chapel this past Sunday evening was great fun. It was also a vivid display of Oberlin’s unique creative energy.

“Thyagaraja at Oberlin: 12 Hours in South India” featured a performance by Vyasarpadi Kkothandaraman on the nadaswaram (a predecessor of the modern oboe) at the Apollo Theatre on April 22. The event

Student-faculty collaboration combined with our high level of scientific, artistic, and scholarly rigor is what sets research at Oberlin apart from research at many other colleges and universities.

Margaret Middleton ’17 stands next to her artwork, which was part of the “Latin Icon and Migration Exhibition” in Spanish House on April 15. The exhibit showcased students’ oral narratives and their

Spring in Oberlin features the usual wonders of flowers blooming, grass growing, and birds singing. But Oberlin’s springtime awakening is accompanied by something you won’t find or hear at other colleges—the sounds of music being practiced, played, and performed all over campus.

Emeritus Professor of Sociology William P. Norris died April 12, 2014. Funeral services will be private. A memorial service will be scheduled at Oberlin College in late May.

Spring Back, an evening of student- and faculty-choreographed work, took place in Warner Main on Saturday, April 12. Fall Forward (performed in early November) and Spring Back are traditions at