Campus News

Events at Oberlin this past week led me to consider some questions. What do you think?

Geochemist R. Lawrence Edwards looks to cave deposits, ocean sediments, and ice cores for clues to historic and prehistoric climate. He'll discuss his work and its implications for study of current climate change November 14, 15, and 21.

Oberlin’s Environmental Dashboard project is expanding to all Oberlin public schools, thanks to a grant from State Farm’s Youth Action Board.

The New York Times October 31 front-page story, “Interest in the Humanities Fading, Colleges Worry,” made some valid points, but gave short shrift to the purpose, health, and value of humanities in higher education. So I wrote a letter to the editor.

The men’s soccer team will open North Coast Athletic Conference tournament play Wednesday, November 6, at 2 p.m. at Kenyon College, where the Yeomen battled the Lords to 0-0 draw last Saturday and

More than 400 area children and their families took part in the athletics and physical education department’s first Track or Treat event on Halloween.

Political discourse at its best involves an exchange of ideas and an attempt to understand different points of view. For this to happen, people need to articulate their ideas and listen to the ideas of others.

“How do we turn vicious cycles into virtuous circles?” asks Professor David Orr. “How do we shape the modern mind?” Orr will discuss those topics on Friday, November 8, when he delivers the campus'

The large lecture hall on the Science Center’s first floor has gone by the name West Lecture Hall—because it's on the west side of the building—ever since the center was completed in 2002. Now the room has an official name—the Nancy Schrom Dye Lecture Hall.

Participants in the November 2 From Coal to Carbon Neutrality workshop will be doing just what the event’s name suggests—working. During the program, they’ll develop projects and action items to help Oberlin achieve carbon neutrality—all while enjoying free food, a little entertainment, and prizes.