Different Strokes
January 12, 2021
Tara Draper '23
Photo credit: courtesy Joshua Rhodes
Conservatory bassist Joshua Rhodes ’21 pools his efforts with the Oberlin swim team.
In his final year of studies at Oberlin, Joshua Rhodes of North Carolina developed a new passion through a chance meeting at the campus rec center.
Learn how the bassist and swimmer followed his dream to Oberlin in this profile on goyeo.com.
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