Campus News

OSLAM Contest

December 20, 2016

Communications Staff

Two poets speak to an audience at the Cat in the Cream
Photo credit: Dale Preston '83

On December 10, 2016, seven members of Oberlin’s slam poetry team spit with their love and truth for a chance to win one of five spots on the 2017 College Union Poetry Slam Invitational team (CUPSI). CUPSI is the largest college-level poetry slam in the world, with more than 60 teams competing for top honors on April 12-15, 2017 at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

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