Oberlin College
Motto:	Learning and Labor
Established:	September 2, 1833
Type:	Liberal Arts college
Endowment:	816,135,000 USD (2007)[1]
President:	Marvin Krislov
Staff:	1,058
Students:	2,850
Location:	Oberlin, Ohio, United States
Campus:	Rural
Mascot:	Yeomen (men's teams) & Yeowomen (women's teams)
Website:	http://www.oberlin.edu/

Oberlin College is a private, highly selective liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio. A motto (from the Italian word motto, meaning witticism sentence is a phrase meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group The date of establishment or date of founding of an Institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point Events 44 BC - Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. Year 1833 ( MDCCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Liberal arts colleges in the United States are institutions of Higher education in the United States. A financial endowment is a Transfer of Money or Property donated to an Institution, usually with the stipulation that it be invested The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. University president is the title of the highest ranking officer within a University, within university systems that prefer that appellation over other variations such as Marvin "Marv" Krislov is the 14th president of Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio. Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. The word student is etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation Verb "studēre" Oberlin is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, United States, to the south and west of Cleveland. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Rural areas can be large and isolated (also referred to as "the country" and/or "the countryside over the course of time The term mascot – defined as a term for any person animal or object thought to bring Luck – colloquially includes anything used to represent a group with a common Yeoman is noun used to indicate a variety of positions or Social classes In the 16th century a yeoman was also a Farmer of middling social status who owned A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Liberal arts colleges are primarily colleges with an emphasis upon Undergraduate study in the Liberal arts. Oberlin is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, United States, to the south and west of Cleveland. It was founded in 1833 by abolitionist Congregational Christians, and is home to the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, making it the only top-ranked liberal arts college (#20 according to US News & World Report) with a top-ranked conservatory. Abolitionism was a political movement of the 18th and 19th century which sought to make Slavery illegal particularly in the United States and British West Indies The Congregational Christian Churches were a Protestant Christian denomination that operated in the U The Oberlin Conservatory of Music, located in Oberlin Ohio, was founded in 1865 and is the oldest continuously operating conservatory in the United States Liberal arts colleges in the United States are institutions of Higher education in the United States. USNews & World Report is an influential weekly American Newsmagazine published in Washington D A study found that more 1999-2003 Oberlin College alumni receive doctorates than do alumni from any other liberal arts college in the country. ^[2]

Oberlin College is a member of the Great Lakes Colleges Association and The Five Colleges of Ohio consortium, including Ohio Wesleyan University, Denison University, Kenyon College, and The College of Wooster. The Great Lakes Colleges Association, Inc (GLCA is a consortium of eleven Liberal arts colleges located in the U Members The members are Oberlin College, Oberlin Ohio Kenyon College, Gambier Ohio Ohio Denison University is a private residential liberal arts and Sciences College in Granville Ohio, approximately 30 miles (50 km east of Kenyon College is a private liberal arts college in Gambier Ohio, founded in 1824 by Bishop Philander Chase of the The Episcopal Church

Oberlin College's motto is "Learning and Labor. " While its school colors are often casually referred to as "crimson and gold," they are actually cardinal red and mikado yellow. Those are the colors that were formally designated for the college by a faculty committee in 1889 and are the ones that remain in the official registry of school colors maintained by the American Council on Education.

The newspaper of record is The Oberlin Review. The Oberlin Review is the student-run weekly newspaper of record for Oberlin College in Oberlin Ohio. There is also an "alternative" student-run newspaper called The Grape.

History

The Oberlin campus in 1909

Both the college and the town of Oberlin were founded in 1833 by a pair of Presbyterian ministers, John Shipherd and Philo P. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1833 ( MDCCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Presbyterianism is a family of Christian denominations within the Reformed branch of Protestant Western Christianity Stewart. The ministers named their project after Jean-Frédéric Oberlin, an Alsatian minister whom they both admired. J F Oberlin ( August 31, 1740 &ndash June 1, 1826) was an Alsatian Pastor and Philanthropist. Alsace (Alsace alzas Alsatian and Elsass pre-1996 German: Elsaß; Alsatia is one of the 26 Regions of France, located on the eastern Oberlin attained prominence because of the influence of its second president, the evangelist Charles Finney, after whom one of the College's chapels and performance spaces is named. Charles Grandison Finney ( August 29, 1792 – August 16, 1875) was a minister of the gospel originally in upstate New York and grew to become Its first president was Asa Mahan (1800-1889), who served as president from 1835-1850. Asa Mahan ( November 9, 1799, Vernon, New York - 1889 was a U

The college was built on 500 acres (2 km²) of land specifically donated by the previous owner, who lived in Connecticut. Connecticut ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. Shipherd and Stewart's vision was for both a religious community and school. For a more detailed history of the founding of the town and the college, see Oberlin, Ohio. Oberlin is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, United States, to the south and west of Cleveland.

Oberlin has long been associated with progressive causes. Its founders bragged that "Oberlin is peculiar in that which is good. " Oberlin was the first college in the United States to regularly admit African-American students (1835). African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common It is also the oldest continuously operating coeducational institution, since having admitted four women in 1837. Mixed-sex education, (or just Mixed education) also known as Coeducation, is the integrated education to males and females at the same school facilities These four women, who were the first to enter as full students, were Mary Kellogg (Fairchild), Mary Caroline Rudd, Mary Hosford, and Elizabeth Prall. All but Kellogg graduated. The college was listed as a National Historic Landmark on December 21, 1965 for its significance in admitting African-Americans and women. A National Historic Landmark (NHL is a Building, site, Structure, Object, or District, that is officially recognized by the Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ^[3]

One historian called Oberlin, "the town that started the Civil War" due to its reputation as a hotbed of abolitionism. Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South Abolitionism was a political movement of the 18th and 19th century which sought to make Slavery illegal particularly in the United States and British West Indies ^[4] Oberlin was a key stop along the Underground Railroad, station number 99. The Underground Railroad was an informal network of secret routes and Safe houses used by 19th century Black slaves in the United States In 1858, both students and faculty were involved in the controversial Oberlin-Wellington Rescue of a fugitive slave, which received national press coverage. The Oberlin-Wellington Rescue was a key event and Cause celebre in the history of the Abolitionist movement in the United States, just before This heritage was commemorated on campus by the 1977 installation of sculptor Cameron Armstrong's "Underground Railroad Monument," a railroad track rising from the ground toward the sky. ^[5]

Pre 1950

Prior to 1950, most of Oberlin's students lived in large houses around town, some owned by the College, and others owned by individual landlords. Starting with the G.I. Bill and continuing with the Baby Boom, Oberlin's student body swelled during the years after World War II. The GI Bill (officially titled Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 PL346 58 Statutes at Large 284 provided for college or vocational education for returning As is often the case after a major war the end of World War II brought a Baby boom to many countries notably those in Europe, Asia, North America World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The College's president, William Stevenson, decided to house this influx in large dormitories on campus. In Oberlin's own version of urban renewal, many wooden houses were torn down to make way for Dascomb Hall and its fraternal twin, Barrows Hall, both completed in 1956. Dascomb replaced the former residence of Dr. James Dascomb and Marianne Parker Dascomb, the first principal of the Oberlin Female Department. Dascomb Hall was specifically named after Mrs. Dascomb. ^[6]

Introduction of co-ed dormitories

In 1970, Oberlin made the cover of Life Magazine as one of the first colleges in the country to have co-ed dormitories.

Historian Geoffrey Blodgett, a professor and graduate of Oberlin, pointed out that campus dorms were a cause of anger among students during the 1960's. Geoffrey Blodgett ( October 13, 1931 - November 15, 2001) was Robert S Students reacted vocally against the new dorms of the 1950s (Dascomb, East, North and South), calling them expedient "slabs" of "sleeping and feeding space,"^[7] and this protest soon took on other controversies, including the Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War. The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive See also Protests of 1968 Historically the civil rights movement was a concentrated period of time around the world of approximately twenty years (1960-1980 in The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia Dascomb went from being the impetus for protest to the vehicle of social change in 1967 when it was transformed into a co-ed dorm during winter term of 1969. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Hebrew House, as it was known, was set up as winter term project to operate similar to an Israeli kibbutz. Hebrews (or Hebertes, Eberites, Hebreians, " Habiru " or " Habiri " Hebrew: עברים For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. A kibbutz ( Hebrew: קיבוץ קִבּוּץ lit "gathering clustering" plural kibbutzim) is a collective community in In January 1969, with the approval of Dean of Students George Langeler, Dascomb became the first co-ed college dormitory in the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The experiment was a success, and now all but one of Oberlin College's dormitories are coed. The Baldwin Cottage dorm is open only to women and transgender people. Transgender (trænzˈdʒɛndɚ from ( Latin) derivatives

Sports teams

The school's varsity sports teams are the Yeomen and Yeowomen. Yeoman is noun used to indicate a variety of positions or Social classes In the 16th century a yeoman was also a Farmer of middling social status who owned They participate in the NCAA's Division III and the North Coast Athletic Conference. The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations Member schools The league currently has 10 full members See also Five Colleges of Ohio Oberlin's football team was the first team coached by legendary coach John Heisman, who led the team to a 7–0 record in 1892. American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with John William Heisman ( October 23, 1869 &ndash October 3, 1936) was a prominent American football player and College football Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Oberlin is the last college in Ohio to beat Ohio State (winning 7-6 in 1921). Though in modern times the football team was more famous for losing streaks of 40 games (1992–1996) and 44 games (1997–2001), the Yeomen have enjoyed limited success in recent years. The college also hosts several club sports teams, including the Oberlin Ultimate team. Ultimate (often called Ultimate Frisbee in reference to the trademarked brand name) is a non-contact Team sport played with a 175 gram Flying Oberlin Ultimate was founded in 1976 and is often among the top 10 teams in its region.

Student Cooperative Association

The Oberlin Student Cooperative Association, or OSCA, is a non-profit corporation that houses 175 students and feeds 630 students in multiple sites. OSCA, or the Oberlin Student Cooperative Association, is a 24 million dollar non-profit corporation that feeds 630 and houses 175 Oberlin College students Its budget is nearly $2 million, making it the third-largest of its kind in North America, and by far the largest relative to the size of the institution whose students it serves.

OSCA is entirely student-run, with all participating students working as cooks, buyers, administrators, organizers, and every participant is required to do at least one hour per week of cleaning, making sure that no one is valued above others. Most decisions within OSCA are made by Consensus. WikipediaConsensus here as this is the article namespace and that information is irrelevant to the reader Oberlin bans all fraternities and sororities (although for generations the presence of underground African-American fraternal organizations has been rumored), making the co-ops the largest student-organized social system at the college.

Academics

Of Oberlin's 2,800 or so students, roughly 2,200 are enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences, a little over 400 in the Conservatory of Music, and the remaining 150 or so in both College and Conservatory under the five-year Double Degree program. The Oberlin Conservatory of Music, located in Oberlin Ohio, was founded in 1865 and is the oldest continuously operating conservatory in the United States

College of Arts & Sciences

Peters Hall, home of the language departments.

The College of Arts & Sciences offers over 45 majors, minors and concentrations. Based on students graduating with a given major, its most popular majors over the last ten years have been (in order) English, Biology, History, Politics and Environmental Studies. Sciences are considered strong for a smaller liberal arts college, especially Chemistry and Neuroscience.

Allen Memorial Art Museum and Mudd Library

The Allen Memorial Art Museum, with over 12,000 holdings, was the first college art museum west of the Alleghenies and is held on par with those at Princeton, Harvard, and Yale. The Allen Memorial Art Museum (abbreviated 'AMAM' is located in Oberlin Ohio and is run by Oberlin College. ^[8] The Oberlin College Library System is one of the largest undergraduate library systems in the nation, containing over 2 million volumes and 3,500 print subscriptions in five separate facilities (Main Library, Art Library, Conservatory of Music Library, Science Library and Carnegie Storage), a large Special Collections department with strengths in Oberliniana and anti-slavery material, and 62 staff. In addition to the breadth of its holdings, it is recognized for its quality: the library received the Association of College and Research Libraries Award for Excellence in 2002, and in 2006 Director of Libraries Ray English was named the ALA's "Academic/Research Librarian of the Year".

OhioLINK consortium

Oberlin students and faculty benefit by Oberlin's membership in the OhioLINK consortium, providing access to 12,000+ commercially licensed online journals, 130 databases, 18,000+ ebooks and rapidly growing digital media collections. The Ohio Library and Information Network, OhioLINK is a consortium of Ohio’s College and University libraries and the State Library The OhioLINK Central Catalog represents the library holdings of 87 libraries in the state, including the State Library of Ohio, plus the Center for Research Libraries. The collection is nearing 10 million unique records representing 27. 5 million holdings in the system, and undergraduates account for the larger percentage of OhioLINK online borrowing - the process by which any enrolled student can readily request the loan of books and other items from any other library in the system.

Experimental College

The college's "Experimental College" or ExCo program, a student-run department, allows any student or interested person to teach their own class for a limited amount of college credit. ExCo classes by definition focus on material not covered by existing departments or faculty. Many courses supplement conventional disciplines, from languages and areas of cinema or literature, to musical ensembles, martial arts and forms of dancing. A language is a dynamic set of visual auditory or tactile Symbols of Communication and the elements used to manipulate them Literature is the Art of written works Literally translated the word means "acquaintance with letters" (from Latin littera letter A musical ensemble is a group of two or more Musicians who perform instrumental or vocal Music. Martial arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for Combat. Dance (from French danser, perhaps from Frankish) is an Art form that generally refers to movement of the body usually rhythmic Other ExCos cover an array of topics, in the past ranging from Aquariums^[9] to Wilderness Skills. ^[10] Due to the nature of ExCo, while some staple courses are continued for years, the overall number and selection of classes offered varies dramatically from semester to semester. ^[11]

Winter Term

Another aspect of Oberlin's academics is the Winter Term during the month of January. This term was created to allow students to do something outside the regular course offerings of the college. Students may work alone or in groups, either on or off campus, and may design their own project or pick from a list of projects and internships set up by the college each year. Projects range from serious academic research with co-authorship in scientific journals, to humanitarian projects, to learning how to bartend. A full-credit project is suggested to involve five to six hours per weekday. ^[12]

Culture

Political activism

Students passing through the Memorial Arch in front of Peters Hall. The arch is dedicated to the memory of missionaries from Oberlin who were killed in the Boxer Rebellion. The Boxer Rebellion, or Boxer Movement, was an uprising by members of the Chinese Society of Right and Harmonious Fists against foreign influence

Oberlin students have a reputation for being radically liberal and/or progressive. Oberlin has a thriving LGBT community, and most students are well informed about the intricacies of gender politics. LGBT (also GLBT) is an initialism referring collectively to Lesbian, Gay, bisexual, and Transgender / transsexual The college was ranked as the eleventh most politically active by the Princeton Review, in 2005. The Princeton Review (TPR is an American educational preparation company The college also received an A among so-called "hipster ivy leagues" in Robert Lanham's homage to the eponymous subjects of his 2003 Hipster Handbook, second to The Evergreen State College which received an A+. Robert Lanham (born 1971 in Richmond Virginia) is the author of the satiric books The Hipster Handbook, Food Court The Hipster Handbook (2003 is a satirical guide to hipster culture by Williamsburg Brooklyn author Robert Lanham.

Student unrest following the arrests of protesters on the lawn of then-President S. Frederick Starr's home on April 13, 1990, and his ongoing struggles with the faculty, were major factors in his eventual departure from Oberlin. S Frederick Starr (born Stephen Frederick Starr on March 24, 1940) is the founder and Chairman of the Central Asia-Caucus Institute Events 1111 - Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Recent activism among the student body has resulted in a campus-wide ban on sales of Coca-Cola products^[13] and a vote of no confidence in the college's president at the time, Nancy S. Dye, in May 2005. Coca-Cola is a carbonated Soft drink sold in stores restaurants and Vending machines in more than 200 countries A motion of no confidence (also vote of no confidence, censure motion, no-confidence motion, or confidence motion) is a Parliamentary motion Nancy S Dye was the 13th president of Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio. ^[14] This vote, as well as similar actions by the faculty, likely played a role in her resignation in September of 2006.

A sampling of the school's past commencement speakers reflects its reputation for embracing diversity, ranging from Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Jesse L. Jackson to figures as varied as Pete Seeger and Robert Frost; even Adlai Stevenson appeared, a month prior to his death. Desmond Mpilo Tutu (born 7 October 1931) is a South African Cleric and activist who rose to Worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent Martin Luther King Jr ( January 15, 1929 April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, Activist and prominent leader Jesse Louis Jackson Sr (born October 8 1941 is an American Civil rights activist and Baptist minister. Peter "Pete" Seeger (born May 3 1919 is an American folk singer political Activist, and a key figure in the mid-20th century American Robert Lee Frost (March 26 1874 &ndash January 29 1963 was an American Poet. This is about the mid-20th-century politician and diplomat for other American politicians so named see Adlai Stevenson (disambiguation.

Conservative blogger Michelle Malkin attended Oberlin, showing the politically diverse voice of the campus. Michelle Malkin (née Maglalang) (born October 20 1970 is an American conservative Columnist, Blogger Author, and political commentator

Music

Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College

The top-ranked Oberlin Conservatory of Music is located on the Oberlin College campus. The Oberlin Conservatory of Music, located in Oberlin Ohio, was founded in 1865 and is the oldest continuously operating conservatory in the United States Conservatory admission is rigorous, with over 1400 applicants worldwide auditioning for 120 seats. As a result, the quality of Oberlin's artistic community is high. Students benefit from over 500 performances yearly, most free of charge, with concerts and recitals almost daily.

In addition, Oberlin has a myriad of musical opportunities available for amateur musicians and students in the college. The Oberlin Gilbert and Sullivan Players (OGASP) perform one Gilbert and Sullivan operetta each semester. Gilbert and Sullivan refers to the Victorian era partnership of Librettist W The entirely student-run Oberlin College Marching Band (OCMB), founded in 1998, performs at various sporting events including football games, women's rugby, and pep rallies throughout the year. The OCMB also performs in the annual Big Parade, which is held on the first Saturday in May. There are a number of a cappella groups, including the Obertones (all-male) and Nothing But Treble (all-female). A cappella (Italian or Latin "From the chapel/choir" Music is Vocal music or Singing without instrumental Accompaniment In addition, students in the college can form chamber groups and receive coaching through the conservatory. Chamber music is a form of Classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber Student composers also provide a demand for musicians to perform their work.

The college radio station WOBC, and the party circuit (including the popular on-campus venue, The 'Sco) contribute to the campus music scene. Many alumni have pursued careers in popular and indie music, including members of the bands The Mars Volta, Come, Deerhoof, Liz Phair, Josh Ritter, Songs: Ohia, The Sea and Cake, Tortoise, Trans Am, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. In Popular music, independent music, often abbreviated as indie, is a term used to describe independence from major commercial record labels and an autonomous The Mars Volta is the name of a partnership between guitarist Omar Rodríguez-López and singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala founded in 2001 Deerhoof is a San Francisco musical group currently consisting of Satomi Matsuzaki (usually vocals and bass John Dieterich (usually guitar Ed Rodriguez (usually guitar as Liz Phair (born Elizabeth Clark Phair on April 17, 1967 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA) is an American Josh Ritter (born October 21 1976 is an American Singer-songwriter. Jason Molina is an American singer-songwriter originally from Lorain Ohio. The Sea and Cake is a pop/rock group with a pronounced jazz influence which formed in the mid-90s in Chicago Illinois out of the ashes of renowned local bands The Tortoise is an Instrumental rock band formed in Chicago Illinois, USA in 1990. Trans Am is a three-piece band that performs a mix of Synth pop and rock music Sleepytime Gorilla Museum (often abbreviated to SGM) are an American Experimental rock band, formed in 1999 in Oakland California The Yeah Yeah Yeahs are a New York City -based Alternative rock band Due in part to both this and the school's proximity to Cleveland, the college attracts touring artists with a frequency nearly unparalleled among institutions of its size. Cleveland is a City in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state

Oberlin College is also home to the steel drum ensemble Oberlin Steel, which has performed at venues including Central Park, New York's Lincoln Center, and the Lincoln Memorial. Oberlin Steel is a steel band based at Oberlin College in Oberlin Ohio.

Art

Oberlin's museum has a unique art rental program. At the beginning of every semester students camp out in front of the north gate of the college's Allen Memorial Art Museum to get first pick of original etchings, lithographs and paintings by artists including Renoir, Warhol, Dalí, and Picasso. The Allen Memorial Art Museum (abbreviated 'AMAM' is located in Oberlin Ohio and is run by Oberlin College. Pierre-Auguste Renoir ( February 25, 1841 &ndash December 3, 1919) was a French Artist who was a leading painter in For the song by David Bowie, see Andy Warhol (song. Andrew Warhola (August 6 1928 &ndash February 22 1987 known as Andy Warhol Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech 1st Marquis of Púbol (May 11 1904 &ndash January 23 1989 was a Spanish Catalan Surrealist Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Martyr Patricio Clito Ruíz y Picasso (October 25 1881 &ndash April 8 1973 For five dollars per semester, students can hang these works on their dorm room walls. The program was started in the 1940s by Ellen Johnson, a professor of art at Oberlin, in order to "develop the aesthetic sensibilities of students and encourage ordered thinking and discrimination in other areas of their lives. The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949 Events and trends The 1940s was a period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s which also leads the period to be "^[15]

Events

Oberlin annually holds a Safer Sex Night and the Drag Ball, school-sponsored parties. Safe sex (also called safer sex or protected sex) is the practice of Sexual activity in a manner that reduces the risk of Infection with Drag in its broadest sense means any clothing one wears however the traditional use of the term is for any Costume or outfit that carries symbolic significance The former originated in the 1980s as a response to the AIDS crisis, and features costumes, dancing, workshops, and free safe sex supplies provided by the Sexual Information Center. ^[16] The latter is the last event of Transgender Awareness Week. Two of the largest events on campus each year, they draw large crowds of students, as well as criticism from social conservatives.

Athletics

Football

Oberlin played its first football game in 1891, going 2 and 2 that season. In 1892, they were coached by John Heisman; Oberlin went 7 and 0, beating Ohio State twice by scores of 40-0 and 50-0. John William Heisman ( October 23, 1869 &ndash October 3, 1936) was a prominent American football player and College football The Ohio State University ( OSU) is a Coeducational public Research university in the state of Ohio. They outscored opponents 262 to 30.

Oberlin was one of the founding members of the Ohio Athletic Conference in 1902, along with Case, Kenyon College, Ohio State, Ohio Wesleyan University and Western Reserve. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Kenyon College is a private liberal arts college in Gambier Ohio, founded in 1824 by Bishop Philander Chase of the The Episcopal Church The Ohio State University ( OSU) is a Coeducational public Research university in the state of Ohio. The league commonly was known as the "Big Six. " Ohio State joined the Big Ten in 1913. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ohio State's all-time highest margin of victory was a 128-0 thrashing of Oberlin in 1916. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Oberlin is the last in-state school to defeat Ohio State. The Yeomen upset the Buckeyes 7-6 at Ohio Field in Columbus in 1921. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar

The Oberlin teams of 1994 to 2000 have been rated the fifth worst college football team of all time by ESPN. com's Page 2. In 1994, Oberlin lost all nine games of its season scoring only ten points and giving up 358 points. In 1995, the Yeomen were outscored 469 to 72. In August 1996, Sports Illustrated featured Oberlin in its annual College Football Preview as the worst team in Division III. Sports Illustrated is an American Sports Magazine owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. After four winless seasons from 1993 to 1996, Oberlin opened its 1997 season with an 18-17 victory over Thiel College sparking post-game jubilation with fans rushing the field. Thiel College is a Liberal arts, sciences and professional studies College related to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and located in The victory garnered national attention as ESPN featured it on SportsCenter. Oberlin would not win again for years. Swarthmore College and Oberlin scheduled a 1999 matchup, with both schools nursing long losing streaks, just so one of them could end their streak. Swarthmore College is a private, independent, liberal arts college in the United States with an enrollment of about 1500 students Oberlin lost 6-42 and continued a 40-game losing streak, ending it with a 53-22 victory over Kenyon College at home in October 2001. Kenyon College is a private liberal arts college in Gambier Ohio, founded in 1824 by Bishop Philander Chase of the The Episcopal Church ^[17][18]

Since then the team has enjoyed modest success, staying competitive in most matches and going 5-5 (with better than . 500 records in conference) in 2003, 2006, and 2007.

In March of 2008, Chris Schubert, a former wide receiver for Oberlin was invited to a mini camp hosted by the Cleveland Browns. The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. He did not make the roster but will attempt to enter the AFL in the fall of 2008

Ultimate

Oberlin has both a men's and a women's Ultimate team, known as the Flying Horsecows and the Preying Manti^[19] respectively. The Arena Football League (AFL was founded in 1987 as an American football indoor league. Ultimate (often called Ultimate Frisbee in reference to the trademarked brand name) is a non-contact Team sport played with a 175 gram Flying The Horsecows have made trips to College Nationals in 1992, 1995, 1997, and 1999. The Manti qualified for Nationals for the first time in 1997. Both teams also maintain a tradition of emphasizing the spirit of Ultimate. Ultimate (often called Ultimate Frisbee in reference to the trademarked brand name) is a non-contact Team sport played with a 175 gram Flying

Baseball

In 2008, the Oberlin baseball team upset the then #2 ranked College of Wooster in one of the biggest wins in the program's history.

Notable alumni

Main article: List of Oberlin College alumni

Oberlin has graduated three Nobel Laureates and six MacArthur Fellows. The people listed alphabetically below studied at Oberlin College. The Nobel Prize (Nobelpriset (Nobelprisen is a Swedish prize established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Peace, Literature The MacArthur Fellows Program or MacArthur Fellowship (sometimes Nicknamed the "genius grant") is an award given by the John D Alumni have achieved success in a variety of fields and include the mayor of Washington, D. C. ; the co-founder of Ben & Jerry's; the physicist who measured the charge of an electron; the first African American major league baseball player; a former executive director of Amnesty International; a Tony- and Emmy-winning director; a professional wrestler; a lesbian cartoonist; as well as musicians, playwrights, novelists, and activists and commentators spanning the political spectrum. B&J redirects here For the beverage company see Bartles and Jaymes.

In popular culture

On page 327 in the book, and in the 1998 movie version of Toni Morrison's Beloved, Kimberly Elise's character Denver exclaims: "She says I might go to Oberlin" (slightly different in the movie). Toni Morrison (born Chloe Anthony Wofford on February 18 1931 is a Nobel Prize -winning American author editor and professor Beloved is a 1987 Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Nobel laureate Toni Morrison. As Morrison's book revolves around characters who have living memories of slavery and of real loss that haunt them greatly, college was a rather lofty yet attainable idea.

Robert Downey Jr.'s character Roger Baron in the 1989 film True Believer attended Oberlin College. Robert John Downey Jr (born April 4 1965 is an American True Believer is a 1989 Courtroom drama directed by Joseph Ruben and released by Columbia Pictures.

Oberlin was mentioned in the popular 2004 American movie Eurotrip as the school that the main character attends at the end of the film. EuroTrip is a 2004 American Comedy film produced by the same people as Road Trip and Old School It is a joke referring the fact that the plot of the movie has the main character trying to find a girl in Berlin, Germany only to be united with her at the college in Ohio, which sounds like "Oh Berlin. " Humorously, the campus portrayed in the movie bears little resemblance to the actual Oberlin campus, including a lake that is conspicuously absent in real life.

An episode of the popular television sit-com, "Dharma and Greg" mentions Oberlin as a prospective college choice for the yet to be born grandchild of Dharma's hippie parents.

The protagonist in H.P. Lovecraft's horror short story The Shadow Over Innsmouth spends his senior year at Oberlin. Howard Phillips Lovecraft ( August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American author of horror, fantasy "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" is a Novella by H P Lovecraft.

Oberlin features prominently in the novels The Color of Light and Boys and Girls Together by William Goldman, an alumnus of the college. The Color of Light is a novel by William Goldman, published in 1984 This article is about the screenwriter/novelist For the mathematician see William Goldman (professor.

Rich Orloff's play Vietnam 101: The War on Campus depicts the turmoil that occurred on the Oberlin Campus in the 1960s and 1970s as a result of the Vietnam War. Rich Orloff is an award-winning playwright living in New York ^[20]

The character J. D. Lutz from the American television comedy 30 Rock went to Oberlin. 30 Rock is an American Television comedy Series created by Tina Fey.

References

External links

• Oberlin College Website
• Oberlin College Student Senate
• Oberlin College Library
• Oberlin College Archives
• Oberwiki, the Oberlin wiki
• Oberlin College Marching Band
• Oberlin College Press