Winter Oberland!
by Izzy Halloran [originally posted February 2021] If you’ve walked through Wilder Bowl in the past month, you have probably noticed the...
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The Grape is Oberlin College's student news and culture magazine, published bi-weekly since 1999.
- Feb 20, 2022
The Many Lives of Eddie Henderson
by Jane Wickline [originally posted fall 2020] I interviewed my longtime teacher, Oberlin Jazz Trumpet Professor Eddie Henderson (who...
- Feb 18, 2022
Local History
by Eleanor Cannon [originally published in fall 2020] “All politics are local” — is one of the most recognizable phrases in American...
- Feb 18, 2022
The Arb at Tappan: New Lunchtime Friendliness Downtown
by Saffron Forsberg Excerpt: Though The Arb offers a clean, fresh college-town atmosphere, vegan options, and smoothies, it does not...
- Feb 16, 2022
El Centro Volunteer Initiative
by Samantha Perez, Belkis Moreno, Kaytlen Cruz, and Selene Pan Artwork by: Larisa Bushkin [originally posted fall 2020] Since Oberlin is...
- Feb 16, 2022
Oberlin College Opens its Doors, While Five Community Restaurants Close Theirs
by Fionna Farrell [originally posted fall 2020] Excerpt: These restaurants served as our haven from cultural emaciation—not just in terms...
- Feb 16, 2022
Transition During a Pandemic: The First-Year Experience
by Ava Carubia Excerpt: Many first year students are left to navigate two new experiences simultaneously: college and life during a...
- Feb 16, 2022
Most Sincerely Dead - Honor and Comfort for the Deceased
by Lila Cohen [originally published spring 2020] At my grandfather's funeral this April, I felt very alienated from the process of...
- Feb 16, 2022
Oberlin and the Anti-Labor College
by Cameron Avery [originally published spring 2020] On February 18, as many of us know by now, the College made public its intention to...
- Feb 15, 2022
The Sunrise Movement and TikTok: an Interview with Wiley Smith
by Alia Schreiber-Goldstein [originally published spring 2020] Is TikTok a valuable social media platform, you may ask? My answer is yes...
- Feb 15, 2022
The Age of Environmental Censorship
by Wiley Smith [originally published spring 2020] Since the Trump administration took power in 2017, the U.S. Department of Agriculture...
- Feb 15, 2022
Maintaining College Town Culture Amid Bead Paradise Closing
by Saffron Forsberg [originally published spring 2020] This year will be Ruth Aschaffenburg’s 32nd and final year owning and operating...
- Feb 12, 2022
Duality of 1965 Commencement: MLK Jr. and Secretary of State Dean Rusk
by Serena Zets [originally published 12/6/19] This is a part of the continuing Features column profiling radical past speakers and...
- Feb 11, 2022
Dissipating Dangerous Fentanyl Myths
by Miriam Khanukaev [originally published 11/15/19] Content warning: discussion of drug usage Last Tuesday, an unknown substance found in...
- Feb 11, 2022
Oberlin’s “Visiting” Assistant Professor Problem
by Cameron Avery [originally published 11/15/19] Oberlin, as we all know, prides itself on being a bastion of liberalism; an institution...
- Feb 9, 2022
A Brief Profile of Kwame Ture & His 1996 Speeches at Finney Chapel
by Serena Zets [originally published 10/11/19] This is the beginning of a new Features column profiling radical past speakers and faculty...
- Feb 9, 2022
Doodles of Oberlin
by Ben Richman [originally published 9/29/19] Some say “A picture is worth a thousand words.” Others say “Take a picture it’ll last...
- Feb 7, 2022
Playing it by Ear: a Year-End A-Cappella Roundup
Teagan Hughes, Staff Writer A great deal of student organizations have made a comeback this fall after lying dormant last year, welcoming...
- Feb 7, 2022
WOBC Coverband Showcase Review
By Wyatt Camery WOBC’s Coverband Showcase is one of the most highly anticipated student-run, student-featured events of the semester. I...
- Feb 7, 2022
COVID-19 and The Complicated Thing That is One’s Hometown
By Saffron Forsberg Putting into words the surreal historical moment to which we all currently belong is a difficult task. It's difficult...
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