Oberlin College - Hi-O-Hi Yearbook (Oberlin, OH)

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FALL 1974 MAJOR ISSUES: Student Senate returns to campus after a year's absence; Budget cuts are proposed and discussed; A presidential search for Oberlin's eleventh president continues; Third world issues are presented on campus through a newly-created Third World Dorm at Talcott Hall. Tuesday, September 10: Thursday, September 12: Saturday, September 14: Tuesday, September 17: Friday, September 20: Tuesday, September 24: Thursday, October 3: Saturday, October 5: Sunday, October 6: Monday, October 7: Wednesday, October 9: Friday, October 11: Tuesday, October 15: Thursday, October 17-19: Friday, October 18: Saturday, October 26: Friday, November 8: - Saturday, November 9: Friday, November 15: Saturday, November 16: Monday, November 18: Wednesday, November 20: Friday, November 22: Saturday, November 23: Tuesday, November 26: Sunday, December 1: Sunday, December 15: Saturday, December 21: The Oberlin Review reports that the Ohio Athletic Conference, accord- ing to a July 18 decision. may no longer exclude players from golf, basketball. soccer, swimming, track, or cross country teams through discrimination 501er based on sex. Ellsworth Carlson. acting president, delivers his speech at the opening assembly in Finney Chapel. Acting president Carlson hosts a faculty homecoming reception at the v new Seeiey G. Mudd Learning Center. The College plans to cut $909,000 from the 1975-1976 budget; nation: :1: wide inflation has offset an increased endowment. it is announced that the women's sports budget for the 1974-1975 yeast? has been increased by $9. 300. This represents significantxgrowthtin the 1 women s intercollegiate sports program The Student Senate directs Myron Mykyta, editor of The Oberlin Review to suspend publication of pages containing Senate camfidate statements in the September 24 Review. The Review had omitted statements of the three Third World Party candidatee it had pre- viously decided to omit party platforms because it fett that this would bias an election that should properly be based on indiyidttat merits Ralph Nader speaks in Finney Chapel and urges the formation of an Ohio Public Interest Research Group in Obetiin. i i The first all- -day Feminist Town Meeting of the Oberlin community meets in Wilder Hall. The annual fail harvest festival in ceiebratton of Succoth is held at Hebrew House. Concentus Musicus of Vienna performs at a guest artist recital in Finney. College Faculty Council approves a revision of the ranking procedure for faculty slot allocations. They give the Educational Plans and Poi- icies Committee authorization to conduct a separate ranking of depart- mental requests for sabbatical replacements. Fall WeekendiHomecoming's activities begin and continue through the thirteenth. The festivities open with a Dave Brubeck Concert at Finney. The Cleveland Orchestra performs at Finney Chapel. Nora Guthrie and Ted Rotante conduct a half-week dance residency. The Bar-Kays, with Cecil the Snake, appear in concert. The third world Dorm announces its activities, which include tutorial programs. Exco courses tPoIitics and the Third World and The Third World Media Workshop; interpersonal workshops. cuiturai food nights, cultural festivals, and speakers. Oberlin's soccer team completes its season with a record of 5-1-3. Women's field hockey ends its season with a 6-1-1 record. The Advisory Committee on Budget Priorities recommends a $275 increase in tuition and fees and a probable increase of $90 for room and board for the 1975-1976 year. Oberlin's football team ends its season with a 5-4 record, marking Oberlin's first winning season since 1963. All Aboard for Broadway, a dinner theater catered by Hi-C meal service. is produced in Wilder Main Lounge. 1 Cass Jackson recommends that football at Oberlin be cut due to the college community's lack of support towards footballgand the lack of aid from Admissions in admitting athletes. Among other things, Jack- son cites the reluctance of the college to compete fuiI-time in the Ohio Athletic Conference as indicative of generai apathy towards the sport. The Board of Trustees meets and approves an additionai enrollment of 50 students in the 1975-1976 year to ease a budget deficit. The Advisory Committee on Budget Priorities debates the eiimination of either Hales or Warner gyms in an effort to reduce operating costs 1 The Buckley Amendment goes into effect. Students over age 18 may now have access to their previously confidential files. The Conservatory dedicates its new $200, 000 Flentrop organ in Warner 1 Concert Hall. Marie- Claire Alain performs the dedicatory recital inter-Arts concludes its three-evening run of Bertolt Brecht's The Caucasian Chalk Circle. The Oberlin Review reports that a 100-150 student decrease is project- ed for second semester. Early graduates and students studying abroad, as well as withdrawals contribute to the large attrition figure. Oberlin's first Erotic Film Festival, sponsored by Film Series, features The Devil in Miss Jones and Deep Throat. WOBC holds its semi-annual Ciassical Marathon. Fall semester officially ends. I, 412pmx; ', Hmmmmznwmvmmmwmwnwwwh . . gramma- ,r. -1 dam w- -. .. - Hif' ,5 , . :271 x wmw'uma