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The Grape is Oberlin College's student news and culture magazine, published bi-weekly since 1999.
Nov 20, 2022
Best 2048 Games The Kid In Front of Me Has Played in Class
By Isabel Hardwig Bad Habits Editor I have never played 2048 myself, and have only the vaguest understanding of how it works, but I only...
Nov 20, 2022
Best and Worst Mayas at Oberlin
By Maya Denkmire Contributor There are too many Mayas at Oberlin. I am sorry, but it had to be said. There are only so many times I can...
Nov 20, 2022
Hangry For Hole: The Ethics of Showing Sphincter in The Centerfold
By Dr. Hugh G. Rection The Grape In-House Clinician Recently at the Grape, Oberlin College’s alternative student newspaper, there has...
Nov 20, 2022
I Fed An A.I. 500 White Obie Creative Writing Capstones And This Is What It Wrote
By Captain Ruffles Particularly Esteemed Contributor Between Here, There, and Everywhere: Fragments of Disorganized Heterotopia *Best...
Nov 20, 2022
Stock Photos Where It’s Pretty Obvious That One of the Models Just Died and the Others Are Trying to
By Flip Ptarmigan Contributor It must be difficult to be a stock photo model. It’s a lot of pressure to embody emotions like “surprise,”...
Nov 8, 2022
A Short Soliloquy Regarding a Sandwich from Stevie
by Zach Terrillion Staff Writer I’d like you all to know that I’m in a relationship. One based on the unprecedented possibility of an...
Nov 8, 2022
Halloween Candies, Ranked by Moral Purity
by Isabel Hardwig Bad Habits Editor 1. Junior Mints, obviously. Nothing feels more virtuous than a handful of Junior Mints. Between the...
Nov 8, 2022
Epic Winning vs. Epic Fail
by Teagan Hughes Editor-in-Chief For as long as humanity has been as long as, we have been labeling objects and entities as “epic...
Nov 8, 2022
A Semi-Comprehensive Blue Rooster Review
Proudly Brought to You By Two Uninformed, Unqualified Idiots by Max Miller Staff Writer When I graduated high school, my Aunt Liz and...
Nov 8, 2022
(NOT COVID) Emails
by Isabel Hardwig Bad Habits Editor Hey, all! I’ve been feeling pretty sick lately (not COVID), so I won’t be able to participate in the...
Oct 14, 2022
Sign my petition to put MORE pianos in Azzies!
by Flip Ptarmigan Baby Grand Enthusiast By now, many of you will be familiar with the newest addition to Azzies, Oberlin’s much-beloved...
Oct 14, 2022
Interview with Toothbrush Guy
By Ellen Efstathiou Contributor This interview has been edited for increased length and less clarity. (For the past month, I have become...
Oct 14, 2022
How to Navigate Talking About Fall Without Lying About How Often You Rewatch Over the Garden Wall
by Isabel Hardwig Bad Habits Editor When talking about fall, my brain switches into a different and well-practiced social script, with...
Oct 14, 2022
Have I Mentioned How High My Bed Is Now
by Isabel Hardwig Bad Habits editor Oh, sorry, I didn’t see you there! It’s just that I’ve gotten so used to looking down that my neck...
Oct 14, 2022
Advice for Freshmen
By Ellen Efstathiou Contributor Hey freshmen! You’re the new meat on campus and as a sophisticated 2nd year I’m here to give you some...
Sep 12, 2022
Ask Dr. Gags Vol. 12
by Dr. Gagatha Creampie Oberlin Grape Resident Sexologist [originally published June 3, 2022] This is The Oberlin Grape’s latest and...
Sep 12, 2022
GROG THE TROLL’S RIDDLES
by Isabel Hardwig Contributor art by Adam Wise [originally published June 3, 2022] Lots of trolls love riddles and are really good at...
Sep 12, 2022
Things You Can Totally Go Up To My Dad And Talk About
by Juli Freedman Bad Habits Editor [originally published June 3, 2022] Now that I am a very famous satire writer, you might be wondering,...
Sep 12, 2022
Commencement Mad Libs Extravaganza!
Priya Banerjee & Teagan Hughes Editor-in-Chief & Staff Writer [originally published June 3, 2022] I’m Too Sexy by Right Said Fred by...
Sep 12, 2022
Sixteen Instagram Captions You Can Use for your Graduation Post
by Priya Banerjee, Izzy Halloran, & Julia McCormick Editor-in-Chief, Managing Editor, & Contributor [originally published June 3, 2022]...
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