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The Grape is Oberlin College's student news and culture magazine, published bi-weekly since 1999.
Feb 18, 2022
6 Perfect Songs for Having a Conversation With Your Pod about The Vague Possibility of Maybe Kissing
by Zoe Jasper Excerpt: You’re feeling ready to take things to the next level: A steamy and serious sit down conversation with the people...
Feb 16, 2022
Citizen's Misjob: Open Letter to OSCA Memcos
[originally published spring 2020] I would like to perform a citizen's misjob on Jules Laynx. I am neither in Pyle nor technically...
Feb 16, 2022
Blind Date: Corrie and Emma
by Wiley Smith [originally published spring 2020] PAIRING BACKGROUND: According to word-on-the-street from one person in particular who...
Feb 16, 2022
Blind Date: Anna and Tom
by Wiley Smith [originally published spring 2020] PAIRING BACKGROUND: Anna and Tom were a perfect relationship match on the Myers-Briggs...
Feb 16, 2022
8 Little Activities for Non-Smokers to Bring to Porch Parties
by Alia Schreiber-Goldstein and Meredith Warden [originally published spring 2020] Ever gone to a party and felt left out because you...
Feb 16, 2022
Why don't we give Oscars to movies from past years, such as Forrest Gump?
by Levi Dayan [originally published spring 2020] Movies, movies, movies. Everybody loves them, and for good reason. And since the...
Feb 16, 2022
February 2nd was a Movie
by Izzy Halloran and Daisy Vollen [originally published spring 2020] You wake up to the sun streaming through your window. Birds are...
Feb 16, 2022
Student doesn’t miss friend studying abroad very much
by Cameron Avery and Priya Banerjee [originally published spring 2020] Last semester, friends were saddened by third-year Thomas F’s...
Feb 16, 2022
Embarrassing Things That Happened During Your Skype Interview
by Nell Beck [originally published spring 2020] You introduced yourself as a “Creative.” You asked your interviewer if they had any fun...
Feb 15, 2022
Big Man Hates Little Women
by Izzy Halloran and Daisy Vollen [art by Levi Dayan, originally published spring 2020] Greta Gerwig’s Little Women was a Little...
Feb 14, 2022
Bat Habits
by Izzy Halloran [originally published 12/6/19] It’s 12:30 am on a Thursday morning in J-house. A resident comes running down the hall,...
Feb 12, 2022
Point/CounterPoint: Is There a Water Fountain on The First Floor of Wilder?
by Ben Richman [originally published 11/15/19] Is there a water fountain on the first floor of Wilder? It’s the question on everyone's...
Feb 11, 2022
9 Charmingly-Odd Texts from Dad that are signed --Dad
By Corrie Purcell [published 11/15/19] A couple days after an hour-long heart to heart with Mom, Dad sends you a short paragraph text...
Feb 9, 2022
Oberlin Announces Plans for New Climate Change Denier Dorm
[originally published 9/27/19] Oberlin is a place where fierce intellectual debate takes place, and there’s no hotter topic than the...
Feb 9, 2022
Notes app non-apology from staff writer we just fired
[originally published 9/27/19, art by Molly Sheffield] I am first and foremost a comedian who pushes boundaries. Am I second and second...
Feb 8, 2022
Six New Local Businesses to Support
By Matteo Debole, October 12th 2020 Excited about The Arb opening up in downtown Oberlin? Here are six other businesses soon to open up...
Feb 8, 2022
Ask Sally Salad
Originally published Fall 2019. In a new column for Bad Habits, Sally Salad, a new Decafe employee, answers questions from our readership...
Feb 7, 2022
Izzy is 22 now but even cuter because one year older...
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