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After a five minute delay to the start of the program, Public Services Librarian Kathleen Abromeit inches her way to the back of the conservatory library, then pauses. “Should we give it another five minutes,” she asks, looking around the room. She’s excited. After a two-year hiatus Abromeit will announce the library’s first Tiny Ref Desk Concert. The program’s return also serves as inspiration for this week’s photo series.

Although current conditions have fraught travel plans for many, there are still ways to indulge in  much-needed vacation time. This week, we fly to the moon and return home in time for dinner. 

A student re-enactment of escaped slaves along the Underground Railroad is recognized 40 years later with a visit by participant Herman Beavers ’81 at Third World House.

In this photo series, we walk with the dinosaurs in Cleveland and visit a congressional intern in Washington, D.C., before coming back home to �鶹��Ƶ to watch the Wild Beast of the Bungalow take over the stage in Warner Concert Hall; go snowboarding in Hales Gym; and sit in on a gallery talk, book art class, choir practice, an academic retreat, and a dance performance.

New group projects and student support services enhance the on-campus experience.

This graffiti-marked wall was just one of the places Naomi Fireman visited during her winter-term project in the Middle East. “I came here to travel and listen to many different perspectives on the

Living in �鶹��Ƶ in the dead of winter isn't the easiest thing in the world. We asked a handful of students how to survive on campus, and one response appeared over and over. So what was the overwhelming advice?

The Office of Communications is offering current �鶹��Ƶ students who are completing winter-term projects this January the opportunity to win one of three �鶹��Ƶ College swag bags by participating in its 2017 Instagram (@oberlincollege) winter term photo contest.

This winter term and summer, nine students will explore intellectually and socially engaging projects through an �鶹��Ƶ Shansi In-Asia Grant.

“From Guinea to Brooklyn: The Journey of my Happy Feet,” a Senior Honors Show by Donnay Edmund, will be performed at 8 p.m. on March 4 and 5 in Warner Main Space.