Endquotes
“Amazing that no one I knew at Oberlin ever started a band called ‘Stalin’s Organ’” July 21, 2022, tweet from Josh Keating ’07, global security reporter at Grid News, referring to the nickname of the Katyusha rocket launcher
“When fascism comes to America, never forget that the elite press spent years hollering about the threat posed by utterly powerless Oberlin College sophomores rather than the threat posed by these people.” David Menschel (@davidminpdx) July 14, 2022, tweet referring to a video of a packed audience reciting the Watchmen Decree, which states, among other extreme beliefs, “We have been given legal power from heaven and now exercise our authority.”
“my gf says I need 2 stop shouting oberlin dot edu whenever I c guy with ponytail and f lowered shirt” July 29, 2022, tweet from @rpopetweets
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“She’s an original thinker, and she’s also a fantastic communicator with oodles of talent. I’m now a listener, an appreciator. I want to see what new people she brings on, I want to see how organizationally it will change. I’m really curious! I’m a fan.” Yo-Yo Ma, commenting in the July 16, 2022, Washington Post on Rhiannon Giddens ’99 becoming artistic director of Silkroad, the ensemble he founded
“A bird in the hand is worth returning to the bush, where it can be with those two other birds, and perhaps rebuild a sustainable population.” Allegra Hyde, Oberlin assistant professor of creative writing, in the article “Aphorisms for the Anthropocene,” in the New Yorker’s humorous Daily Shouts feature, June 24, 2022
“Oberlin was life-changing for me. I found myself. I became more of myself. I learned to think critically and stand up to injustice. Would I have decided not to go in this post-Roe world? Would I have lost that part of myself ?” July 11, 2022, tweet from Dani Indovino Cawley ’06 (@thequeengeek) about a Reuters article titled “Abortion bans force U.S. students to rethink college plans”
“For decades, Taiwan has welcomed members of US Congress in the spirit of friendship between our peoples, exemplifying our strong partnership in supporting shared values and common interests in democracy, human rights, peace, and prosperity.” August 2, 2022, tweet from Bi-khim Hsiao ’93, former member of the Taiwanese legislature and current representative of the Republic of China to the United States