Coles, who has written for more than 30 years on the inner lives of children, is professor of psychiatry and medical humanities at Harvard Medical School and a research psychiatrist for the Harvard University Health Services. In his address to more than 600 graduating seniors, he urged them to be kind. Community volunteer Jane Baker Nord was awarded the Oberlin College Community Service Award. Oberlin students are rarely at a loss for something to say, and never at a loss for places to publish what they have to say. Since the 19th century, there have been approximately 130 different student publications, some with as short a life as one or two issues, others for longer periods, according to Dina Schoonmaker, head of the special collections and preservation department in Mudd Center.
Students begin journals and magazines with a variety of audiences in mind.
The number of student publications varies widely from year to year. This Fox Shannon Fox '97 has become one of the top competitors in the history of women's track and field at Oberlin. Around the Square investigative reporters have learned that the Dream Team, known officially as the Oberlin Fund Team, consists of staffers who are working with Director of the Annual Fund Kathy Mead to advertise and explain changes made to Oberlin's annual-giving program. Further information about the Oberlin Fund will be disseminated early in the 1996-97 academic year, which began July 1, said Moran, who is director of communications at the College. As the 1995-96 school year ended, so did the original version of Oberlin Online, the College's World Wide Web site.