Marx proposal deserves praise

The President’s Initiative Fund will have no effect on the funding of student-planned events, the primary concern of students interviewed by The Student in last week’s paper. The president’s discretionary fund is already divided into two parts-one to use for student events and one that has in the past been used arbitrarily by the president for whatever he wants. Previously, nobody outside of the president’s office knew where the money went. Marx’s proposal applies only to the second part of his

College Visit: Oberlin hires a new athletic director to improve the department

Lananna’s jump from Stanford, where the cross country team is a five-time national champion, to the unsuccessful program at Oberlin surprised many of his colleagues, according to The Chronicle. “Mr. Lananna stunned track fans around the country … when he decided to leave Stanford to take the job at Oberlin. He was leaving the pinnacle of Division I for the bottom of Division III,” The Chronicle reported. “Even though the news has been out for months, some other coaches … are still amazed to see