Comments on: Poor Design: Oberlin College http://resistmedia.net/blog/2005/10/12/poor-design-oberlin-college/ This is a blog about adventures in design, and sometimes other crap. My name is Beth Dean and I'm a web designer from Cleveland Ohio. I work for Progressive Insurance as a UX Developer. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:19:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: bitguru http://resistmedia.net/blog/2005/10/12/poor-design-oberlin-college/#comment-54923 bitguru Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:31:00 +0000 http://resistmedia.net/blog/?p=18#comment-54923 <i>These shows make the school money, one would think they’d want to advertise.</i> They may make a profit on the shows, but that is not their goal. The purpose is to enhance student (and faculty) life at the school, hence the subsidized ticket prices for students. The shows are generally open to the public, but they don't advertise off-campus because they regularly sell out. (I haven't seen a show at Oberlin for a couple decades, so my information may be out of date. I doubt it, though.) I don't know if this is still the case, but they guy responsible for booking the shows used to be very good at finding up-and-coming talent. I remember the booked Phish before they hit it big, but I decided not to go because it was billed it as a 'punk' show for some reason. My loss. These shows make the school money, one would think they’d want to advertise.

They may make a profit on the shows, but that is not their goal. The purpose is to enhance student (and faculty) life at the school, hence the subsidized ticket prices for students. The shows are generally open to the public, but they don’t advertise off-campus because they regularly sell out. (I haven’t seen a show at Oberlin for a couple decades, so my information may be out of date. I doubt it, though.)

I don’t know if this is still the case, but they guy responsible for booking the shows used to be very good at finding up-and-coming talent. I remember the booked Phish before they hit it big, but I decided not to go because it was billed it as a ‘punk’ show for some reason. My loss.

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]]> By: beth http://resistmedia.net/blog/2005/10/12/poor-design-oberlin-college/#comment-14 beth Wed, 12 Oct 2005 20:33:30 +0000 http://resistmedia.net/blog/?p=18#comment-14 You can't get that phone number from their site. In fact, I had to do about a zillion searches to even find the Student Union page. You can’t get that phone number from their site. In fact, I had to do about a zillion searches to even find the Student Union page.

]]> By: ALisoN http://resistmedia.net/blog/2005/10/12/poor-design-oberlin-college/#comment-13 ALisoN Wed, 12 Oct 2005 20:17:40 +0000 http://resistmedia.net/blog/?p=18#comment-13 oberlin kids are so spoiled. they get to see cat power tonight, they saw the author of persepolis last night, and they get jewish holidays off. fuck them. also, the only time i ever saw cat power and she was good was when she played at harkness a dorm in oberlin. i don't think i am going. also call wilder hall and just ask. they usually know at the front desk what's going on there. oberlin kids are so spoiled. they get to see cat power tonight, they saw the author of persepolis last night, and they get jewish holidays off. fuck them. also, the only time i ever saw cat power and she was good was when she played at harkness a dorm in oberlin. i don’t think i am going. also call wilder hall and just ask. they usually know at the front desk what’s going on there.

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