<p>^^
Jazz-parents, over 4 (or 5) years those Rewards points can add up. I stayed free at the Courtyard in North Olmsted for two nights when we visited for the All Roads Lead to Oberlin event on April 10. Unfortunately, I’m out of points, so I now have to open my wallet for move-in and orientation.</p>
<p>Anyway, here’s what I found on the Obie site:</p>
<p>First Semester - Fall
August 2009
Aug 21 New International Students Move-in
Aug 22 International Student Orientation
Aug 23 International Student Orientation
Aug 24 International Student Orientation
Aug 25 New students can begin moving into residence halls
Aug 25 Welcome by President Krislov
Aug 26 Sessions for parents and Students
Aug 26 Departmental Open Houses
Aug 26 Sessions for Parents
Aug 26 Parent formal orientation program concludes
Aug 27 Academic Advising
Aug 28 Course Registration
Aug 31 Classes Begin</p>
<p>Go here to see it yourself. Click on “Fall Orientation 2009.” <a href=“http://oncampus.oberlin.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp[/url]”>http://oncampus.oberlin.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp</a></p>
<p>As you can see, there is a reason to stick around for part of Wednesday. I am. I have a 7 hour drive. If the parents are dismssed (at 3:45 pm, I believe) on the 26th, I don’t fancy driving late at night through rural Pennsylvania while falling asleep at the wheel, so I’m staying over on the 26th too, and leaving Ohio bright and early on the 27th. We’re arriving at Oberlin on Sunday evening. Actually, we’re going straight to North Olmsted. We plan to spend Monday buying my D a laptop and printer and anything else she might need from the Oberlin Technology Center, and running other errands to get ready for Tuesday move-in.</p>
<p>Quite possible, mamenyu. We attended the last parents weekend and I believe I did assist my daughter with her bass after the orchestra concert. Normally she would have handled it herself, but she had twisted an ankle or something. If you saw a very large 50-ish fellow with long black hair and a full beard pushing a bass that was perched on a small wheel between Finney and the Conservatory, it is not likely that happened more than once that evening.</p>
<p>@Burb Parent:
Hallauer House is awesome. My family and I stayed there for All Roads and had a very good experience with the hosts and the rooms (and the breakfast, of course). It’s one of those B&Bs that has a unique identity and feel since everything there is themed after the American Civil War. I’m an international student so I found that pretty interesting.</p>
<p>^
Themed after the Civil War? North or South?</p>
<p>Not very sure, but it seemed to emphasise the Confederate States, so I guess that means… South. </p>
<p>[Bed</a> and Breakfast Oberlin Ohio: Hallauer House Bed & Breakfast](<a href=“http://www.hallauerhousebnb.com/]Bed”>http://www.hallauerhousebnb.com/) </p>
<p>And the proprietor could tell awesome stories about Oberlin’s role in the underground railroad too.</p>
<p>If they’re glorifying the pro-slavery Confederate States, I’ll have to pass on that establishment. Perhaps you misinterpreted what you heard, though. The Underground Railroad was not a friend to the Confederacy. As an international student, you may not be fully cognizant of the importance of that distinction.</p>
<p>Yeah I must be mistaken sorry the pro-slavery slant doesn’t sound like them at all. </p>
<p>And you’re right, what little I know about US history has been gleaned from the History Channel and Wikipedia ._.</p>
<p>Oberlin was, as you mentioned, a spot on the underground railroad, a proud tradition. The civil war history referred to on the B & B website involves the Wellington Rescue, which some historians say was the beginning of the Civil War. Oberlin residents, including freed slaves and abolitionists, rescued a captured fugitive slave, John Price, by storming the jail in Wellington, and returned him to Oberlin, where they hid him at the home of James Harris Fairchild, a future president of Oberlin College. A short time later, they took Price to Canada. The rescuers were indicted.<br>
Oberlin held a memorial celebration of the event this year.</p>
<p>We stayed in bed and breakfasts, including out just outside of town, one right in town, and another that was, as someone mentioned, a private home that takes guests to benefit the church. We really got to know the community a lot more this way, and enjoyed all of our lodgings tremendously. Some of our hosts taught us quite a bit of history of the area, too. Prices were good, food was great. In the private home, we did our own cooking and were free to come and go in the kitchen. Also met other travelers and got to talk with them in a way that would not happen in a motel/hotel.</p>
<p>^</p>
<p>I am not sure exactly why, but I’ve never felt comfortable with “Bed & Breakfasts.” I would probably stay at one before I’d stay at a discount motel, but I’m not even sure about that. I don’t know what it is, but I don’t feel comfortable with the concept of B&Bs. I don’t know any African Americans who have stayed at B&Bs. I’m sure some do, but I don’t know how common it is among AAs because I don’t know anyone who does and I’ve not seen any stats. Perhaps I’m carrying a lot of mental baggage from the bad old days when African Americans were not permitted to stay at such places (and a lot of hotels/motels too) because of segregation, that I just naturally gravitate to name-brand, above discount, traditional accommodations. Then again, my wife is white and she’s never stayed at a B&B either. Is there a Ritz-Carlton in Oberlin? :)</p>
<p>As far as getting to know the community, we’ve been able to do that quite well by talking to community members other than B&B owners.</p>