How to spot a con student

You're listening to PopVox with the Tappan Square Dispatch, and we're going to be investigating what Oberlin students think about the conservatory. Oberlin College and Conservatory is made up of two schools, as the name suggests. College students pursue a variety of degrees in the liberal arts, while conservatory students, colloquially known as con students, study music.

We wanted to find out what differences between college and con students have been observed by Obies.

what do you think is the easiest way to tell that someone's a con student besides their instrument Their walk is very interesting. Usually walking like very fast.

It seems like con students just kind of walk faster.

My name is Ruby what do you think is the easiest way to tell that someone's a con student besides their instrument probably their, like, walk. Their walk is very interesting. Kind of, like, musical, in a way. Interesting. Like, dance steps? Or, how is it interesting?

They walk very, um, or they tend to walk with a lot of confidence. Okay, got it. Well, thank you for your time

can you state your name, please? Marley. Okay. What do you think is the quickest way to tell if someone's a con student besides their instrument? If they ask you if you're in the con or in the college. Okay, how often do you think about the con? Like half days, like not much, but 50 50. Okay, thank you.

Can you state your name so Nagi, N A C I. Okay, what do you think is the quickest way to tell if someone's a con student or not and besides their instrument?

Oh, besides their instrument.

Well, if you've just met them and you go 30 minutes and they don't mention the Koi Pond at all, I think, or Sky Bar, I think that's a pretty, a pretty good way to tell. Have you ever been to the Sky Bar or the Koi Pond? Yes, yes. I'm, I'm not a con student myself, but I do secondary lessons, so, um, I hang out there a lot.

That's awesome.

What's the quickest way to tell if somebody is a con student excluding their instrument very like focused. I feel like con students have a certain like poise about them because getting into the con is like so competitive that like they're not in school to like mess around. Is there a certain place that you see con students Being especially focused. Clarity, like there's a lot of con students at Clarity often and they're always like on their laptops. thank you so much.

Kenny, K E N I. Thank you. so the question is how you tell if somebody's a con student excluding their instrument if they're carrying it with them? Honestly, I don't really know. I'm a first year, so not, I don't know that many people in the con, cause I'm not in the con. I guess from the people that I've met though, they tend to like mention music pretty fast. And then it's always a conversation starter. Like, are you part of the con or are you just interested in music? Do you ever go to the con and do you think about it often? I've never been to the con. It's someplace I want to see what looks like inside, but I've never actually been, and I don't tend to think about it. Thank you

sasha. What do you think is the easiest way to tell if someone's a con student besides if they're carrying an instrument? Okay, so I just got here my first year. Usually walking like very fast. Like kind of focused and in the zone. Have you ever been to the con? I've been in the building. I've explored a little bit thank you.

Can you please state your name Milo Antonides okay, perfect. So, what do you think is the easiest way to tell someone's a con student if they're not carrying an instrument, don't want to say anything disrespectful. Feel like they look like more like a normal person. Okay. Interesting. What do you think it is about them? Like what's the phenotype? Like polo shirt and a little bit stressed out. Okay. That's perfect.

My name is Milo. M I L O. Oh, we just interviewed a Milo. Seriously? Yeah. Wait, who? Um, went Some way. What do you think is the quickest way to tell someone's a con student minus the instrument?

It seems like con students just kind of walk faster.

That's what I've noticed so far. Okay, yeah, we've gotten a lot of that. Have you ever been to the con? Yeah, I am a con student. What instrument do you play? I play trombone, classical trombone performance. Okay, awesome thank you.

For listeners who are not familiar with the Sky Bar, Khoi Pond, and Clarity, these are locations on campus that are close to or connected to the Conservatory. Sky Bar and Clarity serve food, and the Khoi Pond is exactly what it sounds like. Thanks for listening.