Green Building at Oberlin Is a New Dream House for Environmental Studies

By ZOE INGALLS

Oberlin, Ohio

The new environmental-studies center at Oberlin College is a tan-brick building, nothing fancy. But inside, with its soaring, arched ceiling and sun-filled atrium, it is an inviting place. On a clear fall day -- bright, with a brisk wind whipping up scraps of litter -- it's still full of the...