March marks the seven-year anniversary of ARTEMIS, an all-women jazz supergroup from New York City. Founded on International Women’s Day in...
There is certainly no group out there quite like Imani Winds. The virtuosic quintet finds ways to combine the sounds of the past with futuristic...
The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice is one of the most retold in history. Audiences may recognize more contemporary adaptations such as Hadestown...
Oberlin boasts a world-renowned collection of pipe organs. Students have access to 32 instruments in the Conservatory and nearby churches, ranging...
Mike Telin, OC ’87, and Daniel Hathaway are visiting teachers of Music Journalism who have been reporting on the classical music scene in northeast...
March marks the seven-year anniversary of ARTEMIS, an all-women jazz supergroup from New York City. Founded on International Women’s Day in...
There is certainly no group out there quite like Imani Winds. The virtuosic quintet finds ways to combine the sounds of the past with futuristic...
The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice is one of the most retold in history. Audiences may recognize more contemporary adaptations such as Hadestown...
Oberlin boasts a world-renowned collection of pipe organs. Students have access to 32 instruments in the Conservatory and nearby churches, ranging...
Mike Telin, OC ’87, and Daniel Hathaway are visiting teachers of Music Journalism who have been reporting on the classical music scene in northeast...
What comes to mind first when hearing “Ivy League school” are the following words: pretentious, expensive, and exclusive. In the United States, very few undergraduates can say that they went to an Ivy League school. Even the words “Ivy League” have to be capitalized because it is a...
Last week, students and staff began to notice an odor in Wilder Hall, the College’s Student Union and the home of dining establishments like the Rathskeller and DeCafé. Each floor, which usually bustles with student life, has cleared out almost completely. The few students inside now hurry through...
Paul Van Doorn’s recent statement (“Statement on Israel-Palestine at Oberlin,” The Oberlin Review, Feb. 9, 2024) opens with the complaint that “students have lost their ability to use reason and logic.” While I cannot address this opening concern, I am more chagrined at Mr. Van Doorn’s apparent...
To Oberlin voters: When a disaster or infectious disease hits, rules get broken. We don’t need to change the Oberlin City Charter to acknowledge that. If the Charter is to speak to communications technology issues, it should do so explicitly — not merely delete a line that sets forth a public-access...
Oberlin Community Peace Builders, as an organization committed to seeking nonviolent solutions to conflicts, whether interpersonal or international, urges all parties involved, directly or indirectly, in the present conflict in Gaza to act for the immediate implementation of a ceasefire. Furthermore,...
During the 20th century, asbestos use was prevalent in the U.S. military, as the World War II war effort demanded large amounts of materials for military equipment production. Asbestos was abundant in the markets, and manufacturers wanted to make the most of its utility and low price, ignoring the health...
March marks the seven-year anniversary of ARTEMIS, an all-women jazz supergroup from New York City. Founded on International Women’s Day in...
There is certainly no group out there quite like Imani Winds. The virtuosic quintet finds ways to combine the sounds of the past with futuristic...
The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice is one of the most retold in history. Audiences may recognize more contemporary adaptations such as Hadestown...
Oberlin boasts a world-renowned collection of pipe organs. Students have access to 32 instruments in the Conservatory and nearby churches, ranging...
I began classical voice lessons in seventh grade. What started as a means to get into my local performing arts high school for musical theater...
Last Friday at noon, a large number of students participated in a walkout to draw attention to the treatment of civilians in Gaza and call for divestment from companies that support the Israeli war effort. Later that evening, students held a vigil in front of the Irene and Alan Wurtzel Theater where...
The Board of Trustees of Oberlin College met March 7 and 8. At the meeting, the Trustees discussed changes that need to be made at Oberlin to address three trends in higher education. As a result of the demographic aftershock of the 2008 recession, the number of college graduates will begin to decline...
Oberlin Community Services is collaborating with the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland to provide free monthly legal clinics to residents. According to the Legal Aid Society’s website, the clinics provide an opportunity for community members to meet with an attorney to discuss civil issues related to...
On March 19, primary and general elections will be held in Ohio. To vote, a person must carry either a driver’s license or photo ID issued by the Ohio BMV, a military ID, or a U.S. passport or passport card, and be registered to vote in the state. Incumbent Democratic President Joe Biden and Republican...
Ramadan begins in Gaza amid famine Ramadan began Sunday, but in Gaza, famine has endangered Palestinians’ hopes for the fast. Since the start of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza Oct. 7, destruction of food infrastructure and blockades of humanitarian aid have created famine conditions. According...
The Oberlin Ecolympics kicked off Monday. During the Ecolympics, College and community buildings will compete with each other to save power and water. The event will run until March 17. The community theme for this year’s competition is “Later is too late: Efficiency, Electrification, and Solarization.”...
Starting Winter Term, Azariah’s Café — a hub of student activity, studying, and socializing — stopped accepting almost all in-person orders. The infamous long line disappeared, and the cafe’s ordering system transitioned fully online. Azzie’s is a branch of Goldberry Roasting Company...
One of my resolutions this year was to start watching more movies. I am someone who likes to be up to date on popular culture, but I realized that I really had no idea about the current state of film. I’d seen Barbie, because of course I had — it was the event of the summer. However, out of all of...
A plethora of exuberant “Yes Aunty!”s reverberated through the crowd at drag queen Dr. LaWhore Vagistan’s show “Lessons in Drag” at the Cat in the Cream Monday. The show included some lecture, some lip syncing, and some audience participation. The show sought to inform people on South Asian...
On Sunday in Moffett Auditorium in Mudd Center, Rohan Zhou-Lee led a Black-Asian-Blasian Solidarity Workshop with students exploring how everyone can cultivate and strengthen solidarity between displaced and marginalized groups. Zhou-Lee is a queer/nonbinary Black and Asian artist and organizer from...
Liz Burgess, OC ’73, has announced that Ginko Gallery & Studio of downtown Oberlin will close. She is retiring in part due to several stressful years during the COVID-19 pandemic and the death of the building’s landlord, Pat Stetson. “I’ve been toying with [closing] for a couple years,”...
This Tuesday, Chair of Sociology Greggor Mattson hosted a panel at The ’Sco of Oberlin alumni who now own LGBTQ+ bars. The panel was inspired by his 2023 book, Who Needs Gay Bars? Bar-Hopping through America’s Endangered LGBTQ+ Places. It was sponsored by Career Exploration and Development, the Office...
I wouldn’t say I like the taste of you. In fact, I’ve always hated Jello but I like to feel you inside my stomach coagulating and warm. Between yellow bed sheets you turn over, cough and startle the cricket that lives in my ear. On my tongue, the fabric is wet, limp and clean. Salty hard...
ACROSS 1. Having five sharps, musically 4. Dry, as in Italian wine 9. Impulsive 13. ___ favor 14. Computer monitor display when not in use 16. French friend 17. Many Patagonia jackets 18. Acquire, as debt 20. 2023 Best Picture winner, abbr. 21. Etches into 23. Hindu deity 27. Grows up 28....
The College’s first-ever Cinema Brawl lasted 48 hours and will come to fruition at its screening at the Apollo Theatre on Sunday at 11 a.m. Students entered the competition in groups, and the process of producing a film began at 5 p.m. March 1. Submissions were due in person at 5 p.m. March 3 to the...
Although I first watched Avatar: The Last Airbender as a child, I, along with many other Netflix enjoyers, admittedly rediscovered an obsession with the animated series during the pandemic. Bound inside the lonely walls of my house with all of my social interaction consisting of scattered FaceTime calls,...
Jan Weintraub Cobb, OC ’71, is currently the President of the Alumni Leadership Council. Established in 2014, the ALC oversees the Oberlin Alumni Association and helps with any events or actions of the association. Cobb, as president, works on the Council with current students and alumni during the...
Emily Winfield is a prevention specialist at The LCADA Way, an organization dedicated to providing support for people struggling with addiction in Lorain, Medina, and Erie Counties. A graduate of the University of Mount Union as a public health major, she helps people in Lorain County struggling with...
Andrew Oni is the executive director of Student Health and Wellbeing and recently celebrated his second anniversary in this position at Oberlin. Oni provides leadership and guidance to Counseling and Psychological Services, Student Health Services, Student Support and Outreach, and Student Health Promotion...
Mike Telin, OC ’87, and Daniel Hathaway are visiting teachers of Music Journalism who have been reporting on the classical music scene in northeast Ohio since 2008. Their website, Cleveland Classical, has become one of the most respected digital publications in the region. They began teaching in 2011...
Could you share a bit about your background as a singer and a voice coach? I’m a graduate of the [Oberlin] Conservatory, 2003, just over 20 years ago, which is crazy. I grew up in a small town in Michigan, and at a young age I happened across a teacher who introduced me to classical singing. I studied...
Elizabeth Hanje is a fourth-year Vocal Performance major from Alabama. This February, the Tanzanian-American soprano won first place after performing in the 36th annual Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers Concert of Arias at Houston Grand Opera and received a $10,000 cash prize. Hanje is a...
Ruth Ozeki is a novelist, documentary filmmaker, teacher, and Zen Buddhist priest. She will be visiting campus Tuesday, March 19 to give a talk on Zen and the Art of Realizing Fiction in Dye Lecture Hall from 6–8 p.m. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. JR: How does being a...
College fourth-year Sofia Tomasic and College first-year Bella Schmitt are members of this year’s Drag Ball committee. Alongside other committee members, they have been working to plan the event and provide a new vision in hopes of making the event more exciting and invigorating for students. The 2024...
Laura Carlson-Tarantowski is a renowned scenic director and is a scenic designer and lecturer in Theater at Oberlin. She is in the midst of construction for the upcoming production of L’Orfeo, and talks about process, journey, and collaboration. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. What...
For student-athletes, finding a space that can support both their academic and athletic goals is hard enough. But the student-athlete experience is at its best when they are supported equally. College fourth-year and Bloomington, Indiana native Abby Cannon found that in Oberlin, a school that could support...
For graduating seniors who play sports in high school, a major factor in their college decision can center around sports. Whether someone is looking to play a varsity sport in college or keep their passion for their sport alive with club or intramural sports, having their sport offered can be the difference...
Jill Rondini is entering her 20th year as an athletic trainer for Oberlin College. As a trainer for the Sports Medicine department, Rondini only treats varsity athletes. After spending 20 years as an athletic trainer at Oberlin College, Jill Rondini knows a thing or two about helping collegiate athletes. Rondini...
America has its own sport that is the same only in name, but to the rest of the world, football is elegant, precise, and most importantly, actually played using one’s foot. Played and celebrated across multiple countries and continents, billions have dedicated themselves and their viewership to teams,...
USWNT Wins Concacaf World Cup This Sunday, over 30,000 people gathered in San Diego to witness the finale to the Concacaf W Gold Cup, which had caused controversy last week after forcing the Canadian and U.S. teams to play in less-than-suitable conditions. Team captain Lindsey Horan and the USWNT...
Last Thursday night, I tuned in to the UC Berkeley vs. Stanford game in the Pac-12 tournament for women’s basketball. This was the last year of the conference’s existence and the teams inside were upset-prone to each other, making for exciting games. As a conference based on the West Coast, the Pac-...
Any athlete or fan knows this moment: a player falls to the ground, clutching his leg. The whistle blows, and the game freezes. An athletic trainer or coach rushes out to the injured athlete while other players take a knee. For a minute or so the crowd is silent and watches. Then, the player rises to...
On the weekend of March 2-3, the Oberlin baseball team continued their impressive start to their season as they completed a series sweep against Berea College. The games show an impressive start to the season as they were able to bounce back from two losses. On Saturday, March 2, the Yeomen won two...
The Oberlin men’s tennis team triumphed in matches in an easy victory against Otterbein University at home and a scrappy win against Ohio Northern University on the road last week. The Yeomen easily dispatched the Otterbein Cardinals on Oberlin’s indoor courts last Wednesday. The Oberlin squad...
All my life, I have been an athlete. From being four years old starting taekwondo, to being a top tennis player in my state in middle school, to being a current college basketball player, athletics has always been what has taken up a vast majority of my time. As my high school days were coming to a close,...
Formula 1 Racing Kicks off 2024 Season in Kingdom of Bahrain This past Saturday, current Formula 1 World Champion Max Verstappen won the 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix, the opening race of the 2024 F1 season. He was followed by Red Bull teammate Sergio Pérez of Mexico, making it a Red Bull one-two. Fan-favorites...
Last Saturday, the Yeowomen faced the Centre College Colonels in Danville, KY, delivering an impressive performance in a 20–6 win. This is their second consecutive win after their home opener, which was the Morgan’s Message Dedication Game against John Carroll University. Against Centre, three...
Collegiate Sprinter Dashes To World Best Christopher Morales Williams dipped below the world record in the indoor 400-meter dash at the Southeastern Conference indoor track and field championships in Fayetteville, AR. The University of Georgia second-year won the final in 44.49 seconds, lowering his...