Layla Wallerstein and Yasu Shinozaki
May 3, 2024
On Monday, Oberlin College became the latest in a wave of colleges and universities across the country to set up an encampment in protest of Israel’s war in Gaza, named the People’s College for the Liberation of Palestine. On Tuesday, the organizers announced that they were restructuring the demonstration, removing the tents and transitioning from an encampment into a space for daytime programming focused on education and fundraising. As of Friday, students continue to hold teach-ins, poetry...
Emily Vaughan, Opinions Editor
May 3, 2024
Oberlin Business Partnership is conducting a survey in collaboration with College second-year and Bonner Scholar Amanda Cabrera Benitez in order to gather feedback from campus community members about their opinions on small businesses in the City of Oberlin. The survey, which runs through May 5, asks participants about their favorite places to shop and their experiences at small businesses in downtown Oberlin. Individuals who participate in the survey have the opportunity to win a $25 coupon that...
Jesse Gross, Staff Writer
May 3, 2024
On April 19, students enrolled in POLT 411: Practicum in Applied Research, better known as the Oberlin Research Group, traveled to Washington, D.C., to present their semester-long research project to the U.S. State Department. The ORG, led by Robert S. Danforth Professor of Politics Eve Sandberg, allows students to participate in State Department-sanctioned research. In D.C., the ORG cohort of spring 2023 presented alongside the current POLT 411 class. Many recent Oberlin graduates from the...
Lily Nobel, Production Editor
May 3, 2024
On April 17, the Peace Corps released an announcement listing Oberlin as the top producer of Peace Corps volunteers out of colleges and universities with less than 5,000 undergraduate students. According to the announcement, 509 Oberlin students have joined the Peace Corps since the Corps’ founding in 1961. Peace Corps volunteers spend two years living and working abroad within communities on various projects in education, health, environment, agriculture, youth development, and community...
Kayla Kim, Managing Editor
April 26, 2024
On Sunday, the Asian American Alliance and the Muslim Students Association hosted a teach-in called Holi Against Hindutva. The talk featured Associate Professor of History Rishad Choudhury, OC ’07, who gave an introduction to Hindutva and its history, and Pranay Somayajula, the director of research for Hindus for Human Rights, a nonprofit that supports anti-casteism and opposes Hindutva. Hindutva literally translates to “Hinduness,” and its definition is highly contested. Those more sympathetic...
Karthik Ranganadhan, Senior Staff Writer
April 26, 2024
On April 10, Bloomberg Philanthropies announced that it had chosen the City of Oberlin to be one of 100 cities worldwide to receive funding through the organization’s Youth Climate Action Fund. In a press release, the organization said that it would provide technical assistance and $50,000 in initial funding to each city to help plan youth-led climate initiatives within local contexts. The initial $50,000 will be distributed through microgrants organized by each city. Cities that are able to...
November 11, 2022
Nikki Keating, Editor-in-Chief
November 4, 2022
Editor’s Note: The reporter who wrote this article was an ambassador host for prospective students during the Multicultural Visit Program. Last week, the College welcomed...
March 18, 2022
The Asian Diaspora Coalition held a vigil on Wednesday in honor of the victims of the 2021 Atlanta spa shootings, as well as for all people who have been subjected to sexualized...
Delaney Fox, Editor-in-Chief
May 3, 2024
Justin Nobel is an award-winning journalist who reports on issues of environmental justice. His book Petroleum-238: Big Oil’s Dangerous Secret and the Grassroots Fight to...
Layla Wallerstein, News Editor
April 26, 2024
On Thursday, Michael Kimmage, OC ’95, came to Oberlin to speak about his new book Collisions: The Origins of the War in Ukraine and the New Global Instability. Kimmage is...