Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

On Community, Collective Trauma, and Healing

Meredith Gadsby, Associate Professor, Department of Africana Studies and Comparative American Studies April 28, 2021

This has been one of the most difficult years that many of us have ever experienced, for many reasons: pandemic mitigation measures, illness and death due to COVID-19, ongoing violence against and murder...

Tappan Square Rocks Are Timeless, Their Messages are Fleeting

Zeb Page, Associate Professor of Geology and Chair of Geology April 28, 2021

A young life lost is a tragedy for all, keenly felt by friends who have to keep moving through a world in which their classmate is strangely, shockingly missing. The need to memorialize those we have lost...

Oberlin Overhauls Career Readiness Through Peer Mentorship, DEI Framework

Editorial Board April 23, 2021

A significant consideration when students commit to any college is how that institution can serve as a stepping stone to a successful future. At Oberlin, the primary bridge to full adulthood is an office...

searching 4 milk & honey when america has run dry & the police want u dead

Vera Grace Menafee April 23, 2021

Editor’s note: This article contains descriptions of racial violence. “there will be no pictures of pigs shooting down brothers on instant replay. there will be no pictures of pigs shooting down brothers...

Lost Items, Lost Patience

Arman Luczkow and Reginald Goudeau April 23, 2021

Before anything else, it’s important to note that initially we hadn’t planned on writing this article. We only agreed to do so to shed light on the nature of our Senate work, and because our early...

Oberlin Needs to Divest from Fossil Fuels

Stephen Lezak OC '15 April 23, 2021

Nine hundred years after its founding, the University of Oxford — the oldest university in the English-speaking world — divested from fossil fuels. In early 2020, a couple of months before the official...

Barreling Toward Revolution: The American Horseshoe on Gun Rights

Julian Mitchell-Israel April 21, 2021

Gun rights exemplifies one of the strangest aspects of American politics: the political horseshoe of the far left and far right. On at least a few notable issues — international trade, non-interventionism,...

Active Listening Workshops Key in Building Institutional Support Systems

Emma Edney April 16, 2021

Editor’s note: This article contains mentions of suicidal ideation and self harm. The Peer Support Center is launching Active Listening Skills for Obies this April — a series of online workshops...

Vote on Senate’s Bylaws Referendum

Reginald Goudeau, Columnist April 16, 2021

Student Senate has been working overtime to promote our recent Bylaws Referendum. For those who don’t know, Senate has been hard at work to reform our bylaws for several months. We made many valuable...

Comic: Caught Red-Handed

Comic: Caught Red-Handed

Clair Wang, Illustrator April 16, 2021

Removing Basic Furniture from Barrows is Security Theater

Ian Watson April 16, 2021

Barrows Hall is infamously terrible. It’s hot in the summer, inexplicably hot and cold at the same time in the winter, and the showers’ lights are literally filled with bugs. It’s the building I...

Five Months Later: Why Lorain Turned Red, and How it Could Turn Blue Again

Zach Terrillion April 16, 2021

Election Day is a distant memory for many. Despite a long, exhausting battle and an even bloodier aftermath, the Democrats took power in the legislative and executive branches. It is an optimistic outcome...

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