Nathan Carpenter, Editor-in-Chief
September 13, 2019
Former Professor of English Santiago (Yago) Colás resigned this summer following a unanimous recommendation by a panel of the Professional Conduct Review Committee that he be terminated. The five-person panel reached its recommendation after evaluating conduct that was judged to violate the sexual harassment...
Ella Moxley, Senior Staff Writer
September 13, 2019
Recent jaywalking tickets issued by the Oberlin Police Department have launched a campus-wide conversation about pedestrian safety on campus. Last week, the Oberlin Police Department barricaded the informal crosswalk on West Lorain Street connecting the Science Center to Wilder Bowl and issued three...
Katie Lucey and Anisa Curry Vietze
September 13, 2019
Students enjoyed an afternoon of local cuisine, a dunk tank, and a sudden hailstorm at the President’s Welcome Carnival this past Wednesday. Stretching from the Science Center atrium to the nearby quad, the event invited students of all class years to sample food from community vendors, including...
Anisa Curry Vietze, News Editor
September 13, 2019
Campus Safety, Student Health Services, and the Counseling Center have all moved locations into the newly remodeled first floor of Dascomb Hall. Administrators, Campus Safety officers, and Student Health providers believe that the move helps better address students’ needs by making the services more...
Nathan Carpenter, Editor-in-Chief
September 13, 2019
Judge John Miraldi of the Lorain County Court of Common Pleas ruled Tuesday that Oberlin College and Vice President and Dean of Students Meredith Raimondo would not be granted a new trial in the lawsuit filed against the College and Raimondo by Gibson’s Bakery. In June, a Lorain County jury ruled in...
Lily Jones, This Week Editor
Clair Wang, Staff Cartoonist
Aly Fogel, Arts & Culture Editor
September 13, 2019
As a younger actor, I remember times when I sat across from the actor playing my romantic interest, each of us stumped by the next line in the script: “The two share a passionate kiss.” “Let’s skip that part,” I’d suggest, timidly. While it’s possible to side-step around this stage direction for the first few weeks of rehearsal,...
Casey Troost
September 13, 2019
Walking into the Firelands Association for Visual Arts gallery for a panel focusing on the 18th anniversary of 9/11, I expected tense silence. Instead, I was met with excited conversation and laughter between an intimate audience and the panelists. The mood didn’t match the somber nature of the day, but I sensed that this would inspire the crowd to...
Carson Dowhan, Senior Staff Writer
September 13, 2019
Objects like rocks, pots, pans, and trash cans may not sound like typical musical instruments, but they are artfully used to produce The Innocents, a percussionist exhibit that will be performed this Sunday, Sept. 15. Percussionist John Lane and Allen Otte, OC ’72, created The Innocents to address issues of wrongful imprisonment, the American criminal...
Kushagra Kar, Production Editor
September 13, 2019
Clowns can be fun. They prance around in their absurdly large shoes, make balloon animals, and usually have no qualms about cracking the occasional slapstick joke. However, popular culture has not been kind to this wholesome community, often depicting clowns as the kind of monster that will hide under our beds. If IT Chapter Two can teach us anything,...
Clair Wang, Staff Cartoonist
September 13, 2019
Kate Fishman, Arts & Culture Editor
September 13, 2019
ACROSS 1 Celestial body. 8 One of the 12 Chinese Zodiac Animals; proud, hardworking. 9 The Cancer symbol. 10 A well-accessorized constellation. 11 The most organized sign. 14 A December sign, abbreviated. 16 All eyes on them. 18 This sign determines your basic, core identity. 20 Birth _____. 21 The...
Upcoming Festival Features Concerts and Panels on Mortality
September 6, 2019
Rachel Fang
September 13, 2019
Double-degree fourth-year Maxwell Addae and College third-year Barnaby Woods are the respective music director and president of the Obertones, Oberlin’s premier a cappella group for people who identify...
Katherine MacPhail, Arts & Culture Editor
May 10, 2019
Mikaela Fishman is a senior Visual Arts major and the This Week editor for the Review. She researches, writes, and creates the graphic design for the centerfold spread of each issue. Her spreads have covered...
Kate Fishman, Arts & Culture Editor
May 3, 2019
Visiting Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and Dance Talise Campbell is the director of this weekend’s Oberlin Dance Company show, Tracing Our Roots: A Look Into the Past As We Move Into the Future....
Kabir Karamchandani, Staff Writer
April 26, 2019
Author Andrea Lawlor is a visiting lecturer of English at Mount Holyoke College and a fiction editor at Fence magazine. They published a chapbook of poems, Position Papers, in 2016 and their first novel,...
Nathan Carpenter and Ivy Fernandez Smith
September 13, 2019 • No Comments
Rosemary Ahtuangaruak is an Iñupiaq environmental activist from Alaska who has collaborated with Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Chie Sakakibara for many years. In her home village of Nuiqsut,...
Katherine MacPhail, Editor-in-Chief
September 6, 2019 • No Comments
Professor of Biology Keith Tarvin published a study last Wednesday which has been covered by major news outlets such as CNN, The New York Times, and NPR. The study, titled “Eavesdropping grey squirrels...
Nathan Carpenter and Katherine MacPhail
May 10, 2019 • No Comments
College senior and Review Editor-in-Chief Sydney Allen is a classic Obie with a wide range of interests. Throughout her tenure as a writer and editor, Allen has covered a broad range of campus and community...
September 13, 2019
Varsity basketball player Leo Ross and varsity soccer player Bethany Gen, both College third-years, have been dating for the past ten months. The two athletes met while working as Preventing and Responding...
Zoë Martin del Campo, Contributing Sports Editor
September 6, 2019
Massachusetts native Zoe Hecht is a College junior, Geology major, and captain of the Division III National Championship-winning ultimate Frisbee team, the Preying Manti. When she is not leading...
Jane Agler, Sports Editor
May 10, 2019
College senior Jenna Gyimesi can be found on every corner of the campus. At the Review office, we know her best as our hardworking News Editor, but she is also a varsity field hockey player, an...
Eder Aguilar
September 13, 2019
Oberlin can be suffocating at times. Downtown, there is only a handful of restaurants and spaces where you can actually feel that you’re off campus. You could be standing on Main Street but still see King Building or Bibbins Hall, or you could be chilling in The Feve and see a professor — they definitely don’t want to see you, either — and then be reminded...
Khalid McCalla, Contributing Sports Editor
September 13, 2019
The Toronto Raptors defeated the Golden State Warriors to win the NBA championship on June 13, 2019. This was the first time in history that the number-one team in the league was not based in America. Nearly four months later, on Sept. 7, 2019, Bianca Andreescu defeated Serena Williams in the final of the 2019 U.S. Open, becoming the first Canadian to win a Grand...
Zoë Martin del Campo, Contributing Sports Editor
September 13, 2019
It is common to see students cycling casually around campus, but there are also some students who take this traditionally-viewed leisure activity one step further. The Oberlin Cycling Club has built a strong intramural presence over the past four years, introducing Obies of all skill levels to the world of collegiate bike racing. While the Oberlin Cycling Club...
Jane Agler, Sports Editor
September 13, 2019
Alexis Dill, Sports Editor
September 6, 2019
As College seniors Shannon Wargo, Oona Jung-Beeman, and Marija Crook each accepted their “Most Outstanding First-Year” award at the end-of-the-season cross country banquet three years ago, Associate Head Cross Country Coach Izzy Alexander told the entire team that together, the trio made up the perfect runner. Wargo started each race strong, Jung-Beeman...
Alexis Dill, Sports Editor
September 6, 2019
Behind a new coaching staff and 12 talented underclass students, the field hockey team is already having their best season since 2014 — and they’ve only played two games. With a 1–0 win against Ferrum College and a 2–0 win against Sweet Briar College, the Yeowomen have collected multiple victories in a single season for the first time since...
New Albino Squirrel Mascot Unveiled
September 6, 2019
Dave Zirin Provides Model for Sportswriters By Respecting Intelligence of Sports Fans
September 6, 2019