Alexa Stevens, News Editor

November 18, 2022

On Oct. 1, an anonymous complaint was submitted to Lorain County Public Health alleging that several individuals had fallen ill with food poisoning as a result of dining in the Rathskeller. On Oct. 6, LCPH moved up its routine biannual inspection of the facility to follow up on this complaint and found three health code violations — two critical and one non-critical. One critical violation was a repeat violation from LCPH’s prior inspection on April 26 of this year.  “Direct connection...

Nikki Keating, News Editor

November 18, 2022

The Oberlin African Student Association was recently invited to participate in the Yale Africa Innovation Symposium held Nov. 11–12. This two-day conference aimed to deconstruct traditional views of issues affecting Africa and produce actionable resolutions pertaining to various African industries. This was ASA’s first time being invited to the symposium. The symposium aligns with ASA’s mission statement, which describes one of its goals as enhancing “education by providing a network for...

Nikki Keating, News Editor

November 18, 2022

Kahn Hall now has compost bins located on the first floor and two additional bins will on all other floors. The program is sponsored by the Office of Environmental Sustainability and the Resource Conservation Team.  “The Kahn Hall composting pilot program is the first residential collection spot on campus but will be expanded to other residential buildings in the coming months,” Sustainability Manager Heather Adelman wrote in an email to the Review. “The Office of Environmental Sustainability...

Sofia Tomasic, Senior Staff Writer

November 18, 2022

As part of a plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2025, the College aims to transition building heating systems from steam to exclusively hot water for a more energy-efficient geothermal system, this change should be in place by 2024.  According to Chief Facilities Officer Kevin Brown, the temperature systems at Oberlin are undergoing large-scale transformations because of the enormous impact they have on Oberlin’s energy use.  “Heating is approximately 70 percent of our total energy...

Yendi Kai Foo

November 18, 2022

The mailroom recently placed electronic lockers next to the Rathskeller. The lockers, scheduled to start operating Jan. 2, 2023, are a result of the Sustainable Infrastructure Program, which will implement a geothermal HVAC system in Wilder Hall and use the former mailbox space for its mechanical and networking systems.  “The current student mailboxes are being eliminated due to some construction in Wilder Hall,” Kris Weber, facilities operations business manager, wrote in an email to the...

November 11, 2022

March 15, 2001 – November 4, 2022 Conservatory fourth-year Maura Olivero passed away on Friday, Nov. 4. Olivero was a Trumpet major and is remembered by friends, colleagues, and professors as a talented, kind, supportive, and cheerful force in every space they occupied. The community gathered to celebrate Olivero and stand vigil this past Wednesday evening. Olivero’s friends and family spoke and performed music in memory of their loved one. The Oberlin Review staff offers its condolences...

Ava Miller, Senior Staff Writer

November 18, 2022

Federal funding has provided waivers allowing schools to give students free lunches regardless of income since the beginning of the pandemic. Congressional funding for the waivers expired in late June, and free school lunches in Ohio will no longer be available to all students. However, Cleveland and Akron public schools will continue to provide free lunches to all students.    “Our meals in Akron will still be at no charge under the Community Eligibility Provision, as we were prior to the...

Kayla Kim, Contributing Sports Editor

November 11, 2022

This past Tuesday, Lorain County residents headed to the polls to vote in statewide and local elections. Continuing a 2020 trend, Lorain County voted primarily Republican; out of the 23 total races Lorain residents voted in, 17 Republican candidates were favored.  Not including the races in which candidates ran unopposed, the four races in which Lorain voters favored Democrats were for U.S. Senate, where Tim Ryan earned more votes than Senator-elect J.D. Vance; for Lorain County Auditor, where...

Sofia Tomasic, Senior Staff Writer

November 11, 2022

The Oberlin City government is working on two simultaneous plans designed to develop local infrastructure. According to City Council member Michael McFarlin, one of these projects is a comprehensive plan addressing a variety of sectors including housing, economic development, and general infrastructure. The project will run until the end of 2023. “If residents of Oberlin need something, ideally we would like to have a situation where they’re 100 percent coming downtown or staying in the...