Anisa Curry Vietze, Editor-in-Chief

April 16, 2021

Dana Hamdan, executive director of the Career Development Center and associate dean of students, is leaving Oberlin College for a position at Brown University. There, she will work as the senior director for Strategic Engagement and chief of staff in the Division of Campus Life. Hamdan’s departure from Oberlin is effective May 7, according to an email sent to faculty and staff yesterday from Chief of Staff David Hertz.  “Dana has always kept her eye on student development and cultivating...

Sydney Rosensaft , Staff Writer

April 16, 2021

AVI Foodsystems — which took over from the College’s previous partner, Bon Appétit, this year — has made several changes to ensure that students who are fasting during Ramadan have access to meals before sunrise and after sunset. While Campus Dining Services has always adjusted the meal plan for the month-long holiday, the new dining vendor has implemented more extensive changes to ensure students have access to food. AVI has implemented a program where participating students can pick up...

Ella Moxley , News Editor

April 16, 2021

The College released the academic calendar for the 2021-2022 academic year yesterday, announcing that Oberlin will return to a standard two-semester schedule. President Carmen Twille Ambar sent the official calendar in an email to students, citing the ever-shifting public health landscape as the reason the calendar was not finalized earlier in the year.  The upcoming summer semester, which ends Sept. 2, has pushed most key dates in the 2021-2022 calendar back. The fall semester will begin on...

Gigi Ewing, News Editor

April 14, 2021

The Federal Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended pausing distribution of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine yesterday, citing six cases of severe blood clotting in individuals who had recently received the vaccine. The news comes after the College inoculated nearly 600 students, faculty, and staff with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in a clinic that ran from last Friday through this Monday.  However, the clotting appears to be an extremely...

Youssouf Doumbia , Writer

April 14, 2021

Oberlin administrators, students, and parents are in the midst of Commencement planning after the College announced plans for a modified in-person ceremony on March 25. To comply with campus- and state-mandated COVID-19 restrictions, the event will be broken into two separate ceremonies with limited guests.  The two ceremonies will occur on May 14 at Bailey Field and will feature New York Times White House Correspondent Peter Baker as the Commencement speaker. Baker will speak at both ceremonies...

Ella Moxley and Zoë Martin del Campo

April 9, 2021

Two weeks ago, the Biochemistry Department hosted a listening session to allow students to share concerns about diversity and inclusion within the department. The meeting came after an opinions piece published in the Review elicited a strong reaction from students, faculty, and alumni.  In the original article, College fourth-year Ritesh Isuri discussed their experiences with racial and gender-based discrimination in the Biochemistry and Physics departments. According to Isuri, they have received...

Gigi Ewing and Ella Moxley

March 17, 2021

Governor Mike DeWine announced yesterday morning that Ohioans sixteen and older will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine starting March 29. The same day, the College's partners at Harness Health indicated that the College had been approved as a vaccine distribution center by the state of Ohio. The College received no indication of when vaccines will be sent but is hopeful that the campus community will receive them soon.  According to COVID-19 Campus Health Coordinator Katie Gravens and Chief...

Gigi Ewing, Ella Moxley, and Nico Vickers

March 12, 2021

The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic on March 11, 2020, sending the whole world into a tailspin. A year later, life on campus looks strikingly different than before the pandemic, and our college experience looks different than what we pictured for ourselves, but we appreciate the adjustments made to keep the Oberlin community as safe as possible, as President Carmen Twillie Ambar recently discussed with The New York Times.  For the Review, the anniversary of the pandemic...

Ella Moxley, News Editor

February 26, 2021

Teachers in the Oberlin City School District will begin to receive COVID-19 vaccinations today. Although students are already back in the classroom part-time, the district hopes that vaccinations will accommodate a safe transition to more hours of in-person learning later this semester. While Oberlin City Schools will not make the vaccine mandatory for employees, approximately 85 percent of teachers and staff in the district have expressed interest in vaccination. Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced...