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...
Adrienne Sato, Senior Staff Writer
April 26, 2024
Last Friday, Oberlin hosted Senior Launch Party in combination with Alumni Ascent to celebrate seniors’ accomplishments while simultaneously connecting them with campus resources. The event was part of the Senior Launch Program, a year-long series of events which aims to provide graduating students with all of the necessary resources for a successful transition out of Oberlin. This is the first year that Oberlin has hosted a Senior Launch party. According to Walker Blue Miller, assistant director...
Yasu Shinozaki and Layla Wallerstein
April 19, 2024
On Saturday, The Oberlin Review celebrated its 150th anniversary with panels featuring current staff and notable alumni, and networking events for students to make connections with and receive advice from alumni in the field of journalism. The events were attended by around 50 alumni, current Review staff, and students interested in journalism. The morning panel, moderated by former Editor-in-Chief Kushagra Kar, OC ’23, featured members of the current Review staff and College fourth-year Hazel...
April 19, 2024
This month, the Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion and Preventing and Responding to Sexual Misconduct, in collaboration with the Peer Support Center, the Sexual Information Center, and Survivors of Sexual Harm and Allies, have organized consent workshops to inform students about consent in a variety of situations in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month this April. “The Office of EDI and PRSM started Consent Month in 2018 when PRSM was still a fairly new organization,”...
Yasu Shinozaki, News Editor
April 19, 2024
Last January, the Center for Information Technology opened the Project Management Office. The office will coordinate large-scale IT projects, handling details such as budgeting, scheduling, and communications. The office’s first project was the updated Services Portal, which launched the week of March 25. The new portal, accessible to students on Oberview, presents an updated interface through which students can request services from CIT and the Office of the Dean of Students. IT Project Management...
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...
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...
Karthik Ranganadhan, Senior Staff Writer
April 19, 2024
College second-year Tanisha Shende is majoring in Computer Science and Mathematics with a minor in Sociology. She was named National Student Employee of the Year and Student...