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...
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...
Olive Hwang, Production Editor
April 9, 2021
Obies designed posters in support of dining hall employees at the recent Student-Worker Solidarity Art Build. The event, hosted by the Student Labor Action Coalition, was...
Gigi Ewing, News Editor
March 5, 2021
Editor’s note: This article contains mentions of assault and racism. In a Black History Month post on Instagram last week, College third-year Nasirah Fair highlighted...
Katherine MacPhail, Anna Farber, and L. Joshua Jackson
November 13, 2020
Eight years ago, Tappan Square spontaneously erupted into celebration after President Barack Obama was elected to a second term. While Joe Biden’s election to the presidency...
Katherine MacPhail, Editor-in-Chief
April 14, 2021
Temptaous Mckoy is an assistant professor of English who specializes in technical writing at Bowie State University. McKoy earned her PhD from East Carolina University with...
Kushagra Kar, Opinions Editor
March 10, 2021
College fourth-year Henry Hicks has served as chair of Student Senate since spring 2020. College fourth-year Jasmine Mitchell has been on Senate since fall 2020 and currently...
Thursday, March 25, 2021 4:30 p.m. A student reported lost house and car keys, possibly in the area of West Lorain Street, and filed a property card. Friday, March 26, 2021 8:58 a.m. Campus Safety Officers and Oberlin Fire Department members responded to a fire alarm at Noah Hall. The cause of the alarm was a malfunctioning smoke detector. Repairs were made and the alarm was reset. 12:22 p.m. A student reported the theft of their red Diamondback mountain bike from the bike rack outside...