Juanita Alabi and Ella Moxley

June 18, 2021

ABUSUA, Oberlin’s Black Student Union, and the College’s Juneteenth committee will be hosting Oberlin’s first Juneteenth Celebration in the form of a block party this evening from 3–7 p.m. in Wilder Main Space.  The event will include games, music, and food catered by The Arb at Tappan Square and will mark the start of several more events occurring in town, including tonight’s celebration of Black art, Light In The Tunnel: Reflections on Freedom, and a parade to be hosted tomorrow by...

Anisa Curry Vietze, Editor-in-Chief

June 11, 2021

Assistant Vice President of Student Life Adrian Bautista is leaving Oberlin on July 16 for a position at Skidmore College, making him the fourth dean in the Division of Student Life to leave in the past two months. President Carmen Twillie Ambar announced Bautista’s departure in a June 9 email to the campus community. Clare Rahm will temporarily fill the senior leadership role in the division starting June 14 as special assistant to the president for Student Affairs. Rahm is a former associate...

Ella Moxley, News Editor

June 11, 2021

The pandemic impacted colleges’ admissions strategies across the country, with more and more college students taking leave and high school seniors opting for a gap year. However, for Oberlin, both enrollment and admissions outcomes look positive; few current students took leave this summer, and the incoming class of 2025 is robust. Because of these and other reasons, Oberlin anticipates coming out of the pandemic with minimal financial harm. Oberlin Admissions, Enrollment Strong Despite COVID-19...

Gigi Ewing, News Editor

June 11, 2021

After a 10-month process of returning the belongings students left on campus in March 2020, the College opened access to students and community members to take unclaimed items on Wednesday. The College had previously kept students’ belongings in 13 trailers located behind Kander Theater.  When students left campus in spring 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the College instructed students to leave behind any belongings they couldn’t take with them in labeled boxes in their rooms, assuring...

Kush Bulmer, Production Editor

June 11, 2021

As students began their first few weeks of summer classes, 97 trees were cut down in Wilder Bowl, along West College Street, and at the intersection of North Professor and Elm Street. The trees needed to be removed in order to implement the College’s four-year sustainable energy project, which will replace deteriorating — and in some places century-old — steampipe infrastructure with a more efficient heating system.  According to Assistant Vice President of Campus Energy and Sustainability...

Aaron Morales Dolich , Writer

June 11, 2021

When students arrived on campus on May 20 for summer move-in, some found that their new accommodations were unclean or previous occupants had not yet left. The College has since compensated the returning students by arranging temporary housing and giving them extra Flex points. Because of the rapid turnaround between semesters, The Office of Residential Education asked students to be prepared to move out May 13 before 9 a.m.; they planned to send students an email with instructions for moving...

Kush Bulmer, Production Editor

June 18, 2021

The two reservoirs on Morgan Street — colloquially known as the Arb, after the Oberlin College Arboretum to which they are directly adjacent — will be remodelled to meet state regulations. Following two and a half years of consultation, City Council hopes to receive a bid for approval during its Aug. 16 meeting so that contracted work can begin in the coming fall. The proposed plan is estimated to cost the City $300,000. The approved proposal by the city-enlisted Environmental Design Group...

Ella Moxley, News Editor

June 4, 2021

On Wednesday June 2 many Ohio Department of Health orders related to COVID-19 were lifted, giving many Oberlin businesses the opportunity to reopen, expand hours, or loosen health restrictions. This past Tuesday, Slow Train Cafe opened indoor seating for the first time since March 2020, and today, the Apollo Theatre reopens after a year of being closed to the general public.  Many of the businesses in Oberlin are easing into changes despite the end to public health orders this week. The Apollo...

Amelia Connelly

June 4, 2021

On April 12, The Ohio Justice & Policy Center and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections, the Grafton Correctional Institute, and the Marion Correctional Institute. The suit claims that the ODRC took the COVID-relief checks away from incarcerated Ohioans to pay court fees and fines. Michael Zuckerman, an OJPC attorney, spoke to the necessity of these relief checks for incarcerated Ohioans in an April 13 article in The...