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The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Kirsten Pai Buick, Professor

OTC: Kirsten Pai Buick, Art History Professor

Kameron Dunbar and Alex Davies March 9, 2018

Kirsten Pai Buick has been a professor of Art History at the University of New Mexico since 2001. She focuses on African-American art, western art, and representations of the human body. She has been researching...

Student Activity Fee Proposed to Increase $63 More Per Semester

Melissa Harris, Editor-in-Chief March 9, 2018

Student Senate presented the Office of the Student Treasurer’s proposed increase to the student activity fee by $63.16 per semester — totaling approximately $528 per academic year — to the Board...

Security Notebook

March 9, 2018

Saturday, March 3, 2018 9:46 p.m. Staff reported a strong odor on the third floor of Barrows Hall. Officers responded and located the room in question. A green leafy substance, consistent with marijuana,...

City Councilmembers discuss the NEXUS pipeline settlement prior to voting. Council voted unanimously against NEXUS, a shift from the previous vote of 4–3 in favor of the settlement last month.

Final Pipeline Vote Rejects NEXUS Settlement

Roman Broszkowski, Senior Staff Writer March 9, 2018

Oberlin City Council voted unanimously to reject a proposed settlement with NEXUS Gas Transmission Monday night. The council was previously split on accepting a deal with NEXUS, voting 4–3 for the deal...

Trustees Return to Oberlin to Better Understand Student Life

Sydney Allen, Editor-in-Chief March 9, 2018

This week, Oberlin administrators, faculty, trustees, and student senators convened for the Board of Trustees’ first 2018 meeting. The trustees participated in several events, including President Carmen...

Symposium Looks to Cityscapes to Address World Issues

Simon Idelson March 2, 2018

The College’s third annual Global Issues Symposium, The Global City, has begun its series of talks, discussions, and screenings that will run until April 27. The symposium will address daily life, politics,...

Heidi Brown, OC ’93, Investigator

Gabby Greene, Staff Writer March 2, 2018

Heidi Brown, OC ’93, is a former journalist for Forbes Magazine in Russia. She covered the Russian business environment after the collapse of the Soviet Union and has written extensively on Russia’s...

President Carmen Ambar presenting to students regarding Oberlin’s financial deficit.

Ambar Details Finances, Solutions to Students

Devyn Malouf and Melissa Harris March 2, 2018

President Carmen Ambar presented to students about Oberlin’s current budgetary state and answered subsequent questions Wednesday evening in King Building. Ambar mentioned how she intends to answer the...

Security Notebook

March 2, 2018

Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018 1:28 a.m. A student reported the theft of their jacket while attending an event at the ’Sco. 5:50 p.m. A student reported that they received a suspicious piece of mail, slid...

Oberlin’s Mercy Allen Hospital, a Mercy Health affiliate, will be merging with the second largest hospital network in Ohio: Bon Secours.

Mercy Health Will Merge with Bon Secours Health System by End of Year

Duncan Reid March 2, 2018

Mercy Health, the hospital network that operates the Mercy Allen Hospital in Oberlin, is merging with the Bon Secours Health System in a move that would create the fifth-largest Catholic health system...

Sara Hlupekile Longe, activist

OFF THE CUFF: Sara Hlupekile Longwe, Feminist Activist

Sydney Allen and Alex Davies February 23, 2018

Sara Hlupekile Longwe is an internationally renowned feminist activist from Zambia. She visited Oberlin Feb. 16 to give a talk titled, “Organizing to Tackle Women’s Issues in Lusaka Zambia,” which...

Tuesday’s City Council meeting, where more than 60 students and community members stood chanting to protest the city’s vote to settle with NEXUS over the incoming pipeline.

Council Votes to Settle with NEXUS

Sydney Allen and Tess Joosse February 23, 2018

“They’re breaking our laws, they’re taking our rights, but we won’t give up without a fight,” chanted the more than 60 Oberlin students and community members who protested during Tuesday’s...

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