Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Security Report

December 9, 2016

Thursday, Dec. 1
 10:25 a.m. Safety and Security officers were requested to assist an ill student in Dascomb Hall. The student was taken in an ambulance to Mercy Allen Hospital for treatment. 12...

People walk past Agave Burrito Bar and Tequileria on West College Street. Local resident Brae Chamberlin was arrested Nov. 19 around 1 a.m. for skateboarding on the street and sidewalk by the restaurant, an offense police call “Toys in the Street.”

Local Arrest Raises Police Bias Concerns

Louis Krauss, News Editor December 2, 2016

In response to the arrest of Oberlin resident Brae Chamberlin, 21, students silently protested outside the Oberlin Police station Nov. 22, claiming local police acted with racial bias when arresting him. Chamberlin,...

Regulators Move Forward with NEXUS Pipeline

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief December 2, 2016

A new pipeline that would carry natural gas directly through Oberlin has received a stamp of approval from regulators in spite of local opposition. Staffers at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission...

A student talks to the administrative assistant in the Dean of Studies Office. The office will be terminated at the end of the school year.

College to Eliminate Dean of Studies Office

Sydney Allen, Editor-in-Chief December 2, 2016

In an effort to consolidate and restructure offices on campus, administrators have decided to eliminate the Dean of Studies Office. The decision is part of the Strategic Plan’s implementation and...

The College’s Student Health and Counseling centers, at the bottom right of the photo, are located more than a quarter mile from the central part of campus. Some students and faculty hope the centers will be moved closer to campus.

Students Continue Push for Health Center to Relocate

Sydney Allen, Editor-in-Chief December 2, 2016

Members of the Student Health Working Group and Student Senate are pushing for the relocation of the Student Health Center and Counseling Center on the capital planning agenda. The request comes on the...

Feature Photo: Krislov Announces Sanctuary Campus Status

Feature Photo: Krislov Announces Sanctuary Campus Status

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief December 2, 2016

Students gather around the front steps of Wilder Hall Nov. 16, calling for Oberlin College to become a sanctuary campus. President Krislov responded in an email to the community Thursday and...

Civil rights lawyer Theodore Shaw

Off the Cuff: Theodore M. Shaw, Civil Rights Lawyer

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief December 2, 2016

Theodore M. Shaw is the director of the Center for Civil Rights and the Julius L. Chambers Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina School of Law at Chapel Hill. He previously served as the...

Security Report

December 2, 2016

Thursday, Nov. 24 3:49 p.m. A Safety and Security officer on routine patrol noticed the roof hatch open on Johnson House. Upon checking the area, the officer found that the door leading to the roof...

Students filed slowly through the front door of Cox Building and out the back, chanting slogans including no papers, no fear and here to stay.

Students March for a Sanctuary Campus

Melissa Harris, Editor-in-Chief November 18, 2016

Hundreds of students and community members made their way through Tappan Square Wednesday, calling on the College to become a sanctuary campus and joining a movement of approximately 100 colleges across...

Members of the biker club Strays Grafton write the group’s name over a Tappan Square rock Saturday morning that had read “Black Lives Matter.” At least three different biker groups, including the Hell’s Angels, came out to support Gibsons.

Community Clashes Over Gibson’s Protests

Louis Krauss, News Editor November 18, 2016

Following two days of intense student protest, nearby Ohioans and biker clubs filed into Oberlin Saturday morning to support Gibson’s Bakery. Approximately 80 leather jacket-clad bikers showed up in...

Karega Fired After Split Faculty Recommendations

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief November 18, 2016

The Board of Trustees fired former Rhetoric and Composition Professor Joy Karega Tuesday after nine months of bitter argument and national media attention. Karega’s Facebook posts, which were the...

Frandsen: College’s Financial Trajectory Unsustainable

Sydney Allen, Editor-in-Chief November 18, 2016

The College’s financial situation is unsustainable without substantive cuts, administrators say, and by filling out a survey, College community members will help decide where those cuts will fall. Vice...

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