Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Eboo Patel, president of Interfaith Youth Core

Off the Cuff: Eboo Patel, President of Interfaith Youth Core

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief October 28, 2016

Eboo Patel is the founder and president of Interfaith Youth Core, an organization that works to promote interfaith dialogue on college campuses. In 2007, Patel published an autobiography titled Acts of...

Security Report

October 28, 2016

  Thursday, Oct. 20
 1:33 a.m. Safety and Security officers on routine patrol at Talcott Hall detected an odor of natural gas. Members of the Oberlin Fire Department responded. Columbia Gas...

Trustees listen to student concerns about Title IX at the Trustee Forum on Thursday night in King. Student activists also raised the issue of adding student representatives to the board.

Students Call for Representatives on Board

Sydney Allen, Editor-in-Chief October 7, 2016

As the trustees conclude their first campus visit of the semester, student activists are fighting for a change to College governance: student representatives on the Board of Trustees. Former Student...

Lights shine on the Kohl Building, which was partially funded by money raised in the Oberlin Illuminate
fundraising campaign, Thursday night. The College officially concluded the campaign
June 30.

Fundraising Campaign Rakes in $318 Million

October 7, 2016

Trustees, donors and volunteers will celebrate the end of Oberlin Illuminate, the most successful fundraising campaign in the College’s history, at a dinner tonight. Over the course of the seven-year...

Confidentiality Limits Dialogue at Trustee Forum

Louis Krauss, News Editor October 7, 2016

The Board of Trustees held this academic year’s first forum yesterday, inviting students to King Hall for intimate conferences with trustees, often the most direct channel for the community to address...

Feature Photo: Bill McKibben Heats Up Finney

Feature Photo: Bill McKibben Heats Up Finney

October 7, 2016

Noted environmentalist and 350.org founder Bill McKibben delivers a talk titled “The Hottest Fight in the Hottest Year” Thursday night in Finney Chapel. To McKibben, the climate crisis could not be...

Framing of Race Series Seeks to Address Oppression

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief October 7, 2016

While a distinguished speaker giving a talk on an important social issue might not be new at Oberlin, the event series that sponsored this talk, The Framing of Race, is. Duke Professor Eduardo Bonilla-Silva,...

Gregory Kulacki, expert on China-U.S. relations.

Off the Cuff: Gregory Kulacki, Nuclear Weapon and Control Expert

Melissa Harris, Editor-in-Chief October 7, 2016

Gregory Kulacki specializes in cross-cultural communication between the United States and China. He has been working for the Union of Concerned Scientists since 2002, promoting dialogue amongst experts...

Security Report

October 7, 2016

Thursday, Sept. 29 
12:34 p.m. Safety and Security officers and members of the Oberlin Fire Department responded to a fire alarm, set off by smoke from burnt food, in the third-floor kitchenette of...

City Council listens to a resident share thoughts on the new council manual on Monday. Council hopes the manual will
help orient new members and remind all members to remain constructive.

City Council Approves New Member Manual

Eliza Guinn, Copy Editor October 7, 2016

After two years of discord, City Council approved an orientation manual to help new members and promote a cooperative environment at their meeting Monday. The manual covers the basics of Oberlin’s...

A visitor at The Hotel at Oberlin strolls past the bar. While construction continues on portions of the Peter B. Lewis Gateway Center, the hotel will host its first large conference Oct. 6–8 with participation from Arnold Schwarzenegger and famous environmentalist Bill McKibben.

Climate Conference Draws Leading Activists

Sydney Allen, Editor-in-Chief September 30, 2016

Some of the biggest names in environmentalism will come to town for The Hotel at Oberlin's first major event this week. In response to growing national awareness and urgency about climate change, the...

Alumni Influenced Governance Process, Karega Says

Eliza Guinn, Copy Editor September 30, 2016

Breaking nearly two months of silence, Professor of Composition and Rhetoric Joy Karega returned to campus for a student-organized meeting in Afrikan Heritage House Wednesday night. Karega told those...

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