Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

District Hires New Assistant Superintendent

Willa Rubin May 6, 2016

Throughout the past year, Oberlin City Schools Board of Education has been working through the process of replacing the district’s current school buildings with more efficient facilities. The current...

The College’s Voluntary Separation Incentive Plan encourages faculty and staff to retire early in exchange for a significant compensation package. This plan is projected to save the College $1.5–3.5
million per year.

College Offers Cash for Early Retirement

Julian Ring and Madeline Stocker May 6, 2016

Over the next three weeks, 177 faculty and staff must decide whether or not they want to take the College up on its offer to retire early in exchange for a relatively hefty severance package. The deal,...

Local News Bulletin

April 29, 2016

County Vocational School to Offer Career Camp Lorain County JVS will offer a free career exploration camp called ExCEL this summer for rising ninth and tenth graders. ExCEL will run from June 14–16....

Feature Photo: The Wright Side of History

Feature Photo: The Wright Side of History

Adam Gittin, News editor April 29, 2016

Norman Craig, OC ’53 and emeritus professor of chemistry, gives a talk on the Wright brothers sponsored by the Oberlin Heritage Center at Kendal at Oberlin’s Heiser Auditorium. Many are familiar with...

Office Manager Michele Spiroff talks to a student at the Counseling Center. Student Senate is gathering signatures for a petition to move Student Health Services and the Counseling
Center to a more central location on campus.

Petition Proposing Student Health Relocation Circulates Campus

Madeline Stocker, Editor in Chief April 29, 2016

In what could be the culmination of a year-long effort, student senators are attempting to rally support for their petition to move Student Health Services and the Counseling Center to a more central location...

Miriam Zoila Pérez is a doula, reproductive rights activist and blogger. She has written and self-published her own guide for radical doulas.

Off the Cuff: Miriam Zoila Pérez, Radical Doula, Activist, Blogger

Adam Gittin, News editor April 29, 2016

Miriam Zoila Pérez is a queer Cuban-American doula, reproductive rights activist and blogger. In 2007, she founded the Radical Doula blog, which unites doula work with birth activism and social justice....

Patrons serve themselves at India Gardens buffet. The restaurant opened on April 21 and occupies Magpie Pizzas old space.

India Garden Latest of City’s New Eateries

Harrison Wollman, Staff writer April 29, 2016

Oberlin community members and College students alike have associated the large glass windows on the corner of East College and North Pleasant Streets with quality pizza for over five years. When Magpie...

Incoming North-South Fund to Address Campus Divide

Adam Gittin, News editor April 29, 2016

The Office of the President is slated to give Student Senate a lump sum of $5,000 as funding for future initiatives to help better unify north and south campus. During a meeting with student senators...

Michael J. Frantz, of Cleveland firm Frantz Ward LLP, leaves negotiations with OCOPE Friday afternoon as protestors line the exit route. The labor union, which represents 190 campus workers, is undergoing
contract negotiations with administrators until June 30.

Students Rally as OCOPE Negotiations Continue

Madeline Stocker, Editor-in-Chief April 29, 2016

Students, faculty and College employees from multiple labor unions gathered outside Hall Auditorium earlier today in support of campus workers currently engaging in contract negotiations with the College. The...

Review Security Notebook

April 29, 2016

Thursday, April 21 12 p.m. Facilities staff reported graffiti in the men’s restroom of the Service Building. The drawing was a figure done in marker. A work order was filed for cleanup. 6:44 p.m....

Jeffrey Wasserstrom is Chancellor’s Professor of History at UC Irvine who specializes in modern Chinese history. He visited Oberlin to give a talk on the Boxer Crisis of 1900.

Off the Cuff: Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Professor, Author, Historian

Adam Gittin, News editor April 24, 2016

Jeffrey Wasserstrom is Chancellor’s Professor of History at UC Irvine. He has authored four books, including China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know, and frequently contributes to newspapers...

Local News Bulletin

April 22, 2016

City to Design Stormwater Plan In order to abide by the regulations outlined in the Environmental Protection Agency’s federal Clean Water Act, Oberlin will improve infrastructure to prevent and reduce...

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