When a grand jury indicted Robert Coop for arson in 1985, Ronald Reagan occupied the White House, the Soviet Union still existed and Back to the Future topped the box office.
Thirty-one years later,...
After nearly a decade of service at Oberlin, President Marvin Krislov announced Tuesday morning that he will end his tenure with the college on June 30, 2017. In an email addressed to the Oberlin community,...
Friday, Sept. 2
9:47 p.m. A Safety and Security officer assisted a student who received a shock while hanging lights in their room at South Hall. The student was transported to Mercy Allen Hospital for...
Implementation committees for the Strategic Plan have started meeting. That much is clear.
Everything else — from who is on the implementation committees to how the implementation committees will interact...
Chaining a bicycle to a signpost or a fence is about to become a lot more costly in Oberlin.
At a meeting on Tuesday, City Council passed an ordinance allowing the Oberlin Police Department to confiscate...
Brett Walker is a Regents Professor of History at Montana State University with expertise in Japanese health and medicine and its environmental history. After graduating from the College of Idaho in 1989,...
Oberlin voters will not decide the distribution of $2.6 million in Renewable Energy Credits this fall because of a paperwork error in submitting a ballot initiative.
The Lorain County Board of Elections...
At 9:20 a.m. on Tuesday, Conservatory junior Kat Chavez tried to open the DeCafé door to buy some oatmeal.
The door didn’t budge. She was shocked to find DeCafé now opens two hours later on weekdays...
An Oberlin City Council meeting that promised to conclude the nine-month search for a permanent city manager resulted in a stalemate Aug. 15. The process has dragged on since former City Manager Eric Norenberg...
As Professor of Rhetoric and Composition Joy Karega’s governance process enters its seventh month, many members of the Oberlin community are asking: What’s taking so long?
The disciplinary process...
Rabbi Megan Doherty is beginning her first semester as Oberlin’s Jewish Campus Life Affiliate. The position involves reaching out to Jewish students to help them connect with the Jewish community, as...
Senator Sherrod Brown highlighted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Lorain County Health and Dentistry Clinic on Wednesday. During his speech to a crowd of around 50 people, Brown gave particular praise...
