Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Students Push for Agreement on College Taxes

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief December 12, 2015

The College owns roughly $200 million of property and pays no tax on the majority of it. Some student activists want that fact to change. Since nonprofits like the College are exempt from property taxes,...

Review Security Notebook

December 12, 2015

Friday, Dec. 4 6:19 a.m. Safety and Security officers responded to a report of vandalism in the restroom on the third floor of Wilder Hall. Nail polish was thrown on several walls and doors and graffiti...

Off the Cuff: Thais Francis, Actor, Writer and Producer

Off the Cuff: Thais Francis, Actor, Writer and Producer

Tyler Sloan, Editor in Chief December 12, 2015

Thais Francis is an actor, dancer, singer, writer, producer and instrumentalist who recently released a short film called Late Expectations. Originally from Trinidad and Tobago, Francis grew up in suburban...

Until Next Time: What’s to Come Next Semester

Tyler Sloan, Editor in Chief December 12, 2015

Strategic Plan: College President Marvin Krislov said that a final draft of the Strategic Plan will be published in March. The Steering Committee released a draft, titled Oberlin College Strategic Plan...

Dr. Carmen Phelps, a Multicultural Resource Center director candidate, speaks to students on Wednesday. Two
other candidates, Dr. Millicent Carvalho-Grevious and Dr. Teresita Levy, will visit the College Friday and Monday, respectively.

Search for MRC Director Continues as Candidates Visit College

Xiaoqian Zhu December 12, 2015

Only three candidates remain in the search for the new director of the Multicultural Resource Center. The first candidate to visit was Dr. Carmen Phelps, the director of Student Engagement for the Office...

Photo courtesy of Kate Doyle

Off the Cuff: Kate Doyle, Analyst at the National Security Archive

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief December 4, 2015

Kate Doyle is a senior analyst of U.S. policy in Latin America at the National Security Archive, an organization that uses declassified U.S. government documents to shed light on American foreign policy....

Construction workers assess the situation within the new Lewis Gateway Center, which the College borrowed $18 million to build. The rating agency Moody’s Investors
Services recently downgraded the College’s credit rating partially because of the College’s debt level.

Moody’s Downgrades College’s Credit Rating

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief December 4, 2015

The College has too much debt and depends too heavily on students for revenue, analysts from Moody’s Investors Service say. Moody’s, one of the two most important credit-rating agencies along with...

College sophomore and Student Senator Jesse Docter listens at the trustee forum on Thursday night. The forum included discussion of divestment and student input in decision making.

Students to Trustees: We’re Not Being Heard

Tyler Sloan, Editor in Chief December 4, 2015

With final exams looming and fall semester coming to a close, the Board of Trustees-Student forum in King Hall on Thursday night was sparsely attended. Still, students and trustees engaged in discourse...

Review Security Notebook

December 4, 2015

SECURITY ADVISORY Abusua, Oberlin’s Black student union, sent an email to Afrikan Heritage House residents Tuesday regarding a verbal assault that allegedly took place in the Saunders Lounge around...

Sal Talarico will serve as the new interim city
manager.

City Council Appoints Interim City Manager

Jack Rockwell December 4, 2015

As City Manager Eric Norenberg prepares to move to a new job in Milford, Delaware, City Council has decided to promote from within. City Council met on Nov. 30 to pass an ordinance appointing Sal Talarico,...

College sophomore Gloria Lewis dances in front of Wilder Hall, where students gathered for a Black Lives Matter protest on
Friday, Nov. 20. Dozens of people marched through the hallways of the Science Center and King Hall and throughout campus
chanting “Say her name” and “Black Lives Matter.” 

The protest culminated in a gathering in front of Wilder Hall, where attendees
engaged in conversations and other forms of creative expression about racism on campus.
The protest follows numerous campus events that have focused on the systemic oppression of people of color in higher education institutions. Black faculty and staff held a teach-in at Dye Lecture Hall on Wednesday, Nov. 18, and many also contributed to an
open letter of support for campus protestors at Oberlin College, University of Missouri, Yale University, Ithaca College, Claremont
McKenna College and elsewhere (“Staff, Faculty of Color Stand with Campus Protestors,” Nov. 20, 2015).

Feature Photo: Black Lives Matter

Tyler Sloan, Editor in Chief December 4, 2015

CDS and Students Discuss Cultural Appropriation

Sydney Allen, Editor-in-Chief December 4, 2015

Following claims of Campus Dining Services appropriating traditional Asian dishes, representatives from the South Asian, Vietnamese and Chinese student associations met with CDS to discuss students’...

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