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The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Bill Cosby talks about his early interest in jazz music at Finney Chapel on April 30, 2010, as part of the Conservatory’s celebration weekend for the opening of the Kohl Building. Cosby received an honorary degree from Oberlin that weekend, but many students are calling for its retraction in light of the rape allegations against him.

Board Declines Request to Revoke Cosby’s Degree

Audrey Rowland November 13, 2015

Since the controversy over Bill Cosby’s alleged rape of dozens of women began, nine schools have rescinded Cosby’s honorary degrees. Oberlin is not one of them. Instead, the College is one of many...

GSFS Majors Push for Permanent Faculty 

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief November 13, 2015

While Oberlin may have been one of the first schools to admit women, the College is the last among its peer schools to go without a full Gender Studies program — a fact that a recent student petition...

Local News Bulletin

November 13, 2015

MRC Celebrates 20th Anniversary Ignacio G. Rivera, a queer Boricua performance artist, activist, filmmaker, lecturer and sex educator, is holding a workshop on desire and consent at the Third World...

Concerns Over Parking Grow as Magpie Closes

Concerns Over Parking Grow as Magpie Closes

Tyler Sloan, Editor in Chief November 13, 2015

Magpie Pizza’s storefront on East College Street showed no sign of life on Sunday afternoon. Next to the “Closed” sign, a note hung ominously on the front door. “Dear Oberlin Residents and Valued...

City Manager Eric Norenberg discusses plans for Oberlin’s Underground Railroad Museum with the proj- ect’s implementation team at a meeting on Wednesday. Norenberg recently announced plans to leave Oberlin in December for a new city management position.

City Manager to Leave in December

Louis Krauss, News Editor November 13, 2015

After eight years on the job, Eric Norenberg is preparing to leave his position as city manager. Norenberg recently received a similar managerial position in a city that will be announced publicly on Monday....

The Western Reserve Land Conservancy recently purchased a 63-acre parcel of the Oberlin Great South Woods. The environmental group plans to turn the area into a preserve for Oberlin residents.

Conservancy Group to Preserve South Woods

Jake Berstein November 6, 2015

A local conservation group plans to open a new park featuring a wetland habitat. The Western Reserve Land Conservancy, an organization that works to preserve and restore natural habitats in eastern...

College sophomores Josh Biales (left) and Christian Bolles file out of Philips gym after casting their votes on Election Day. Ohioans voted yes on Issue 1, which calls for redrawing voting districts, and on Issue 2, an anti-monopoly initiative, but rejected the initiative to legalize marijuana.

Issue 3 Flops in Election Day Turnaround

Tyler Sloan and Eliza Guinn November 6, 2015

After the proposed legalization policy went up in smoke, many Ohioans were left wondering why the pro-marijuana support had seemingly vaporized behind the polls. The push for marijuana legalization,...

Right-Wing Activist Poses as Student, Secretly Films Professors

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief November 6, 2015

Oberlin College has joined an exclusive club that includes NPR, the New Jersey Teachers Unions, Planned Parenthood and ACORN — organizations that conservative activist James O’Keefe has infiltrated...

Nancy Dye, 13th president of Oberlin, passed away this week.

Former President Nancy Dye Passes Away at 68

Melissa Harris, Editor-in-Chief November 6, 2015

Nancy Schrom Dye, the first and only woman to serve as president of Oberlin College, died on Wednesday, Oct. 28, at her Lakewood home after battling a rare neurological syndrome. She was 68 years old. Dye...

David Makovsky, Ziegler distinguished fellow at The Washington Institute and former senior advisor on Secretary of State John Kerry’s Israel-Palestine peace team.

Off the Cuff: David Makovsky, Washington Institute Fellow

Tyler Sloan, Editor in Chief November 6, 2015

David Makovsky is the Ziegler distinguished fellow at The Washington Institute, a foreign policy thinktank. He worked as the senior advisor on Secretary of State John Kerry’s Israel-Palestine peace team...

Review Security Notebook

November 6, 2015

Friday, Oct. 30
 6:10 p.m. Staff at Philips gym reported the theft of an iPad Air and cell phone from a locked office. Safety and Security and members of the Oberlin Police Department responded to...

An employee makes a roll at Dascomb Dining Hall’s sushi bar. Many international students have cited Campus Dining Services’ cuisine as culturally
appropriative.

CDS Appropriates Asian Dishes, Students Say

Clover Linh Tran November 6, 2015

Diep Nguyen, a College first-year from Vietnam, jumped with excitement at the sight of Vietnamese food on Stevenson Dining Hall’s menu at Orientation this year. Craving Vietnamese comfort food, Nguyen...

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