Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Review Security Notebook

September 25, 2015

Thursday, Sept. 17 12:16 a.m. Officers responded to a loud noise complaint at a Village Housing unit on South Professor Street. Students agreed to leave the area. A second complaint was filed at 2:16...

Feature Photo: Kent Wong, UCLA professor and activist

Feature Photo: Kent Wong, UCLA professor and activist

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief September 25, 2015

Kent Wong, professor at University of California, Los Angeles and director of the Center for Labor Research and Education, gave a talk at the College yesterday titled “Undocumented and Unafraid: A New...

The Oberlin Gasholder Building, constructed in 1889 to store coal gas, will house the new Underground Railroad museum. The planning group is still finalizing
a construction timeline amid budget constraints.

City to Transform Gasholder into Museum

Kerensa Loadholt September 25, 2015

Oberlin has found a new use for an old building: a museum commemorating the city’s role in the Underground Railroad, housed in the Gasholder Building on South Main Street behind McDonald’s. City Council...

Two facilities workers complete a work order. The College and the UAW have been at loggerheads
over an administrative proposal to record how long facilities workers spend completing work orders.

UAW, College Gridlocked Over Contract

Andrea Wang September 25, 2015

The United Auto Workers, the labor union that represents facilities workers, is clashing with Oberlin College over proposed procedural changes. The College’s plan would levy a more rigid time-evaluation...

Local News Bulletin

September 25, 2015

News briefs from the past week Career Center Names Interim Director The Career Center named Gayle Boyer its interim director on Tuesday following former director Richard Berman’s departure. Boyer...

The Joint Vocational School in Pittsfield Township is currently engaged in a legal battle with the city of
Oberlin. Oberlin sued the Lorain County Vocational School last June in an attempt to legally annex the school.

Vocational School Resists City Annexation

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief September 25, 2015

The city of Oberlin wants to expand city limits to include the Lorain County Joint Vocational School, but the school doesn’t want to join. JVS is currently located in Pittsfield Township, an unincorporated...

Off the Cuff: Steve Volk, Professor of History

Off the Cuff: Steve Volk, Professor of History

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief September 18, 2015

Steve Volk is a professor of History and founding director of the Center for Teaching Innovation and Excellence at Oberlin. In 2011, the Council for Advancement and Support of Education and the Carnegie...

Carr Pool, Philips Gym to Undergo Renovations

Melissa Harris, Editor-in-Chief September 18, 2015

Oberlin College’s 44-year-old athletic facilities, Philips gym and Robert Carr Pool, are slated to undergo major renovations this March. Additions to the space will include a new fitness center, more...

College sophomore Kopo Oromeng paints a mural in Sonia Brown’s home, also known as Auntie Na’s House, during a service trip to Detroit last fall break. Brown will visit campus to discuss her nonprofit organization at the First Church in Oberlin tonight.

Auntie Na Discusses Plans for Home Expansion

Tyler Sloan, Editor in Chief September 18, 2015

Known fondly by many as “Auntie Na,” Detroit-based community organizer Sonia Brown is the proprietor of a house that many consider to be more than a home. The owner of a space that serves copious purposes...

A construction worker plows through the worksite of the new Lorain County Health & Dentistry clinic at 260 South Main Street. The clinic is expected to
open in early 2016.

Lorain County Health & Dentistry Builds New Clinic

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief September 18, 2015

Health care in Oberlin broke new ground this week as construction of the Lorain County Health & Dentistry clinic at 260 South Main Street began. “The goal is to bring affordable primary and preventive...

Associate Dean of Students and Dean of the Class of 2016 Kimberly Jackson Davidson, a member of the search committee for a new director of the Multicultural Resource Center, watches fellow committee members address student concerns at a listening session on Tuesday.

Students Assist in MRC Director Search

Kerensa Loadholt September 18, 2015

With the recent departure of its former director, the Multicultural Resource Center is on the lookout for a new supervisor — a selection process that many students hope will yield a more suitable leader...

Half Waif frontwoman Nandi Rose Plunkett performs for an attentive Cat in the Cream audience. Half Waif previewed songs from its upcoming LP, the yet-to-be-titled follow-up to its debut Kotekan, on Saturday night.

Kenyon Graduate Brings Synth-Pop to Cat

Lya Finston September 18, 2015

College junior Sammy Mellman joined bands Half Waif and Sedna’s not alone. for a cohesive and friendly show at the Cat in the Cream Saturday night, creating a warm atmosphere of sweet tunes and even...

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