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The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Students File Complaint After Conductor Uses Racial Epithet

Elizabeth Dobbins, News Editor March 6, 2015

Three students from the Oberlin Baroque Orchestra submitted a complaint to the Conservatory dean’s office after a rehearsal on Feb. 23, where guest conductor Jaap ter Linden told an anecdote in which...

College junior Maya Wergeles holds office hours in the Sexual Information Center. The SIC plans to host a week of events which take a broad, intersectional view of sex and sexuality.

Sexual Information Center Renames, Refocuses Safer Sex Week

Elizabeth Dobbins, News Editor March 6, 2015

The Sexual Information Center announced plans last week to host a weeklong series of events designed to replace and reimagine the goals of Safer Sex Week. The event, called Radical Explorations of Sexual...

Student Senate interviews a prospective Steering Committee candidate, College first-year Joshua Koller. This week, the student body and Senate elected and appointed six new student members to the Strategic Planning Steering Committee.

Six Students Added to Steering Committee

Louie Krauss, Staff Writer February 27, 2015

The student body elected College junior Sophie Umazi Mvurya, College first-year Nina Pulley and College second-year Jasmine Anderson to the Steering Committee last week. In addition, Student Senate selected...

Review Security Notebook

February 27, 2015

Thursday, Feb. 19
 11:24 p.m. A resident of a North Pleasant Street village housing unit reported broken water pipes in the utility room. A facilities plumber responded for repairs. Friday, Feb....

Student Senators, College first-year Anjali Kolachalam (left), College junior Rachel Weinstein and College sopho- more Cory Ventresca watch as double-degree sophomore Jeremy Poe (center) presents the Student Health Work- ing Group’s plans for this semester at the Senate plenary last Sunday. The group is working on several initiatives to
improve mental health services on campus.

Working Group Prioritizes Mental Health

Elizabeth Dobbins, News Editor February 27, 2015

Members of Student Senate’s Student Health Working Group are pushing for a variety of initiatives this semester to improve the accessibility, visibility and quality of student mental health services,...

The North Coast Toast Truck serves food outside of Mudd library in the fall of 2013. Oberlin City Council is debating a new ordinance which would establish regulations to allow food trucks in Oberlin.

Council Considers Creating Food Truck Ordinance

Katherine Kingma February 27, 2015

The City Council is currently refining a potential new ordinance that would allow food trucks to legally operate in Oberlin for the first time. “The ordinance has to go through three readings by the...

Off the Cuff: Fred Kuwornu, filmmaker and activist

Elizabeth Dobbins, News Editor February 27, 2015

Fred Kuwornu, an Italian-Ghanaian filmmaker and activist, visited Oberlin earlier this week as a part of Black History Month. His visit included the screening of several of his documentaries and a talk...

Featured Photo: Regina Benjamin

Featured Photo: Regina Benjamin

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief February 27, 2015

Regina Benjamin, former Surgeon General and current professor of Public Health Sciences at Xavier University of Louisiana, speaks to an audience in Finney Chapel on Wednesday night as part of the Convocation...

Students Promote Inclusivitity in Math, Sciences

Emma Paul, Staff Writer February 27, 2015

This semester students created several new groups aimed at providing safe spaces for women, non-binary individuals and minorities navigating certain departments that have been traditionally white and male-dominated,...

Marijuana Group Pushes for Oberlin Lab

Marisa Aikins February 20, 2015

The city of Oberlin is now a contender to house a marijuana testing facility. ResponsibleOhio, a nonprofit organization campaigning to legalize marijuana for medical and personal use for adults over the...

This chart shows the difference in Oberlin's emissions in metric tons of CO2 in 2015 and 2012.  .

City Meets Target, Halves Carbon Emissions

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief February 20, 2015

The city of Oberlin has met its target of cutting 2012 greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2015. Oberlin emitted 113,832 metric tons of greenhouse gases in 2012 and is projected to emit 56,866 metric tons...

Off the Cuff: Scott O. Lilienfeld, Samuel Candler Dobbs professor of psychology at Emory University and psychopathology expert

Elizabeth Dobbins, News Editor February 20, 2015

Content Warning: The following interview contains ableist language, including discussion of terms used in the work of the interviewee. Scott O. Lilienfeld, Samuel Candler Dobbs professor of psychology...

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