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Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Off the Cuff: Randy Newman, Award-Winning Songwriter

Rosemary Boeglin, Editor in Chief October 4, 2013

Tell me a little bit about your relationship to Oberlin? I know your daughter is a student here. That’s essentially my relationship. I’ve worked with musicians who went here, my orchestrator now...

Limits of Home Rule Discussed Tonight at Potluck

Kristopher Fraser October 4, 2013

 Oberlin has recently begun to feel the effects of home rule, which grants local government a certain level of autonomy. It enables cities and counties to pass laws and municipal ordinances that the community...

Security Report: Sept. 19 – Sept. 25, 2013

Staff September 27, 2013

   Thursday, Sept. 19  2:27 p.m. Staff at Philips gym reported a missing folding chair from an office on the first floor. It is a black padded chair reportedly valued at $125 with red and yellow...

Off the Cuff with Richard R. Love, Scientific Director of the International Breast Cancer Research Foundation

Elizabeth Dobbins, Staff Writer September 27, 2013

Richard R. Love, OC ’66, is the scientific director of the International Breast Cancer Research Foundation.  For the past 20 years, Love has been conducting breast cancer clinical trials in Asia, and...

Community Culture Fest Celebrates Diversity

Elizabeth Dobbins, Staff Writer September 27, 2013

The Community Festival and the Culture Festival are combining this weekend to form one culture-centered event that will take place this Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. in Tappan Square. The two festivals, which...

City, College Launch App to Promote Oberlin

Erin Amlicke September 27, 2013

With a fast-approaching launch date of Sept. 28, the Oberlin App — a collaborative effort between the Oberlin Business Partnership, the City of Oberlin and the College — will soon be available for...

Toni Morrison Society Celebrates 25th Anniversary

Kate Gill, News Editor September 27, 2013

A standing ovation ushered novelist Toni Morrison onstage as students, faculty and community members awaited the convocation in Finney Chapel last Friday evening. The Toni Morrison Society, which just...

KHC Continues To Operate After OSCA Separation

Rachel Sacks September 27, 2013

Although there was considerable dissent from KHC members when they discovered last semester that KHC would no longer be an OSCA member, some are now able to find a silver lining to the departure. “I...

Off the Cuff: Rebecca Whelan, Associate Professor of Chemistry

Elizabeth Dobbins, Staff Writer September 20, 2013

How did you get into your field? When I was in high school I thought that I wanted to be a doctor because I thought, like a lot of young people, I wanted to help people. I had some experiences going...

City Council Passes Resolution on Guns

Rachel Weinstein September 20, 2013

It was a less than eventful Sunday afternoon at the Slow Train Cafe until various students spotted a customer armed with an AK-47 assault rifle in line for a cup of coffee.  Last week, dozens of protesters...

Report Lists Ohio as Top Polluter

Madeline Stocker, News Editor September 20, 2013

Environment Ohio, a statewide, citizen-based environmental advocacy organization, recently released a report detailing Ohio’s power plants as the second most polluting in the country. The plants are...

Students Adjust to New Printing System on Campus

Kristopher Fraser September 20, 2013

For the past several years, Oberlin students have grown accustomed to the Pharos-Uniprint system. Under this system, students sent their docu- ments to the printer, swiped their identification cards at...

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