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The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Feve bartenders Josh Wilson and Tyler Horstman act casual in front of the only real bar in Oberlin.

Off The Cuff with Feve Bartenders

Allegra Kirkland and Rosemary Boeglin October 7, 2011

How did you guys start working here? Were you students at the College? Josh: I grew up around here, in this town outside Vermilion, but I started hanging out in Oberlin when I was in high school because...

Oberlin After Dark

Erica Reyes, Staff Writer October 7, 2011

Mudd Circulation Desk: An interview with College junior Piper Stull-Lane How do you stay awake? Well, usually when I work a shift in the evening, I schedule it so that it’s directly after a late...

Ira Glass Waxes Poetic About Storytelling

Liv Combe, Editor-in-Chief October 7, 2011

The stage setup was unremarkable: a couple of standing microphones, a bottle of water and a mug sitting on a small table, a plain metal music stand. There was nothing, really, to catch the eye. And when...

Graffiti written on the side of the Mudd Center suggests that the execution of Troy Davis last week speaks to the endemic, institutional nature of violence and injustice in the U.S. prison system.

Oberlin Remembers Troy Davis

Emma Eisenberg October 7, 2011

“Why wasn’t I on top of this?” “I felt so small last night.” “My heart is beating so fast.” “We can spray-paint a thousand walls…paint can be washed off.” “It makes me think, what’s...

HB-194 Threatens Ohio Voting Process

Robin Wasserman October 7, 2011

A coalition of voting rights groups showed up at the Ohio Attorney General’s office on Sept. 29 to deliver a hard-won gift: over 300,000 signatures in opposition to House Bill 194, enough to delay its...

Oberlin Founds Ishmael Beah Foundation Chapter

Kasey Cheydleur October 7, 2011

Former child soldier and A Long Way Gone author Ishmael Beah, OC ’04, came to campus last Thursday, Sept. 22 for the first event of the Ishmael Beah Foundation’s Oberlin college chapter kickoff weekend....

Culture Fest Promises Lion Dance, Salsa Music, Tasty Treats

Alex Howard, Staff Writer September 23, 2011

Tappan Square will be transformed into a melting pot of music, food and performances from students and community members at the fourth annual Culture Festival this Saturday, Sept. 24. “This is the...

Off the Cuff with Ira Glass

Liv Combe, Editor-in-Chief September 23, 2011

In 1978, you were 19 years old and you needed a summer job. Somehow you wound up at NPR? Yeah, I talked my way into an internship. I lived in Baltimore and NPR was in D.C. I had never heard them on...

Panel Addresses Pitfalls of U.S. School

Rosemary Boeglin, News Editor September 23, 2011

On Tuesday, Oberlin Young Educators, in conjunction with the Oberlin College Democrats and Oberlin College Republicans and Libertarians, hosted Education Nation, a panel to address issues in education...

Conference Analyzes Northeast Ohio’s Energy Use

Kate Melanson September 23, 2011

Last October U.S. Representative for Ohio’s Ninth District Marcy Kaptur secured a National Energy Technology Laboratory Award of $1.1 million to assess the ways in which energy is used in northeast Ohio....

Melling Gives Constitution Day Talk, Speaks on Reproductive Justice

Julia Herbst, Staff Writer September 16, 2011

Louise Melling, OC ’82 and deputy legal director at the American Civil Liberties Union, addressed the Oberlin community on Wednesday, Sept. 14, on the status of reproductive justice in the U.S. in a...

Former Washington D.C. mayor and visiting professor Adrian Fenty addresses a crowd at Finney Chapel in the first convocation of the school year.

Former D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty Advises New Generation

Sarah Washington, Staff Writer September 16, 2011

Former Washington, D.C., Mayor Adrian Fenty, OC ’92, stood in Finney Chapel on Tuesday evening for the first time since his term ended. This time it wasn’t as a student, but as the College’s first...

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