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The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Ecolympics Encourages Energy Conservation, Competition

Joseph Dilworth, Staff Writer April 6, 2012

Along with group showers, ice cream socials and dorm rivalries, the Ecolympics have returned. The competition began Tuesday and will run for a total of three weeks, during which dorms will battle in three...

Feature: Economics Major Decodes Game Theory for the Layman

Dean Ginsberg April 6, 2012

Game theory is one of the most important and least acknowleged methods of strategy. Steven Brams, mathematical political scientist and game theorist who teaches as a politics professor at New York University,...

Off the Cuff: Andre Patton, Drag Ball Committee president

Alex Howard, News Editor April 6, 2012

What is the difference between drag, cross-dressing and transgender? I am going to tackle transgender first. It is a process that a lot of people aren’t as well aware of and it’s one that a lot...

Dialogue Explores Line Between Public and Private

Joseph Dilworth, Staff Writer March 16, 2012

Within a small college community such as Oberlin, the line between what’s personal and what’s public often becomes blurred. Campus organizers hoped to more clearly distinguish the two during a...

Panels Shed Light on Linguistics

Aimee Stern March 16, 2012

This week’s Symposium on Language and Linguistics, hosted by the departments of Anthropology, Computer Science and Psychology, was designed to fill the gap in Oberlin’s academic curriculum for students...

Bon Appetit Introduces New Animal Welfare Policy

Abby Collier March 16, 2012

Bon Appétit will offer the program to Oberlin along with 400 other institutions and corporations including Google, Disney Land and the Art Institute of Chicago. The program “will be setting a...

Heritage Center Celebrates Women’s History

Elizabeth Dobbins March 16, 2012

The Oberlin Heritage Center is celebrating the close of Women’s History Month by hosting the presentation “‘You Cannot Resist the Call’: Oberlin and Women’s Changing Roles in the Nation” with...

Symposium Honors Anniversary of Fukushima Disaster

Joelle Lingat, Staff Writer March 16, 2012

The Fukushima: Lessons Learned? Symposium, held in Craig Lecture Hall the weekend of March 9–10, featured three different panels in honor of the one-year anniversary of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear...

Economist Speaks on Unintended Harmful Effects of Graduated Drivers Licenses

Julia Herbst March 16, 2012

Research Economist and Associate Policy Adviser Melinda Pitts, who works at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, spoke to students and faculty members on Monday, March 12 about her recent paper, “Restricted...

Off the Cuff with Judge Susan Richard Nelson

Rosemary Boeglin, News Editor March 9, 2012

You have a long history in litigation centered on product liability and tort cases, perhaps the most impactful of which was your 1998 tobacco case that resulted in a multi-billion dollar settlement. How...

Constitutionality, Necessity of Affirmative Action Resurfaces

Alex Howard, News Editor March 9, 2012

With the recent Supreme Court decision to hear the case of Fisher v. University of Texas, the debate about the constitutionality of affirmative action programs and the necessity of ensuring a diverse...

Security Report: March 1 – March 6, 2012

Staff March 9, 2012

Thursday, March 1 8:51 a.m. Custodial staff reported finding a light pole globe in a trash can at Burton Hall. The globe was transported to Facilities Operations. 11:31 a.m. Custodial staff reported...

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