Trustees Return to Oberlin to Better Understand Student Life
Sydney Allen, News Editor
March 9, 2018
Filed under Campus News, NEWS, Recent Stories
This week, Oberlin administrators, faculty, trustees, and student senators convened for the Board of Trustees’ first 2018 meeting. The trustees participated in several events, including President Carmen Ambar’s proposed financial review and the first ever student organizations expo, as well as th...
Symposium Looks to Cityscapes to Address World Issues
March 2, 2018
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The College’s third annual Global Issues Symposium, The Global City, has begun its series of talks, discussions, and screenings that will run until April 27. The symposium will address daily life, politics, environmental issues, human rights, art, sports, and culture in a variety of cities in the Global...
Heidi Brown, OC ’93, Investigator
Gabby Greene, Staff Writer
March 2, 2018
Filed under Off the Cuff, Recent Stories
Heidi Brown, OC ’93, is a former journalist for Forbes Magazine in Russia. She covered the Russian business environment after the collapse of the Soviet Union and has written extensively on Russia’s oligarchs and governmental corruption. She now works for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority as...
Ambar Details Finances, Solutions to Students
Devyn Malouf and Melissa Harris
March 2, 2018
Filed under Campus News, NEWS, Recent Stories
President Carmen Ambar presented to students about Oberlin’s current budgetary state and answered subsequent questions Wednesday evening in King Building. Ambar mentioned how she intends to answer the financial deficit in student-specific ways, including the eventual closing of Dascomb Hall’s cafe...
Security Notebook
March 2, 2018
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Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018 1:28 a.m. A student reported the theft of their jacket while attending an event at the ’Sco. 5:50 p.m. A student reported that they received a suspicious piece of mail, slid under their door in Langston Hall. A Safety and Security officer contacted the U.S. Census Bureau an...
Mercy Health Will Merge with Bon Secours Health System by End of Year
March 2, 2018
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Mercy Health, the hospital network that operates the Mercy Allen Hospital in Oberlin, is merging with the Bon Secours Health System in a move that would create the fifth-largest Catholic health system in the country. While details such as the leadership and name of the new network are still being negotia...
OFF THE CUFF: Sara Hlupekile Longwe, Feminist Activist
February 23, 2018
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Sara Hlupekile Longwe is an internationally renowned feminist activist from Zambia. She visited Oberlin Feb. 16 to give a talk titled, “Organizing to Tackle Women’s Issues in Lusaka Zambia,” which detailed her experience with gender disparities in Zambia as well as her experiences creating and org...
Council Votes to Settle with NEXUS
February 23, 2018
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“They’re breaking our laws, they’re taking our rights, but we won’t give up without a fight,” chanted the more than 60 Oberlin students and community members who protested during Tuesday’s City Council meeting. Councilmembers voted 4–3 to move forward with a potential $100,000 settlement wi...
“God the Mother” Followers Aim to Proselytize Students
February 23, 2018
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In recent weeks, dozens of Oberlin students have been stopped on campus by religious proselytizers claiming to be theology students in order to engage them in conversation about “God the Mother.” These missionaries are affiliated with a group called the World Mission Society Church of God, a fri...
New Class of Members Elected to Student Senate
Roman Broszkowski, News Editor
February 23, 2018
Filed under Campus News, Recent Stories, Student Senate
As five new student senators begin their terms, the Review reached out to learn a little more about them. Although the new legislative class is dominated by first-years from the College, it also includes sophomore and junior representatives, as well as a new senator from the Conservatory. Johan Cavert, College...
Security Notebook
February 23, 2018
Filed under Security Report
Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018 12:21 p.m. Safety and Security officers, and members of the Oberlin Police Department assisted an unresponsive individual on the second floor of Philips gym. The individual was transported by ambulance to Mercy Allen Hospital for treatment. Friday, Feb. 16, 2018 4:54 p.m. Office...
Exhibit Highlights Japanese Internment Injustice
February 23, 2018
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“Courage and Compassion,” a historical exhibit that details national and local histories of Japanese Americans during World War II, opened at the Richard D. Baron ’64 Art Gallery last Saturday. Related lectures, film screenings, and concerts will run throughout the month, recounting the work of t...
