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The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Legion Community Garden Faces Uncertain Future

Legion Community Garden Faces Uncertain Future

Leo Lasdun, Production Staff Member April 5, 2019

The future of Oberlin’s Legion Field Community Garden — which has been operating for nearly 10 years — is uncertain as it seeks to secure a new fiscal agent. The garden, which grows on city-owned...

College senior Noah Binford checks out DeCafé’s lunchtime offerings.

Kosher Passover Meals Come to DeCafé

Anisa Curry Vietze, Editor-in-Chief April 5, 2019

With help from both Chabad at Oberlin and Campus Dining Services, DeCafé will now offer kosher food during the week of Passover. Keeping kosher can be more difficult during Passover because the holiday...

Nick Petzak

OTC: Nick Petzak, Director of Fellowships and Awards

Ella Moxley, News Editor April 5, 2019

For the 10th year in a row, Director of Fellowships and Awards Nick Petzak has led Oberlin to be recognized as a top producer of Fulbright Scholarship students. The Fulbright Program, which historically...

Security Notebook

April 5, 2019

Thursday, March 21, 2019 9:46 p.m. Residential Education staff conducting life safety inspections in Burton Hall reported locating empty beer cans, a glass bong, and a bagged smoke detector in a room...

Students, faculty, and staff members gather in Dye Lecture Hall for the AAPR steering committee’s presentation on the proposed areas of recommendation for the College and Conservatory’s financial sustainability.

AAPR Announces Areas of Recommendation to Oberlin Community

Sydney Allen and Nathan Carpenter March 15, 2019

After months of research, data collection, and deliberation, members of the Academic and Administrative Program Review steering committee presented their proposed areas of recommendation to the Oberlin...

Will Wickham prepares materials for tapping trees in Tappan Square. The sap they collect will be boiled into maple syrup.

A New Type of ExCo: Reading Oberlin’s Landscape

Jane Hobson March 15, 2019

A new ExCo called Reading the Oberlin Landscape is helping students cultivate a stronger sense of place and connection to Oberlin. Will Wickham, a College senior, is the course’s creator and sole instructor....

Garrett Cultivates Opposition to Jordan in Ohio

Ella Moxley, News Editor March 15, 2019

Former three-time congressional candidate Janet Garrett has formed The Jordan Watch Political Action Committee to generate support to unseat Ohio’s District 4 Representative, Jim Jordan. Garrett, a former...

Professor Nancy Darling and her team of students won last weekend’s LaunchU competition for their venture 1Step2Life, a pain management company.

1step2life Selected from Eight Finalists at LaunchU Final Pitch

Lily Jones, Layout Editor March 15, 2019

LaunchU, a competition for Oberlin College students, faculty, staff, and alumni to pitch entrepreneurial ventures — selected its victor last Friday. Professor and Chair of Psychology Nancy Darling and...

There are currently ongoing construction projects in Firelands Apartments Building, which some residents find disruptive.

Residents Question Facilities Communication

Anisa Curry Vietze, Editor-in-Chief March 15, 2019

Editor’s note: This article contains description of blood and physical injury. Concerns about campus housing — including a window shattering in Langston Hall and ceiling leaks and mold in Firelands...

Jorge Heine

Off The Cuff: Jorge Heine, Former Chilean Ambassador

Jenna Gyimesi, News Editor March 15, 2019

Jorge Heine is an experienced politician, educator, and author. He is a former Chilean ambassador to China, India, Bangladesh, South Africa, and Sri Lanka. Heine is also a former Chilean Cabinet Minister...

Security Notebook

March 15, 2019

Thursday, March 7, 2019 12:09 a.m. Campus Safety officers and members of the Oberlin Fire Department responded to a fire alarm at Barrows Hall. Officers noted an odor of burnt marijuana and a slight haze...

Students use desktop computers in the Mary Church Terrell Main Library shortly after Admissions suffered a cyber attack.

Cyber Attackers Breach Admissions Database

Sydney Allen, Editor-in-Chief March 8, 2019

A database controlled by the Office of Admissions and Financial Aid was the victim of a targeted cyber attack carried out by unknown persons Tuesday morning. The attackers were able to collect information...

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