In the lead-up to the 2024 National Election, OC Votes has been hosting events and using student volunteers to increase voter registration for the 2024 presidential election. As of Wednesday, 1,027 voters...
Heather Radke is a freelance nonfiction author and contributing editor and reporter at Radiolab. Her book Butts: A Backstory, about the cultural history of the buttocks, was published in 2022 and was praised...
In October, a free store for kids will be opening in the Peace Community Center on East Lorain Street. Co-founders Katie Ashwill and Jessica Minor-Baetens envision it as a central, reliable, and accessible...
Last semester, Oberlin Student Wellbeing Advocacy Group was created as a chartered student organization in order to bridge a communication gap between students and health-related offices on campus. The...
Many of the identity-oriented student offices are now located on the first and second floors of the newly renovated Wilder Hall. These offices, which include the Office for Disability and Access, the Multicultural...
Israel Continues Bombing Lebanon, Killing Hundreds; Rejects Ceasefire Proposal
In the past week, Israel has launched the heaviest airstrikes against Lebanon since 2006, killing over 600 people and displacing...
The City of Oberlin Planning Commission voted unanimously to approve an application to repurpose empty retail space in The Hotel at Oberlin into classrooms and offices for the Oberlin Conservatory’s...
Lily Nobel, Production Editor
• September 20, 2024
On Wednesday, the Planning Commission voted 2–1 to recommend the City Council consider a proposal to rezone the decommissioned Eastwood Elementary School to allow for development of office space.
Liberty...
Lorain County Joint Vocational School students are working to build a new facility for the City of Oberlin’s Safety Town program, made to look like scaled-down versions of familiar buildings in downtown...
Thomas M. Keck, OC ’92, is the Michael O. Sawyer Chair of Constitutional Law and Politics at the Syracuse University Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and a Senior Research Associate at...
Melissa George, OC ’12 is a lecturer and the director of Afrikan Heritage House. After earning her Bachelor of Arts at Oberlin College, she earned a master’s degree at Rutgers University and worked...
Construction has begun around East College Street related to a project led by Columbia Gas to replace old gas pipelines and improve traffic patterns on North Park Street. The construction has led to disruptions...
