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The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Tyrone Wicks

OTC: Tyrone Wicks, S & S Officer

Lila Michaels, Layout Editor April 20, 2018

Tyrone Wicks is an officer with the Oberlin College Office of Safety and Security. He has been in his position for just over a year. The Review sat down with Wicks to discuss the highlights and challenges...

Security Notebook

April 20, 2018

Thursday, April 12, 2018 12:51 p.m. A student reported the theft of their bicycle from the sheltered area at the Firelands Apartment Building. The bicycle was secured to itself at the time of the theft. 5:13...

SFC Pivots to Ad-Hoc Fund After Board Rejects Fee Increase

Roman Broszkowski, Senior Staff Writer April 20, 2018

The Board of Trustees rejected the Student Senate’s proposal to increase the student activity fee by $63 per semester next fiscal year. The decision — made at a March 22 board meeting — also called...

Tracy Tucker, the Oberlin College Office and Professional Employees Union President, reviews the mutual bargaining agreement signed by both the College and OCOPE. OCOPE recently won a settlement against the College for violating the contract.

NLRB Sides With OCOPE in Suit Against College

Sydney Allen, Editor-in-Chief April 20, 2018

The Oberlin College Office and Professional Employees union recently won a suit against the College with the National Labor Relations Board. The charges, filed in January, claimed that the College violated...

DeCafé employee Allison Trimble hands back a student’s ID after swiping at the cash register. Five CDS UAW employees will be let go at the end of the semester due to Dascomb Dining Hall’s closure and other changes in CDS.

Unionized Staff Cuts Follow Dascomb Closure

Melissa Harris, Editor-in-Chief April 13, 2018

Campus dining staff first learned of Dascomb Dining Hall’s impending closure at President Carmen Ambar’s respective financial presentation. Currently, 19 members of the United Auto Workers — the...

Stevens Strategy Presents to General Faculty Amid Controversy

Sydney Allen, Editor-in-Chief April 13, 2018

Editor’s Note: A revised version of the letter mentioned in this article is filed under Letters to the Editors. It can be found online at the following link: https://wp.me/p4BnSC-4ak Stevens Strategy,...

Law Scholars Program Suspended for 2018–2019

Tess Joosse, Staff Writer April 13, 2018

The Oberlin Law Scholars Program — a year-long program intended to prepare students interested in law with relevant academic and work experience — will not be offered for the 2018–2019 school year,...

Third World House’s “Solidarity, Peace, and Progress” mural was painted in 1982 by Maria del Pilar O’Cadiz, OC ’86, with her father, prominent Chicanx muralist Sergio O’Cadiz Moctezuma, for her first-year Winter Term project. Pilar O’Cadiz will return to Oberlin as the keynote speaker for Oberlin’s Third World Liberation Conference tomorrow.

Students Launch First Third World Liberation Conference

Gabby Greene, Staff Writer April 13, 2018

In honor of the 25th anniversary of the People of Color Conference hosted by Third World House in 1993, TWH will host a Third World Liberation Conference tomorrow. The conference will include sessions...

Feature Photo: Entrepeneurship Club Celebrates Health, Mind

Feature Photo: Entrepeneurship Club Celebrates Health, Mind

Sydney Allen, Editor-in-Chief April 13, 2018

Pre-med advisor Lynne Bianchi introduces panelists at the first of three “Innovation Talks” sponsored by the Entrepreneurship Club in the Science Center Atrium Thursday. The talk was about “Healing...

Off the Cuff with Asef Bayat, Sociology, Middle Eastern Studies Professor

Simon Idelson, Staff Writer April 13, 2018

Asef Bayat, originally from Iran, is Professor of Sociology, Middle Eastern Studies and is the Catherine and Bruce Baistain Professor of Global and Transnational Studies at the University of Illinois,...

Security Notebook

April 13, 2018

Thursday, April 5, 2018 1:30 p.m. A student reported the theft of their bicycle from the west end of Bibbins Hall. The bicycle is a dark blue Trek mountain bike and was secured to itself at the time of...

Students from Preventing and Responding to Sexual Misconduct painted a rock in Tappan Square to celebrate Consent Month,which aims to spread awareness of healthy sexual and consent practices.

Consent Month Reframes Sexual Conduct

Sydney Allen, Editor-in-Chief April 6, 2018

Editor’s Note: This article contains mentions of sexual assualt, violence, and misconduct. Oberlin’s first official Consent Month debuts this April marking a collaborative effort between the Oberlin’s...

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