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The Oberlin Review

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The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Effects of Election Amidst Finals Season
Ella Powell, Opinions Editor • November 22, 2024

It’s that time of the semester when the sky gets darker, everyone’s energy gets lower, and most begin to ask themselves, “How will I finish strong?” What I think makes...

Statement From Several City Councilmembers Following 2024 Election
November 22, 2024

Dear Oberlin Community, Thank you for reaching out to us regarding the recent election results and their potential impact on our City and community.   As a collective response...

Pet Ownership Reveals Complicated Ethics
Clarady Brooks November 22, 2024

Pet ownership is riddled with moral problems like eugenics, family separation, animal negligence, and increased pollution. The ethics of owning pets is a complex issue and...

Student Analyzes Causes Behind Democrats’ Losses
Gregory Amenta November 22, 2024

In response to the 2024 presidential election, several commentators have argued that Kamala Harris’ defeat was inevitable. Zack Beauchamp of Vox argued that it was not a...

Professor Believes Trump Term is Chance for Democrats to Re-Organize
Marc Blecher November 15, 2024

To the Editors: The stupor many Americans are feeling provides the crucial, clarifying starting point: we’ve all been fumbling around in the dark, not seeing our country for what it really is. Something...

College Should Reinstate Arabic Professorship
Dorothy Koster Washburn November 15, 2024

To the Editors: There are two trends in collegiate academia that I believe are counterproductive. 1. The particularization of subject matter in a given subject. No longer do survey courses have an important...

Resident Requests that Students use Crosswalk Button
Richard McDaniel October 11, 2024

To all the new first-year students, I say “Welcome to Oberlin!” To all returning students, I say “Welcome back!” My purpose in writing is to ask of the entire student community a simple act —...

Alumni Responds to Students’ Nonfactual Rebuttal Article
Karen Bekker May 3, 2024

An April 26 article in the Review was titled, “Alum’s Article on Gaza Genocide Contains Numerous Misrepresentations.” Although the article purports to address my own previous writing in the Review,...

Midwest Merit Scholarship, Missed Opportunity for Current Midwestern Students
Madison Block November 22, 2024

Starting in fall 2025, Oberlin is granting all incoming admitted students from the Midwest an automatic $25,000 per year scholarship. The Midwest Merit Scholarship aims to recognize talented first-year...

Students Respond to No-Voting Opinion
Ida Rosenstein, Maia Hochheiser, and Lauren Moore November 15, 2024

Ida Rosenstein Sarafidis firmly states that she is “repulsed by the accusation that the decision to not vote for president because of the genocide in Gaza is privileged.” While I similarly find Harris’...

The Oberlin Health and Wellness Center provides no student-led emergency medical services.
Oberlin Should Implement Student-Led Health Services
Nikki Keating, Editor-in-Chief • November 15, 2024

This past weekend, like many others, I indulged in some seasonal festivities to welcome the new month. But by the end of the night, I found myself in a familiar situation — taking care of friends who...

Arab Americans gather to endorse the Trump-Vance campaign.
Trump Poses Existential Threat to Gaza
Zane Badawi, Columnist • November 15, 2024

The United States’ complicity in the Gaza genocide over the past 13 months has been unconscionable. The situation is likely about to get significantly worse. With Donald Trump returning to the White...

Sunrise protestors walked out on the Friday following the 2024 Presidential Election.
The Fight for Climate Justice is Everyone’s Fight
Rhys Hals, Columnist • November 15, 2024

On Tuesday, Nov. 5, a record-breaking 78-degree Fahrenheit day in northeast Ohio, the American people elected Donald Trump as the next president with an overwhelming majority. Trump has established himself...

Audre Lorde
An Ode to Black Women in Wake of Election
Nikki Keating, Editor-in-Chief • November 8, 2024

I spent the night on the phone with my sister because she couldn’t fall asleep. She kept asking me, “What do we do? Is it over?” Tossing and turning, she’d hang up only to call back with new worries...

A Guide for Action Following 2024 Election
Pelham Curtis, Columnist • November 8, 2024

“You vote once in four years and that’s your political responsibility? That’s the height of bourgeois propaganda, making the people politically irresponsible. Thinking their responsibility is limited...

America Should Consider Federal Ranked-Choice Voting
Kash Radocha, Senior Staff Writer • November 8, 2024

The current attention surrounding politics, the current voting system, third parties, myopic partisanship, and the general stress of the 2024 presidential election is center stage in America. Because Ohio...

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