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The Oberlin Review

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The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Lebanon Plays a Central Role in Israel-Palestine Conflict
Gabrielle Barnett, Columnist • October 11, 2024

Over two days, from Tuesday, Sept. 17 to Wednesday, Sept. 18, Israeli Defense Forces launched a series of sophisticated terror attacks in Lebanon. An operation devised by...

For Palestinians, Oct. 7 Marks a Year Without Change
Zane Badawi, Columnist • October 11, 2024

As I sat down for dinner last week, I saw a text from my dad. “Tulkarem now from our cousins’ house,” it read. It was accompanied by a picture of the night sky in my...

Community Support Necessary in Times of Crisis
Pelham Curtis, Columnist • October 11, 2024

In the past month, we have seen multiple concerning disasters, both “natural” and byproducts of human error: the Rockdale County BioLab fire, Hurricane Helene, and now...

RO-DBT Reveals Solution to Israel–Palestine Conflict
Haze Doleys, Columnist • October 11, 2024

If I had to define the Israel–Palestine conflict in one word, it would be “fear.” Fear caused it, fear sustains and exacerbates it, and fear will either eternalize...

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,...

We Are Not at War
Gavriel Vavel ben Yosef v’Chava Marshall Engel, Chair of Obies for Israel • May 3, 2024

A letter from an Oberlin student, to his community.  Why must there be another letter about the war in Gaza? How can anything new and productive possibly be said, now that so much energy and ink has...

Housing Pressure on Green Acres Heavily Due to Oberlin College
Aliza Weidenbaum April 26, 2024

To the Editors:  Thank you to both writers who commented last week on a particular space in town, the bit of land just east of IGA and the landscaping company, known as Green Acres (“Keep Green Acres...

Proposed Curfew Could Harm Student Health, Wellbeing
Lauren Moore, Columnist • October 4, 2024

I still remember my first Halloweekend at Oberlin. My friends and I had just left Organ Pump, and outside stood someone I knew. I saw her there, alone and clearly disoriented, standing at the steps of...

Abstaining from Presidential Election Should Not Impact Local Elections
Rhys Hals, Columnist • October 4, 2024

During the Democratic primary earlier this year, the “Uncommitted National Movement” arose, led by Arab Americans angered by the ongoing genocide in Palestine. This year, over 700,000 Democrats voted...

Criminal Justice System Direly Needs Racial Reform
Gabrielle Barnett, Columnist • September 27, 2024

Dozens of people had slowly lined up in front of  Missouri governor Mike Parson’s office last Tuesday, holding papers covered with thousands of signatures advocating for the halting of the execution...

Texas is More Than a Lost Cause for Democrats
Lauren Moore, Columnist • September 27, 2024

This year, my family gathered for Juneteenth at my cousin’s home. While family members gathered and talked, she worked diligently in the kitchen, cooking food from her home in Senegal. Her friends, also...

Oberlin’s Failure to Divest is Nail in Coffin of False Progressivism
Pelham Curtis and Olivia Wohlgemuth September 27, 2024

On Aug. 14, the Oberlin Board of Trustees put out a statement in Campus Digest formally denying the proposal to divest from Israel. The proposal, which garnered support from students, faculty and staff,...

No Choice on Israel-Palestine
Zane Badawi, Columnist • September 27, 2024

In June, George Latimer defeated incumbent U.S. Representative Jamaal Bowman in a New York House race that hinged tightly on the former’s support for, and the latter’s criticism of, Israel. Bowman,...

Israel Mocks Democracy in Al Jazeera Shutdown
Nikki Keating, Editor-in-Chief • September 27, 2024

Earlier this week, Israeli soldiers infiltrated an Al Jazeera-occupied West Bank Bureau based in Ramallah and delivered a notice to shut operations down. Despite the territory being under Palestinian control...

L’union fait la force: Understanding Election’s Impact on Haitian Communities
Gabrielle Barnett, Contributor • September 20, 2024

Haiti’s motto, “L’union fait la force” – “unity makes strength,” represents the courage of the people when they are together and is tied to their cultural identity of liberation. Known as...

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