Bill Combats Imaginary Voter Fraud
Nathan Carpenter, Contributing Opinions Editor
April 28, 2017
Filed under Columns, OPINIONS
In December, I wrote in the Review that the election of President Donald Trump and Republicans nationwide signaled an impending battle for voting rights across the country (“Voting by Mail Removes Barriers to Polls,” Dec. 2). Now, that fight has come to Ohio. The 12 members of the Ohio House’...
Oberlin Should Seek Out Local Apparel Suppliers
Jackie Brant, Columnist
April 28, 2017
Filed under Columns, OPINIONS
As the Review reported last week, an investigation by the Worker Rights Consortium released last December revealed that Nike had been using a sweatshop as a supplier for its collegiate clothing, violating its anti-sweatshop agreement with the College. As a college dedicated to social justice, Oberlin ...
Trump Reverts to Republican Orthodoxy
Ben Silverman, Columnist
April 28, 2017
Filed under Columns, OPINIONS
Former Breitbart News editor and President Donald Trump’s right-hand man Steve Bannon was ousted from his role on the National Security Council on April 5 and has continued to fall in standing in Trump’s inner circle since then, according to reports from The Hill and Vanity Fair, among others. R...
Limited Number of Humanities Classes Pigeonholes Students
Jackie Brant, Columnist
April 21, 2017
Filed under Columns, OPINIONS
Registration season is a stressful time for many students. We worry about when our registration slot will be, if we will get into the classes we need and, if we don’t, if we will be able to successfully navigate add/drop period. As a first-year this spring, I had the second-to-last registration...
Trump Recklessly Tempts War
Russell Jaffe, Columnist
April 21, 2017
Filed under Columns, OPINIONS
International tensions are on the rise as North Korea and the United States trade increasingly threatening demonstrations of military power. In one deliberate provocation, President Donald Trump supposedly sent an aircraft carrier to the Korean peninsula in a move that North Korea condemned as “rec...
PRSM Workshops Exacerbate Hierarchy
Jackie Brant, Columnist
April 14, 2017
Filed under Columns, OPINIONS
It has become common practice for colleges and universities across the U.S. to mandate sexual misconduct workshops for incoming students. At Oberlin, all new students are required to attend the first round of Preventing and Responding to Sexual Misconduct workshops, and all athletes are required to attend...
LA Legislature Misses Mark on HIV
Jackie Brant, Columnist
April 7, 2017
Filed under Columns, OPINIONS
In a fight to end the stigmatization of HIV and AIDS, Democratic lawmakers in Los Angeles are seeking to pass legislation that would reduce the charge for not telling your partner that you have HIV before engaging in unprotected sex from a felony to a misdemeanor. This law would also apply to situations...
Congress Votes to Invade Privacy
Russell Jaffe, Columnist
April 7, 2017
Filed under Columns, OPINIONS
In a frightening shift toward the dystopian, Congress recently voted to kill vital protections for internet privacy, with President Donald Trump officially approving the bill Monday. These protections, approved at the end of Obama’s term but not yet enacted, would have been the only line of defense a...
Drop in International Applications Reflects Political Shift
Nathan Carpenter, Contributing Opinions Editor
March 31, 2017
Filed under Columns, OPINIONS
One of the harsh realities faced by many in the wake of President Donald Trump’s election is that the United States is not a friendly country. Until Election Day, political rhetoric about the U.S. being a country of immigrants, a cultural “melting pot” was common. Ostensibly, a lot of people —...
Red Tent Chapter Reaches Beyond Name
Jackie Brant, Columnist
March 31, 2017
Filed under Columns, OPINIONS
Many students around the country are facing increased levels of political and social distress in the wake of the tumultuous presidential election and subsequent increase in hate crimes. In response to this, juniors Hannah Cook and Caitlin McCuskey are seeking to build a safe space for women and nonb...
Activists Must Tackle Bigotry on Local Level
Nathan Carpenter, Contributing Opinions Editor
March 10, 2017
Filed under Columns, OPINIONS
Donald Trump’s presidency endangers many people in the United States, citizens and non-citizens alike. Over the past week and a half, this threat has materialized in a very real way for the Oberlin and greater Lorain County communities. Earlier this month, a swastika and hate speech were carved...
Global Redistribution of Wealth Could End Poverty
Russell Jaffe, Columnist
March 10, 2017
Filed under Columns, OPINIONS
The futurists once had a dream: Through technological advancement, all of humanity’s needs would someday be provided for automatically, leaving us free to pursue our passions and aspirations. In the 1930s, for example, economist John Keynes predicted that his grandchildren — now the people of today’s...