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The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Oberlin Review Comic 2/23/2024

Oberlin Review Comic 2/23/2024

Molly Chapin, Layout Manager and Illustrator February 23, 2024

Scensibles dispensers are found in many restrooms.

Scensibles Bags Not So Sensible

Celeste Wicks, Columnist February 16, 2024

Most people who menstruate are familiar with the small metal waste receptacles attached to stall walls in most public restrooms in America. Until coming to Oberlin, I took for granted the convenience and...

CORRECTION

February 16, 2024

In “Indifference to Palestine Exposes False Progressiveness at Oberlin” The Oberlin Review, Feb. 9, 2024 by Zane Badawi, the article includes a quote by Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant stating,...

Review Article on Israel-Gaza War Contains Numerous Misrepresentations

Karen Bekker February 16, 2024

Editor’s Note: This article contains discussion of sexual harm. In his Feb. 9 article in the Review, Zane Badawi laments what he sees as President Carmen Twillie Ambar’s failure to condemn “genocide”...

Barred From Old Barrows: Exclusivity in Housing

Rory Gielty, Opinions Editor February 16, 2024

Housing is one of the most daunting tasks for incoming college students. However, for transgender students, this anxiety could escalate to a safety concern or cause discomfort on a uniquely intimate level....

Audre Lorde.

Alumni Statement to the President

February 16, 2024

Dear President Carmen Twillie Ambar and Board of Trustees,  Audre Lorde advised the Oberlin College 1989 graduating class in her commencement address: “We are citizens of the most powerful country...

On Lethal Injection in Ohio

LJ Katch February 16, 2024

At a press conference Jan. 30, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and State Representatives Phil Plummer and Brian Stewart, all Republican, introduced a bill that would make nitrogen gas a legal form of execution....

Oberlin City Charter Forum Set to Convene

Linda Slocum February 16, 2024

The League of Women Voters of Lorain County — formerly known as the LWV of the Oberlin Area — invites Oberlin residents to join a forum on the proposed Oberlin City Charter amendments on the March...

Beverages available at DeCafé.

Winter Term Dining Lacks Nutritious Options

Avery Russell, Columnist February 16, 2024

I, like many Oberlin students, spent my Winter Term at the College, training on the women’s track team and learning how to drive. Except for the week when the weather was in the negative degrees and...

Inconvenient Mobile Ordering Impacts AVI, Students

Ariel Papas, Columnist February 9, 2024

Azariah’s Café, like many other fast dining places on-campus, is officially fully mobile. The cafe transitioned during Winter Term with limited options like 12-ounce cups for drinks and no bakery items....

Students sit in Wilder Bowl.

Statement on Israel-Palestine at Oberlin

Paul Van Doorn February 9, 2024

I graduated from Oberlin in 1977 and I am concerned that the current students have lost their ability to use reason and logic. Let’s get the basics out of the way... Israel, in 1948, stole Palestine...

Shoebox Donations Arrive on Campus

Dolores Brown February 9, 2024

Dear Editor, Generosity throughout Oberlin​​​​​​​ contributed to a successful shoebox gift collection season at drop-off locations for the Samaritan’s Purse project Operation Christmas...

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