Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Privilege Means Choosing Silence

Chloe Vassot, Contributing Writer September 25, 2015

To speak has always been a political act. The urge to protect one’s right to speak, the most basic method of communication — in a way the most intimate, most direct route from your mind to another’s...

Scorecard Empowers Incoming Students

Ben Silverman, Contributing Writer September 25, 2015

After the Obama administration’s recent release of College Scorecard, a user-friendly data cache designed to give prospective students access to more information about the institutions to which they...

Day of Service Benefits Kendal Community

Kate Pilacky, Associate Field Director, Western Reserve Land Conservancy September 25, 2015

To the Editors: Western Reserve Land Conservancy would like to thank the Bonner Center for Service and Learning and the wonderful group of students who once again worked diligently on the Day of Service....

Student Senate Election Statements

Student Senate September 18, 2015

Student Senate elections are live until 11:59 p.m. today. The ballot link was sent via email to the student body on Monday, Sept. 14. Elijah Aladin Obies, I am a dedicated and ambitious first-year...

Eastern Europe Still Endures Russian Influence

Sean Para, Columnist September 18, 2015

The U.S.-Russian relationship has changed dramatically in the past year and a half. After more than two decades of cooperation, the old foes have returned to their previous antagonism. The cause — the...

Radical Activism Divides LGBTQ+ Community

Cyrus Eosphoros, Columnist September 18, 2015

Even more than the average Obie, I hang around a lot of radical queer activists, online and off. It means I get to live with the weird duality of often being the furthest left in a physical room while...

Environmentalists Can Learn from ISIS Occupation

Machmud Makhmudov, Columnist September 18, 2015

In an election season defined thus far by a rogue email server, a neurosurgeon once played by Cuba Gooding Jr. in a made-for-TV film and cries to “make America great again,” it should come as no surprise...

College Scorecard Can Disrupt Higher Ed’s Prestige Economy

Editorial Board September 18, 2015

One of the Obama administration’s goals was to rank every college and university — all 7,000-odd private and public institutions of higher education in the nation — by their comparative student debt...

Fair Executions Impossible to Achieve

Josh Ashkinaze, Columnist September 18, 2015

At the end of his inspiring Convocation talk, Brian Stevenson was asked, “Are there people who deserve to die?” And he answered something like, “Personally, I do not think so.” We are not our...

Including Marginalized Authors in English Classes Expands Canon

Kiley Petersen, Managing Editor September 11, 2015

A recent discussion in my Women and Politics course got me thinking about the intricacies of accessibility and oppression in academia. When asked about potential concerns for the course, a student commented...

U.S. Fails to Learn from Mistakes in Middle East

Sean Para, Columnist September 11, 2015

A remarkable and nigh-apocalyptic period of tumult and war is occurring in the Middle East. An order that grew out of the ruins of the Ottoman Empire and was cemented after the WWII has collapsed across...

Embracing Intellectual Diversity Improves Decision-Making, Problem-Solving Skills

CJ Blair, Columnist September 11, 2015

When you look outside your dorm room window, the trees you see are probably maples, oaks or honey locusts. While this is not a guarantee, they are far and away the most likely choices, with only a handful...

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