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The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Conservatives Employ Dated Image of America

Machmud Makhmudov, Columnist February 27, 2015

On July 16, 1984, then-Governor of New York Mario Cuomo gave a stirring keynote address at the Democratic National Convention. Though Walter Mondale — the Democratic nominee for President — faced long...

Content Warnings Needed as Accommodations

Cyrus Eosphoros, Staff Writer February 27, 2015

Content Warning: This post contains discussion of common triggers, ableism on the part of the Oberlin administration and descriptions of media and conversations containing suicide, rape and parental abuse.  The...

Feminized Gun Marketing Exacerbates Rape Culture

Editorial Board February 27, 2015

Many women learn early on how to defend themselves in dangerous situations: hold their keys between their knuckles in dark parking garages; keep mini-canisters of pepper spray in their purses. From a young...

Lunar New Year Highlights Vietnamese Heritage

Anh Lê February 27, 2015

To the Editors: My son, Minh-Jeffrey Lê, attends Oberlin College, and was born and raised in San Francisco, CA. I arrived in the United States as a young immigrant child, and grew up mostly in Michigan,...

Awareness Vital in Eating Disorder Treatment

Rose Stoloff, Editor-in-Chief February 20, 2015

Trigger Warning: This article contains discussion of eating disorders. Over the summer I found myself sitting in my bed at three in the morning writing an email to my mother, confessing to her that...

Fervent Progressivism Blocks Other Views

Chloe Vassot, Contributing Writer February 20, 2015

The Oberlin College community is almost notorious for its open embrace of views that lie largely outside the mainstream American political culture. Students are known as extremely accepting of people and...

Williams Controversy Highlights Perils of Fame in Objective Journalism

Editorial Board February 20, 2015

Media lenses turned inward last week when NBC announced its Feb. 10 decision to suspend Nightly News anchor Brian Williams. Revelations that the Emmy Award–winning news personality had repeatedly misrepresented...

Social Movements Must Incorporate Environmental Justice

CJ Blair, Columnist February 20, 2015

There’s no doubt that Oberlin is a place known for its conscientious and progressive students. While Oberlin’s sustainable Adam Joseph Lewis Center and a handful of environmental organizations demonstrate...

Papal Support for LGBTQ Issues, Evolution Misleading

Kiley Petersen, Managing Editor February 20, 2015

As a former Catholic, I can tell you that the pope is a big deal. He’s the head honcho, second only to Jesus, in modern Catholics’ “What Would _____ Do.” So what the pope chooses to endorse or...

Winter Term Contextualizes Social Justice Concepts

Erin Ulrich, Contributing Writer February 20, 2015

I think it goes without saying that Oberlin is a stimulating place; the social rigor parallels that of the academic, resulting in an inevitably challenging yet invigorating environment. However, what I...

UIUC Correct in Rejecting Salaita

Andrew Katlin and Fisher Katlin February 20, 2015

To the Editors: My son and I came to visit Oberlin on Feb. 16. [My son being] a prospective student, we thought it would give some insight into the school reading the current issue of The Oberlin Review. In...

By Ignoring Parallels with Present, Audiences Undercut Black Retellings of History

Editorial Board February 13, 2015

Fresh from the success of a powerful Winter Term production that filled Hall Auditorium last weekend, members of the cast of Dessa Rose reunited Wednesday for one final performance, this time before a...

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