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The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Post-Graduation Plans Draw Unnecessary Judgment

Editorial Board April 24, 2015

With the announcement that Michelle Obama will speak at this year’s Commencement, graduation is looking more exciting. But for those of us in the class of 2015, any excitement about accepting a diploma...

Clinton’s Benefits Outweigh Her Problems

Kiley Petersen, Managing Editor April 24, 2015

In case you live under a rock, Hillary Clinton is running for President of the United States. After Clinton announced her bid for the Oval Office on April 12, Jada Pinkett Smith, the successful actress,...

Trigger Warnings Fail to Serve Intended Purpose

CJ Blair, Columnist April 24, 2015

Last Friday night, I was lucky enough to see the Oberlin Theater Department’s production of The Caucasian Chalk Circle. I was blown away at how the actors, musicians and stage crew modernized Brecht’s...

Temp Workers Need Student Support

Max Berclaz, Contributing Writer April 24, 2015

Following the name and mission of last year’s Defending Oberlin Financial Accessibility protests, students are once again facing off against the College’s plans to make Oberlin a less economically...

Boycotts Result in Obsolete Forms of Activism

Cyrus Eosphoros, Columnist April 24, 2015

This is the third and final part in a series on consumption-centered activism in the U.S. The previous two entries in this series were about the pitfalls of boycotts as they happen today: how the idea...

Liberal Professors Promote Anti-Right Propaganda

Wayne Lela, Concerned citizen April 24, 2015

To the Editors: The controversy surrounding the appearance by speaker Christina Hoff Sommers brought to mind a relatively old (1991) quote from a well-known liberal attorney, author and professor named...

Identity Does Not Define Experiences

Taiyo Scanlon-Kimura, College senior April 24, 2015

To the Editors: My name is Taiyo Scanlon-Kimura. I take he, him and his. I am a mixed-race Japanese American. I am cisgender and heterosexual; I am from Ohio and a strictly middle-class background....

Free Speech Not Equivalent to Violence

Roger Copeland, Professor of Theater and Dance April 24, 2015

To the Editors: I was appalled by last week’s letter to the editor, titled “In Response to Sommers’ Talk: A Love Letter to Ourselves” (The Oberlin Review, April 17, 2015). Published three days...

Alum Comments on National Security Panel

Cynthia Stewart, OC '73, and Oberlin resident April 24, 2015

To the Editors: I attended the Navigating National Security symposium at the Apollo and read the interviews with five of the panelists in last week’s Review (“Off the Cuff: Navigating National Security:...

In Response to Sommers’ Talk: A Love Letter to Ourselves

Oberlin community members April 18, 2015

Content Warning: This letter contains discussion of rape culture, online harassment, victim blaming and rape apologism/denialism. Dear community members: The Oberlin College Republicans and Libertarians...

Public Censure

Student Senate April 18, 2015

Senator Ty Wagner has been found to be repeatedly absent from working group meetings, late and absent from plenary meetings of the Student Senate and in non-compliance with Student Finance Committee-stipulated...

BuzzFeed Controversy Highlights Risk of Advertising in Journalism

Editorial Board April 18, 2015

BuzzFeed Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith came under fire this week after he deleted an article written by staff writer Arabelle Sicardi which critiqued Dove Personal Care’s latest ad. In her April 8 post,...

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