The crisis in Ukraine continued to gain momentum this past week, while every attempt to avert further escalation failed spectacularly. Last week’s Geneva Accord was a dead letter almost as soon as it...
At the end of last semester, I started noticing posters in more and more parts of campus. They were full-color photos of Rick Santorum at a podium labeled “NO SMOKING” with no other text. My friends...
Machmud Makhmudov, Columnist and Student Senate Liaison
• May 2, 2014
At last week’s plenary, Senate passed a resolution which endorses a tobacco-free campus policy. There were 10 votes in favor, 3 votes against and 1 abstention. A full copy of the resolution can be found...
This week, a widely circulated letter titled “A Response to ‘Toxicity’” has raised controversy regarding Solarity’s decision to name its spring event Toxicity. The document cites examples of...
Earlier this week, a statement endorsed by the Asian American Alliance, Edmonia Lewis Center, Vietnamese Student Association, As I Am and the Japanese Student Association condemned Solarity for having...
On April 25, College senior Jessica Lam posted this statement of concern:
The first time I saw the small fliers advertising Solarity’s next event, I joked about modifying them with labels so the new...
Yale, Dartmouth, Florida State, Brown. It seems that almost every week, there is a new story about a college mismanaging reports of sexual assault on its campus. Amid anger and frustration with the lack...
Scott Broadwell, Oberlin City Council President
• May 2, 2014
To the Editor:
I encourage the voters of Lorain County to join me in support of Issue 11, the Transit Levy. Passage of Issue 11 will enable Lorain County Transit to reinstitute some of the bus routes...
Booker Peek, Emeritus Associate Professor, Africana Studies
• May 2, 2014
To the Editor:
The U.S. Constitution that protects blacks and all other Americans also protects Mr. Donald Sterling, the billionaire basketball owner, giving him the right to think and say whatever...
Scott Broadwell, Oberlin City Council President
• May 2, 2014
To the Editor:
I encourage the voters of Oberlin to join me on May 6 in support of Issue 22, the income tax levy.
Issue 22 is a three-fifths of one percent income tax increase for 10 years for General...
This past Sunday night I was doing what most college students do on Sunday nights: homework. Just kidding, I was speeding through my work to make time for Game of Thrones. It’s a show that has enraptured...
The recent conflict between Russia and the United States over Ukraine has led to a massive authoritarian crackdown in Russia, where the last independent media outlets and sources of opposition to government...
