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The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

College, Senate Must Clarify Underpinnings of Proposed Tobacco Ban

The Editorial Board March 11, 2014

Oberlin students aren’t known to sit idly by when issues of personal liberty are at stake — which is why Student Senate’s upcoming vote on a campus-wide ban on tobacco products has raised a flurry...

Gun Control Forum of Utmost Importance

John D. Elder, Oberlin Resident March 11, 2014

To the Editor: I believe that an issue of great importance to Oberlin residents, including students, is being overriden by state law of our local ordinance prohibiting guns in our public parks. I urge...

Considerations in the Smoking Ban Discussion

Jade Schiff, Department of Politics March 11, 2014

To the Editor: Though I smoke, I do not condone smoking. Its lethality is an established fact. The tobacco industry works hard to promote smoking in spite of that fact. That is reprehensible. Nevertheless,...

Ukrainian Crisis Reflects Large-Scale Global Issues

Sean Para, Columnist February 28, 2014

The recent political developments in Ukraine highlight the extreme political fragility of many regimes around the world. In the space of a few weeks, a protest movement turned increasingly radical until...

Surprising Neurological Effects of Alcohol Consumption

Josh Kogan, Contributing Writer February 28, 2014

In my attempt to write scientific articles relevant to college students, the first thing that came to mind was to write about how alcohol and other drugs affect our minds and bodies. However, when I actually...

Mind Your Language

Ruby Saha, Columnist February 28, 2014

There’s something strangely satisfying about watching someone let a stream of four-letter words fly. I’m as prone to quotidian profanity as anyone else, and watching someone like John McEnroe flay...

Misguided Sex-Robot Opera Hits All the Wrong Notes

Jennifer Bower, Contributing Writer February 28, 2014

Two weeks ago, I saw the opera Nova, an original collaboration between Paul Schick, professor of German, Lewis Nielson, professor of Composition and Jonathon Field, associate professor of Opera Theater....

A Monumentus Oberlin Meeting

John D. Elder, Contributing Writer February 28, 2014

It is important for us to recall that Martin Luther King Jr. made several visits to Oberlin, but his first, in February 1957, proved momentous for the future of the civil rights movement. The 381-day Montgomery...

Investment Platform Betters Student-Trustee Relations

Machmud Makhmudov, Contributing Writers February 28, 2014

On Oct. 17 Clyde McGregor, OC ’74, chair of the Oberlin Board of Trustees, announced via an article in Oberlin OnCampus that the board had approved a resolution for an impact investment platform. The...

Tobacco Control Has Become an Issue of Social Justice

Allison O’Donnell, Contributing Writer February 28, 2014

Oberlin College has a long history of commitment to social justice and standing up for vulnerable populations. Oberlin College currently has the opportunity to stand up for what is right and send a message...

Monumental Misfire: New Film Charming But Disappointing

Ruby Saha, Contributing Writer February 21, 2014

There’s hardly a more fascinating story than the tale of the so-called Monuments Men. At the end of World War II, a team of American and European art experts — among them, former Chair of the Fine...

Kiss My Sass: Singing the Valentine’s Day Blues

Sophia Ottoni-Wilhelm, Opinions Editor February 21, 2014

Valentine’s Day has come and gone, thank goodness. It’s a day when the happily coupled among us cook meals and stare deeply into each other’s eyes with Peter Gabriel playing softly in the background....

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