Prospective students have descended upon campus in the past few weeks to determine if Oberlin is the school at which they can imagine spending four formative years. The perception these impressionable...
The last couple of weeks have been a blizzard of diplomatic activity. For the first time since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart, Mohammed Javad Zarif,...
To the Editors:
Student Senate would like to take the opportunity to correct a few inaccuracies in the recent Review article (“Campus Divided over To- bacco Ban,” The Oberlin Review, Nov. 1, 2013)....
When I joined a co-op last year, I was really excited to break free of the athlete-oriented culture I had been immersed in during my glorious and short stint playing varsity soccer. I couldn’t wait to...
Last week The New York Times published an article citing declining in- terest in the humanities at colleges across the nation. Quoting faculty from Stanford and Harvard, as well as our fellow small liberal...
Last week, The Oberlin Review published an article titled “Campus Divided over Tobacco Ban” (Nov. 1, 2013). As a member of the team working to implement a tobacco-free campus, I would like to take...
The public gathered at district voting booths on Nov. 5 to elect a series of local and state candidates and vote on pertinent bill proposals, including the now-passed Community Bill of Rights that prohibits...
To the Editors:
I’m writing to object to Sean Para’s use of the word “anarchist” in his column last week absolving the United States government of its crimes and general incompetence (“Recent...
To the Editors:
I am sorry to read that my letter in the Oct. 11 Review left Ms. Broadwell “a bit confused” (“Ashenhurst’s Letter Requires Clarification,” The Oberlin Review, Nov. 1, 2013)....
There once was a man named Troy Davis. Davis was convicted of murdering a police officer and was sentenced to death in 1991. After 20 years of imprisonment and awaiting death, Davis was finally executed...
Peace does not come from the barrel of a gun, however much those in power try to tell us otherwise. Missiles fired from U.S. drones, a constant and fear-inspiring threat for people living otherwise peaceful...
Over fall break, my parents and I visited my older brother in Ann Arbor for a fun little lunch date. As per usual, we discussed all the normal things families discuss: football, the weather and what movies...
