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...
Inequality is a serious problem in our country. The poverty rate in the United States is 15 percent, meaning 46.5 million people live in poverty in our country. Fourteen and a half percent of the country...
To the Editors:
The Board of the Edmonia Lewis Center for Women and Trans* People would like to express our support for the following demands made by the student coalition at the Trustee Forum on Oct....
The American government has not been doing very well recently. Extensive failures of the government’s online healthcare exchange, HealthCare.gov, served as a sad backdrop to the budget and debt crisis....
To the Editors:
One of the most effective tools of political persuasion is to convince an audience of one’s neutrality. One of the most important things that media outlets can do is to expose partisanship...
All elections matter. Even-year, odd-year, primary, general. Presidential, statewide, county, and local. Issues and candidates (for every office) every time. All elections matter — every one — no exceptions.
Oberlin...
Cindy Frantz, Department of Psychology Chair, Committee on Environmental Sustainability
• November 1, 2013
To the Editors:
Oberlin College is about to shut down its coal plant after 65 years. This, in combination with the city of Oberlin’s 90 percent renewable electricity portfolio, will get us 50 percent...
To the Editors:
Issue 16 makes no sense for the same reason that we don’t declare “no drunk driving on just certain roads.” Or actually, “No drinking the new whiskey on just certain roads......
On Tuesday, members of Congress had a one-of-a-kind opportunity to hear firsthand from victims of U.S. drone strikes in northwest Pakistan. In a briefing organized by Representative Alan Grayson, D-Fl.,...
To the Editors:
Though this is an off-year for state and federal elections, there are still several elections and issues that are on the ballot for Nov. 5. Students who have updated their voter registration...
Since the entire campus has let out its usual giant sigh of relief after midterms ended, we can now focus on everything that really matters in college, like all the music I illegally downloaded when I...
To the Editors:
I am writing as a board member of the League of Women Voters of the Oberlin Area to encourage all registered voters to participate in Tuesday’s election. The issues and candidates...
