Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Failure of Gun Control Bill a National Embarrassment

The Editorial Board April 19, 2013

Even in an age when Congress has a lower approval rating than most reality television stars, this has to move the needle even ever so slightly, doesn’t it? The gun control legislation inspired by...

I’m Not a Farmer: Why Should I Care About the Farm Bill?

Erin Swenson-Klatt, Contributing Writer April 12, 2013

In simple terms: Because you eat, and the Farm Bill affects the food in every community, school and grocery store in the United States, along with our regional economies, international trade and agriculture...

Update from Student Senate

Student Senate April 12, 2013

The Office of the President has donated $5,000 to the creation of a Community-Building Fund for the Oberlin College Community. If you have suggestions as to how this money should be allocated, please contact...

Dear Science

Nicole Le, Columnist April 12, 2013

Is it true that hair is just dead cells? Almost, but not quite. Hair is mostly com- posed of a protein called keratin. Each strand of hair grows out of a follicle in your scalp, and the shape of that...

OPIRG Benefits from Keeping Students in the Dark

The Editorial Board April 12, 2013

This week, Mudd, Wilder Bowl and the Science Center atrium came to feel more like midtown Manhattan than a small liberal arts campus, as Ohio Public Interest Research Group canvassers have become a ubiquitous...

Obies Should Consider Joining Ranks of Alumni Donors

Rick Pender April 12, 2013

It seems likely that someone has given you a copy of Dr. Seuss’s book  Oh, the Places You’ll Go!, a piece of optimism that’s become a traditional graduation gift since its publication in 1990. I...

Awareness of College Investments Critical to Social Responsibility

The Responsible Investing Organization was formed to address the disparity between Oberlin College’s investment practices and the institution’s professed goals of achieving social, environmental and...

Call For Divestment in Support of Palestine

In July of 2005, Palestinian civil society organizations initiated a boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign as a tactic in the global movement to pressure Israel to end its continued violation of international...

Students Against OPIRG Reauthorization

Philip Reisen April 12, 2013

We strongly oppose the alternative funding structure behind Ohio PIRG. Currently, students are forced to financially support an obscure political interest group unless they actively opt out. A 2012 Student...

Double Standard In Punishment For Bias Incidents

Douglas H. Frazer April 5, 2013

On March 20, 2013, President Krislov reported (in the Updates from Oberlin series) that two students suspected of having a connection to “the bias incidents” (that included, I presume, dressing like...

Oberlin Should Continue Undivided

Booker Peek April 5, 2013

The ceremony in Finney Chapel just a month ago was about as stirring as could be. The program was perhaps occasioned by more than a month-long series of racist, homophobic, anti- Semitic, cowardly acts,...

Conversation As First Response To Adversity

As six housemates from the class of 2012, we have been deeply affected by the recent hate crimes on Oberlin’s campus. Needing to process our thoughts and feelings, and encouraged by the example set by...

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