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The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

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...

Dear Science

Nicole Le, Columnist April 5, 2013

Dear Science, I just ate an ice cream sandwich from Dascomb in one bite. What is causing this terrible brain freeze? Researchers refer to this as nerve pain of the sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia...

Student Senate Should Allow Fee-Based Funding Of OPIRG And Others

Sarah Konowitz April 5, 2013

As a student concerned with on-campus and community activism, I was upset to hear about a recent Student Senate decision that limits Oberlin students’ right to collective action. During my four years...

United Space-Scheduling Office Would Foster Blending Of Town, College Groups

Henry Harboe, Bill Derrah, and Aliza Weidenbaum April 5, 2013

To foster smoother, fuller blending of town and college groups, we propose having a “united space-scheduling office.” All you would have to do — to borrow a room in the moment, reserve a room for...

Authenticity Through Identity a Misguided Concept

Taiyo Scanlon-Kimura April 5, 2013

College senior AD Hogan’s recent apology letter to the Review deeply upsets me. I understand the motivation behind the interruption of Krislov’s interview with CNN, though not through any productive...

Health Services Fee Has Potential for Positive Change

The Editorial Board April 5, 2013

According to the Office of Financial Aid’s website, the cumulative cost of one year for a full-time student at Oberlin is set to rise $831 next year, as the price jumps to a jaw-dropping $59,474. It’s...

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