Imagine Oberlin without vegan dining options. Or without vegetarian options. What if vegans and vegetarians were required to undergo regular review of their eating habits? Given our student body, the...
Many important economies in Western Europe remain in peril. Italy, Spain and Greece are all locked in debt crises. Italy’s election earlier this week did nothing to ameliorate the situation. Tragically,...
This is a very short note, intended to serve as a counterpoint to the above.
No one would argue explicitly that a misplaced apostrophe in the OCRL’s sign constitutes a reason to dismiss their ideas....
As an alumni member of the Class of 1988, I recently received an invitation to our upcoming 25th Reunion. I also followed a blog link to [College senior] Kevin Gilfether’s recent opinion piece [“No...
The One Town Campaign’s community forum at the Oberlin Public Library on Feb. 13 was ostensibly a discussion of the so-called No Trespass list, an opaque and capricious College policy that bars certain...
While Sean Para’s Op-ed piece “Pope’s Resignation May Lead to Reform for Aging Institution” [Oberlin Review, Feb. 15, 2013] raises important critiques of the conservatism and corruption within...
I am a first-year. My preferred gender pronouns are he, him and his. I’m a black man, but, equally important, I’m an Obie.
I know you are aware of the numerous attacks that have been targeted specifically...
Over Winter Term, Oberlin hosted a reception at the Yale Club in New York City to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Oberlin Business Scholars program. Though this may be changing, a prevalent notion...
President Obama certainly made errors during his first term as President of the United States. I also agree that many of his errors stemmed from a lack of commitment to one political direction. With this...
We are the Edmonia Lewis Center for Women and Transgender People, and we are writing to condemn the recent trend of hateful speech attacking marginalized communities on campus. We are acting in solidarity...
Thank you for hosting an open listening session regarding the search for a new Vice President of Finance and Administration this past Monday, Feb. 11. We greatly appreciate the opportunity to have our...
Last week, the public got a sneak peak at the products of George W. Bush’s post-presidency hobby: his self-portraits. A hacker, who goes by the alias Guccifer, broke into the e-mail accounts of multiple...
