From The Ghetto Mirror
October 11, 2012
“Experience a part of Kenya unseen by most tourists,” reads a tagline on Kiberatours.com. “A visit to Kibera takes you to the friendliest slum in the...
We are writing to provide an update on the issues of compensation on Student Senate. Following recent events, College junior Eli Diop has resigned from Student Senate. In the past week, we have completed...
In the issue of The Oberlin Review released April 26, an article titled “Kiss My Sass: The Immigration Bill” included the word “illegal” in reference to undocumented immigrants and their entry...
I have decided that it is in my best interest to resign from Senate. I am no longer interested in serving as a part of this body, and I feel that the last few weeks have been very destructive and detrimental...
This letter is a culmination of reflections from a series of meetings and intentional decision-making discussions from within the Prison Justice Project. This student organization has been in existence...
Formally launched in 2005, BDS is an international movement that stands for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel. This past Sunday, Student Senate endorsed Oberlin Students for a Free Palestine’s...
Following the controversy surrounding Student Senate Liaison Eliza Diop’s billing issues and subsequent resignation, Senate is initiating a reform of the rules regarding the payment of its members. Diop...
Students for a Free Palestine commends Student Senate for passing an edited version of the Oberlin Divest resolution. We are grateful for their thoughtfulness, and for the chance to engage critically in...
Last Thursday I was headed to Mudd to pretend to do work when I spotted a girl about 20 yards out, fixated on her cell phone and swerving dangerously back and forth as she moved toward me.“She’s going...
The United States should provide armed support for the Syrian rebel fighters. The Syrian Civil War has dragged on for far too long, claimed too many lives and caused too much destruction. While America...
Please do some reading on DMT and some of the studies that were conducted (legally) on U.S. patients in the late ’80s and early ’90s. I’m interested in your opinion on this supposed “spirit molecule.”
This...
Back in November, Barack Obama rode a massive victory in the battle for the female vote 55 percent to 44 percent for Mitt Romney nationally, and that gap was even larger in swing states like Ohio — to...
