What is political organizing? When I began working toward a May Day action back in December, I had only one mental image of organizing. I imagined meetings with dozens of attendees, motivational speeches...
Political commentary in art should never be subtle. Artists who seek to foment discourse, stir up the consciousness of their audience, and encourage real change need to be direct about their political...
After three years as City Councilmembers, it has become clear that the period for public comment at City Council meetings, function like a suggestion box. Each person receives a maximum of three minutes...
Recently, the Student Honor Committee has decided to change the Honor Code charter to allow professors to proctor tests, revoking the prohibition against it that has been in place for 96 years since the...
Earlier this month, in my East Asia in Western Art Music class, a discussion of the intersections of John Cage’s music and Asian influences prompted Conservatory second-year Faith Meshida to assert that...
I stopped taking photographs in the middle of last year and now, I am back at it. Do not concern yourself by wondering what camera, what frame size, what setup, what editing software I use. I have returned...
Affordable housing is something that’s on everyone’s mind. In recent years, many of the conversations about affordable housing have centered around people’s living conditions in medium-to-large metropolitan...
Dining halls are notoriously disliked in college campus culture, and Oberlin College is no different. Seton Hall University’s The Setonian, for example, discussed in 2025 how some students are dissatisfied...
As previously reported in The Oberlin Review by Chloe Mance, the College’s class of 2029 applicants totaled 10,427, a 7.5 percent increase from the 9,702 received for the class of 2028. The Conservatory...
It is typical Obie fashion to love the sinner (Oberlin College) and hate the sin (the state of Ohio). As an urbanite student, it’s easy to imagine rural Americans would gladly choose running over barefooters’...
I did not grow up believing in God.
I was baptized in the Episcopal Church, like generations of my mother’s family before me. But I was a staunch atheist growing up. As a child, I asked my Episcopalian...
I did not begin to seriously doubt the value of my liberal arts education until Hampshire College announced its closure last week. As a recent Review article assured us, Oberlin College and Conservatory’s...
