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The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

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Accessible Language Software Provides Alternative to Traditional Classes

Sahil Novetzke, Columnist February 3, 2023

It may seem irrelevant, but online language-learning softwares have begun to take over, with user statistics increasing rapidly. Cision PR Newswire suggests the industry will grow to $10.5 billion by 2025....

College Should Pay Student Workers Higher Wages

Cecily Miles, Columnist February 3, 2023

Oberlin College asserts on its website that it has a “commitment to inclusion and academic excellence,” of which its financial aid policies are supposedly a reflection. These policies include student...

Arrival of Aldi has Opportunity, Drawbacks

Hanna Alwine, Opinions Editor February 3, 2023

A new semester has started at Oberlin College and with it has arrived a new addition to the Oberlin community. ALDI — with its strange deposit-based shopping carts and bulk produce — has set up shop...

Contract Grading Democratizes Writing

Sampad Ghosh February 3, 2023

I recently saw an opinion in the Review (“Contract Grading Detrimental to Oberlin Academics, Student Success,” The Oberlin Review, Dec. 9, 2022) that critiqued the use of contract grading in certain...

Editorial Board Tests ChatGPT Capabilities

ChatGPT February 3, 2023

Editors’ Note: The following responses were created by OpenAI’s ChatGPT in connection to this week’s editorial. They appear exactly as they were generated and have not been edited according to the...

President Ambar Speaks at Carnegie Hall alongside U.N. General Assembly President Csaba Körösi and GFPA President Benjamin Woodroffe.

UNITAR Partnership Brings Opportunity to Oberlin

Editorial Board December 9, 2022

On Friday, Dec. 2, the Oberlin Orchestra and Choir performed at Carnegie Hall before the United Nations General Assembly, kicking off the College’s partnership with the United Nations Institute for Training...

Protests Erupt in China After Urumqi Fire

December 9, 2022

Editor’s Note: Given the political content of this article, the Editorial Board has agreed to publish this article anonymously. We feel that the content of the piece and its relevance justifies its publication,...

Messy dorms pose health and safety hazards.

Students Must Take Responsibility For Dorm Cleanliness

Henry Larson, Columnist December 9, 2022

Perishable food left in the kitchen sink. Trash in the lounge. Hair and soap scum coating the bathroom floor. Scenes like these are disgustingly familiar for many at Oberlin, all because some students...

Small businesses in Oberlin offer a variety of Christmas gifts and decor.

Celebrate Christmas With Crafting, Not Consumerism

Hanna Alwine, Opinions Editor December 9, 2022

Faster than anyone could have anticipated, December is upon us  — and with it, the holiday season — in all its red and green-tasseled glory. The streets of Oberlin are lined with twinkling lights....

Stevenson Dining Hall is a central location for students to eat meals and socialize.

Stevenson Dining Hall Important to Oberlin Social Life

Catherine Saccone December 9, 2022

Oberlin is a school full of kind and wonderful people. I still wave at a girl who walked me home from class two semesters ago and at a guy whose necklace I complimented over a year ago. There are even...

Contract grading guarantees students the safety of a B grade, with higher grades given according to the professor’s standards of good work.

Contract Grading Detrimental to Oberlin Academics, Student Success

Zachary Stout December 9, 2022

Contract grading is a set of grading policies that some classes and professors at Oberlin use: if a student meets a minimum set of requirements, they will automatically earn a B+ or similar grade. Despite...

Comic: Batten Down The Hatches

Comic: Batten Down The Hatches

Holly Yelton, Illustrator December 9, 2022

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