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The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Comic: A College Student's Best Friend

Comic: A College Student’s Best Friend

Molly Chapin, Layout Manager and Illustrator February 24, 2023

Oberlin College Should Reopen Mahallati Investigation

On Dec. 12, 2022, President Carmen Twillie Ambar received a letter from three prominent Iranian-born human rights advocates: Nobel Peace Prize laureate and lawyer Dr. Shirin Ebadi; acclaimed author of...

Campus Mental Health Crisis Predates Pandemic, Requires Systemic Address

Editorial Board February 24, 2023

Last week, the Review reported on faculty workshops intended to start a conversation about supporting student mental health. Over the last three years, the institution has seen an increase in requests...

Senator John Fetterman has been uniquely open about his mental health in recent weeks.

Fetterman’s Step Back Promotes Positive Masculinity

Hanna Alwine, Opinions Editor February 24, 2023

Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman checked himself into treatment for clinical depression at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Feb. 15. A statement released by Fetterman’s office assured...

Comic: New Year, Same Me

Comic: New Year, Same Me

Molly Chapin, Layout Manager and Illustrator February 17, 2023

The Typewriter Renaissance is Upon Us

The Typewriter Renaissance is Upon Us

Emily Vaughan, Opinions Editor February 17, 2023

All faculty rightfully prefer that students forsake using all technology in their classes. Technologies that have internet access, like computers or cell phones, lure students into a distracted purgatory...

Eliminating legacy admissions would overall be beneficial to the College.

Legacy Admissions Hinder Diversity, Equity

Zachary Stout February 17, 2023

It was surprising to learn that Oberlin College gives preference to legacy students in its application and admissions process. Though Oberlin has stated its commitment to equity through various statements...

President Joe Biden spoke to the nation in his State of the Union address Feb. 7.

State of the Union Protests Have Lost Their Efficacy

Gautami Kunde February 17, 2023

Last week, Representative Mary Miller, a Republican from Illinois, announced in an interview with Breitbart that she would not be attending President Biden’s State of the Union speech. She told Breitbart,...

The development of the Oberlin Crossing Shopping Center has sparked much controversy within the Oberlin community.

Oberlin Crossing Development Supports Land Use Plan Goals

Cecily Miles, Columnist February 17, 2023

In The Oberlin Review’s initial coverage of early-stage plans for a shopping center within the city of Oberlin in 2019, an Oberlin resident accused the project’s developers of seeking to “pervert”...

Sentiment of Indifference Toward Syria Must Be Addressed

Zane Badawi February 17, 2023

I decided to visit my father in Akron during the first weekend of February to catch up with him. I hadn’t seen him since December, and I was looking forward to recounting my stories of Egypt, a part...

Memories of Place Should Be Preserved Through Campus Renovations

Editorial Board February 10, 2023

WOBC, a radio station that has been broadcasting since 1961, never managed to get on air last semester because they were on alert to be asked to move out of their old office in Wilder Hall at a moment’s...

DeSantis' War Against Higher Education Will Not Stop in Florida

DeSantis’ War Against Higher Education Will Not Stop in Florida

Emma Benardete, Editor-in-Chief February 10, 2023

Last month,  Republican governor of Florida Ron DeSantis launched a mission to strip Florida’s higher education system of what his Director of Communications, Taryn Fenske, called a “political ideology...

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