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The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

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

Academia Must Adjust to Post-Pandemic Landscape

Editorial Board December 2, 2022

In April of this year, The New York Times published an article on the rise of the “chronically absent student” post-COVID-19, reporting on a crisis of education occurring in American public high schools....

Gibson’s Trial Should Not Harm Alumni Willingness to Give

Richard Lempert December 2, 2022

In response to "Open Letter to President Ambar Regrarding Gibsons' Suit," The Oberlin Review,  Nov. 18, 2022 Dear Mr. Krass, I read your open letter to President Carmen Twillie Ambar in the Review,...

Oberlin Title IX Unable to Provide Adequate Support to Students

Jackie Brick and Emily Amenda December 2, 2022

Many of us have heard the horrific statistic that one in five women on college campuses has been sexually assaulted. While many claim this number is inflated, it has since been corroborated by The National...

College Students Lack Formal Music Opportunities

Sahil Novetzke, Columnist December 2, 2022

Since the Conservatory’s integration into the College in the mid-1800s, music has been an integral part of Oberlin. Students come from all over the world to engage in a liberal arts education and dabble...

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