Opinions: A Year In “Review”
Katherine MacPhail, Editor-in-Chief
May 25, 2020
Editor’s note: This article appears as part of a series in which the Review’s graduating editors reflect on how their sections have evolved, the biggest stories of the year, and their time at the paper as a whole. The rest of this series can be found here. This has been a major year for Ober...
To the Class of 2020
May 25, 2020
This past week, graduating Obies received their caps and various parting mementos in a box — commencement on delivery. Parents are taking photographs in living rooms and on front lawns across the country and around the world, while friends organize celebrations over Zoom. Today is not the Commence...
50th Anniversary of Kent State Shootings Demonstrate How Obies Step Up in Crisis
Katie Lucey, Senior Associate Editor
May 4, 2020
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the violent confrontation between antiwar college students and the Ohio National Guard at Kent State University in 1970, which left four dead and nine injured. The iconic photographs that emerged in the immediate aftermath of this event — as well as the infamous Cro...
Ohio Federation of Teachers Responds to UAW Controversy
Melissa Cropper, President, Ohio Federation of Teachers
April 24, 2020
To President Carmen Twillie Ambar, We, the more than 20,000 members of the Ohio Federation of Teachers, stand in solidarity with our United Auto Workers brothers and sisters targeted for outsourcing at Oberlin College. Outsourcing more than 100 union workers in order to avoid paying health benefits i...
Black Student Leadership Endorses Universal Pass
Mowa Badmos, College second-year, co-chair, ASA, Blessing Bwititi, College third-year, co-chair, ASA, Benjamin Collado, College third-year, co-chair and treasurer, SOCA, Timothy Grant, College second-year, co-chair, ABUSUA, Seyquan Mack, double-degree fourth-year, chair, OCBMG, Deverrick McAllister Jr., College second-year, co-chair and student liaison, SOCA, Lauriel Powell, College second-year, co-chair, BSG, and Mike Sandifer, College third-year, co-chair, The Brotherhood
April 4, 2020
Dear Oberlin College and Conservatory Community Members, These are difficult and scary times that we are living in. Since being evicted from campus amidst a global pandemic, none amongst us have been able to avoid the fallout of COVID-19. However, this crisis will especially impact Black student...
Universal Pass Represents Only Humane Option
Zoë Luh, Contributing Writer
April 4, 2020
Editor's note: This article contains brief reference to suicide. It is my firm opinion that Universal Pass is the only humane and emphatic grading option that upholds the core tenets of Oberlin College — mainly, accessibility and equity for all students. As an immunocompromised student with an ...
Oberlin: We Are Still Your Concern
Nico Vickers, This Week Editor
March 13, 2020
I am perfectly aware that this is an impossible situation. Oberlin College and the City of Oberlin do not have the infrastructure, facilities, staff, or resources to deal with an outbreak of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, and it is true that it is best to act quickly in unpredictable situations such...
OCOPE Resolution in Support of UAW
Julie Weir, President, OCOPE Reference & Academic Commons Assistant
March 13, 2020
We, the members of Oberlin College Office and Professional Employees International Union Local 502, stand in solidarity with our United Automobile Workers union brothers and sisters, and we wholeheartedly support them in their fight to preserve their jobs and the dignity of labor at Oberlin College. ...
Oberlin Has Transparency Problems
Les Leopold, OC ’69
March 13, 2020
Oberlin College’s administration claims that contracting out 108 union dining and maintenance jobs will save over $2 million a year. But where is the evidence for this claim? Good governance requires full transparency so that all the stakeholders impacted have the information needed to evaluate such dire ac...
As COVID-19 Brings Fear, Disruption, Obies Rally to Support Community
March 13, 2020
This is an uncertain, difficult, and frightening time. Every member of our community is scrambling to make sense of the necessary yet difficult decisions that have been made by College administrators. This is not easy, and it’s okay to be scared. At a time when many of the members of our community...
In Congressional Race, Third-Party Candidate Could Split Vote, Take Down Jim Jordan
March 6, 2020
With Ohio’s March 17 primary elections rapidly approaching, the Editorial Board anticipates that many students are well-prepared to make a selection in the presidential race — especially given that the Democratic campaign has narrowed to two viable challengers, Senator Bernie Sanders and Former Vice Pre...
Democratic Party Should Shift Attention to Texas in Future
Jackie Brant, Opinions Editor
March 6, 2020
Texas on Super Tuesday in the wake of numerous accusations of rampant voter suppression across the state. This voter suppression could have contributed significantly to Biden’s win in the state. This result is alarming and something that the Democratic Party must take notice of and capitalize on in f...
Athina Apazidis, Staff Cartoonist