As someone who has struggled with tardiness throughout high school and college, I often wonder why I am still resistant to the overwhelming cultural pressure to have a rigid schedule and always be on time....
The Half-Life Of Remembrance
Benjamin Netanyahu has argued for the past three decades that Iran cannot possess a nuclear weapon. I disagree with practically everything Netanyahu has ever said or done,...
When opening almost any app on my phone, whether that be Instagram, TikTok, or even Gmail, I am inundated with social media’s recent craze: Ozempic. It’s hard to ignore. No longer is Ozempic only a...
I can picture exactly how I want my time at Oberlin to end. Just after commencement, my family will walk across Tappan Square to get a late lunch. The emotion of leaving will finally hit me, and I’ll...
Several weeks ago, while browsing The Wall Street Journal’s politics section (big mistake, I know), I came across a headline about James Talarico’s then-recent win in the Texas Democratic Senate primary....
How much time each day do you spend not doing work? If you are a college student mired in the culture of compulsive overcommitment, we wager that your answer is very little. Beyond our immediate academic...
I grew up playing ice hockey, which wasn’t uncommon in Michigan, but it was still a unique sport for a girl to be playing. Adults tended to be a little surprised when I told them about my pastime. There...
I took my first in-person midterm exam at Oberlin a few weeks ago. I came prepared with the testing etiquette ingrained in me since high school: Don’t open my packet until everyone gets theirs, keep...
To the Editors:
The upcoming May 5, 2026 primary election is important, and the early voting period has begun. For every election, the League of Women Voters of Lorain County provides a nonpartisan voter...
There seems to be a widely-held belief on campus that for an athlete, eating in a co-op equals starvation. Admittedly, the Oberlin Student Cooperative Association provides a very particular diet for members,...
Have we lost all whimsy? Walking across campus, I see stiff postures, sunken faces, and robotic movements. I see it in myself as well. In college, we become accustomed to routine, to going through the...
That the U.S. is facing political division is not a novel idea. In October 2025, a poll conducted by The New York Times and Siena University found that a majority of American voters do not think that the...
