If I had to define the Israel–Palestine conflict in one word, it would be “fear.”
Fear caused it, fear sustains and exacerbates it, and fear will either eternalize it or end it in a bloodbath the...
Although Oberlin pro-Palestine groups launched a 200-person strong encampment on Wilder Bowl in late April, the organizers dismantled it after less than 48 hours. According to Students for a Free Palestine ...
I still remember my first Halloweekend at Oberlin. My friends and I had just left Organ Pump, and outside stood someone I knew. I saw her there, alone and clearly disoriented, standing at the steps of...
In 2020, Oberlin College outsourced 108 long-time custodial and dining positions. Much of the Oberlin community saw this as unnecessary, out of line with Oberlin values, and, in the middle of a deadly...
During the Democratic primary earlier this year, the “Uncommitted National Movement” arose, led by Arab Americans angered by the ongoing genocide in Palestine. This year, over 700,000 Democrats voted...
If you’ve been in Tappan Square recently, you might have noticed some recent additions. Littered near the paths crossing the park are large logs, trimmed into long rectangular shapes and set slightly...
Jonah Barber, At Large Senior Staff Writer
• October 4, 2024
Like the trees lining Professor Street or the Rathskeller’s tavernous dine-in option, plastic water bottles have been felled by Oberlin’s administrative axe. Once the king of DeCafé’s gleaming fridges...
Dozens of people had slowly lined up in front of Missouri governor Mike Parson’s office last Tuesday, holding papers covered with thousands of signatures advocating for the halting of the execution...
This year, my family gathered for Juneteenth at my cousin’s home. While family members gathered and talked, she worked diligently in the kitchen, cooking food from her home in Senegal. Her friends, also...
On Aug. 14, the Oberlin Board of Trustees put out a statement in Campus Digest formally denying the proposal to divest from Israel. The proposal, which garnered support from students, faculty and staff,...
In the past year, I have sat in the safety and comfort of my room scrolling through a seemingly endless stream of videos where mothers scream over the corpses of their children; where a young boy around...
In June, George Latimer defeated incumbent U.S. Representative Jamaal Bowman in a New York House race that hinged tightly on the former’s support for, and the latter’s criticism of, Israel. Bowman,...
