It might not always seem like it, but there are more than enough reasons for foreign nationals to be invested in American politics. I’ve had the unpleasant experience of being discounted by domestic...
Well, here we are. It’s the last week of classes and, as planned, Oberlin students have gone home — many of us scattered to childhood bedrooms across the country to finish final projects and exams....
COVID-19 restricts what we can do, the number of people we can see, and places we can go. During my first few weeks at Oberlin College, these restrictions felt suffocating. It took me quite some time to...
Booker C. Peek, Emeritus Professor of Africana Studies
• November 20, 2020
Donald Trump is our president and has every right to ensure that President-elect Biden was duly and fairly elected by the American voters. However shocking and painful it would be to those of us who voted...
“Come celebrate with me that everyday something has tried to kill me and has failed.” - Lucille Clifton
My whole life all I’ve known are private institutions. Teachers with implicit bias who punished...
“This is my first day on campus, my first day as a first-year, my first day of the rest of my college life,” I thought as a woman in Chernobyl-level protective gear rummaged around somewhere near my...
You walk through the glass doors of Mudd Center and turn left along the well-worn path to Azariah’s Café. At the counter, the two regular baristas, Tyler and Sam, greet you with a, “Good morning!...
Booker C. Peek, Professor Emeritus of Africana Studies
• November 13, 2020
“America won” last week with our elections, in which almost 150 million of us voted in or out those politicians and issues we favor or oppose. Yes, some outcomes are still uncertain, but one isn’t:...
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The time is fast approaching for students to start packing.
A few weeks ago, an email from the Dean of Students office alerted students that anyone living in College housing needs to pack all of their...
Editor’s note: This article centers the experience of the COVID-19 quarantine of one student, and is not necessarily representative of a universal experience of Oberlin College’s quarantine plan.
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