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The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

CORRECTION

February 16, 2024

In “Indifference to Palestine Exposes False Progressiveness at Oberlin” The Oberlin Review, Feb. 9, 2024 by Zane Badawi, the article includes a quote by Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant stating,...

Review Article on Israel-Gaza War Contains Numerous Misrepresentations

Karen Bekker February 16, 2024

Editor’s Note: This article contains discussion of sexual harm. In his Feb. 9 article in the Review, Zane Badawi laments what he sees as President Carmen Twillie Ambar’s failure to condemn “genocide”...

Barred From Old Barrows: Exclusivity in Housing

Rory Gielty, Opinions Editor February 16, 2024

Housing is one of the most daunting tasks for incoming college students. However, for transgender students, this anxiety could escalate to a safety concern or cause discomfort on a uniquely intimate level....

Audre Lorde.

Alumni Statement to the President

February 16, 2024

Dear President Carmen Twillie Ambar and Board of Trustees,  Audre Lorde advised the Oberlin College 1989 graduating class in her commencement address: “We are citizens of the most powerful country...

On Lethal Injection in Ohio

LJ Katch February 16, 2024

At a press conference Jan. 30, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and State Representatives Phil Plummer and Brian Stewart, all Republican, introduced a bill that would make nitrogen gas a legal form of execution....

Oberlin City Charter Forum Set to Convene

Linda Slocum February 16, 2024

The League of Women Voters of Lorain County — formerly known as the LWV of the Oberlin Area — invites Oberlin residents to join a forum on the proposed Oberlin City Charter amendments on the March...

Beverages available at DeCafé.

Winter Term Dining Lacks Nutritious Options

Avery Russell, Columnist February 16, 2024

I, like many Oberlin students, spent my Winter Term at the College, training on the women’s track team and learning how to drive. Except for the week when the weather was in the negative degrees and...

Inconvenient Mobile Ordering Impacts AVI, Students

Ariel Papas, Columnist February 9, 2024

Azariah’s Café, like many other fast dining places on-campus, is officially fully mobile. The cafe transitioned during Winter Term with limited options like 12-ounce cups for drinks and no bakery items....

Students sit in Wilder Bowl.

Statement on Israel-Palestine at Oberlin

Paul Van Doorn February 9, 2024

I graduated from Oberlin in 1977 and I am concerned that the current students have lost their ability to use reason and logic. Let’s get the basics out of the way... Israel, in 1948, stole Palestine...

Shoebox Donations Arrive on Campus

Dolores Brown February 9, 2024

Dear Editor, Generosity throughout Oberlin​​​​​​​ contributed to a successful shoebox gift collection season at drop-off locations for the Samaritan’s Purse project Operation Christmas...

Oberlin recently moved Azariah’s Café to mobile-order only.

Homage to Cafés in Search of Third Places

Benhur Mosazghi Ghezehey February 9, 2024

The domestication of coffee is believed to have started in the Horn of Africa, although we still can not pinpoint the precise area and time where that craft began. Still, the plant’s historical prevalence...

A rock in Tappan Square displays the Palestinian flag.

Indifference to Palestine Exposes False Progressiveness at Oberlin

Zane Badawi February 9, 2024

In 1919, the sixth President of Oberlin College, Henry Churchill King, traveled to the Middle East at the request of President Woodrow Wilson. He and Charles Crane were tasked with surveying the population...

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