I am in the second semester of my fourth year at Oberlin. Right now, most of my brain space is occupied by what every other, second-semester fourth-year student is concerned with right now: the job search....
To The Editors:
If you cannot fathom reading another horrific revelation from the Epstein investigation, highlighting the bottomless abuse of girls and children; if you cannot comprehend yet another constitutionally...
Chloe Ko, Arts & Culture Editor
• February 27, 2026
Hesitancy, doubt, and longing have become too commonplace. In fact, we have romanticized these obstacles into the act of yearning, of silencing our voices before they can be judged, and of keeping our...
You’ve probably seen it before: the TV character dramatically washing their hands or painstakingly straightening every object on their desk. You’ve probably heard people on social media saying, “I’m...
We deserve better than the Office of Residence Life that we have right now. The fact that notorious ResLife stories come up in so many Oberlin conversations can attest to this. The fact that we find every...
Sophie Brown, Senior Staff Writer
• February 27, 2026
Sophie Brown
Senior Staff Writer
As a senior in high school, I was fortunate to see a lot of liberal arts campuses. I looked at women’s colleges on the east coast and hippie private schools in the...
Just two weeks ago, I couldn’t name a single Winter Olympian. Now, my friends and I are constantly discussing whether we’d actually dye our hair like Alysa Liu’s or sharing our excitement about meeting...
Oberlin College was the first institution in the U.S. to establish an undergraduate program dedicated to the academic study of religion. Yet, it has now made the troubling decision to eliminate the visiting...
By all accounts, Oberlin College is not in a financial crisis, but students can’t help but feel like it is. Oberlin’s endowment in the 2025 fiscal year was $1.48 billion. According to the Form 990,...
The earliest memory that I can put a date to occurred right after my fourth birthday party ended. As my parents were cleaning up the outside tables and chairs where we had eaten, I remained on the lawn...
Oberlin students have a reputation for working themselves to the bone. Many of us have taken on double or triple majors, two or three jobs, several clubs or extracurricular activities, and are making strides...
Dear Oberlin Community,
As board members of the Santa Elena Project of Accompaniment, we are pleased to invite you to join our annual Guatemala buffet on March 14th (5:30–8:30 p.m.) at the First Church...
