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.
A...
These opinions do not reflect the views of The Oberlin Review staff. However, we are amazing and knowledgeable about many things, so we’re glad that you trust us to settle these debates.
Editor’s...
To say this semester has been rough on my mental health would be the understatement of the century. I feel a constant wave of exhaustion and a minute drive to do anything these days. I work primarily out...
In 1970, faced with increasing workplace inequities, a group of women working for Oberlin College decided to take matters into their own hands — to organize and fight back. The result was the Oberlin...
Booker C. Peek, Professor Emeritus of Africana Studies
• October 30, 2020
A peaceful, orderly America after next week’s election will easily be one of America’s greatest achievements ever, if not the world’s. Because we are arguably the most powerful, respected, and envied...
