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Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Discussions Regarding Dining Changes Must Include Student Input, Voices

David Mathisson, Contributing Writer April 5, 2019

The Office of Residential Education sent an email to all rising juniors March 19 notifying students that previously promised meal plan options would no longer be offered. Instead, the office planned to...

AAPR Process Must Value, Respect All College Employees

Jae Muth, Contributing Writer April 5, 2019

The areas of recommendation first publicly presented by the Academic and Administrative Program Review steering committee on March 13 and 14 have exposed clear divisions between different parts of the...

Oberlin Students Should Consider Decreasing Meat Consumption

Haven King-Nobles, College Senior April 5, 2019

Imagine a world identical to ours, except for one aspect: No one eats meat. For whatever reason, however, billions of farm animals — many not unlike our pets — are still raised in horrific and unnatural...

Doodle: Oberlin Activism

Doodle: Oberlin Activism

Ananya Gupta, Managing Editor April 5, 2019

Faculty Letter to Save Arabic Language Program at Oberlin College

March 15, 2019

Arabic Studies Committee, the Middle East and North Africa Studies Program, and other language programs have read the statements of Acting Dean David Kamitsuka published in the Review last week (“Arabic...

Departmental Consolidation Offers Opportunities for Increased Efficiency

Editorial Board March 15, 2019

In a series of campus-wide presentations earlier this week, the Academic and Administrative Program Review steering committee unveiled numerous areas of recommendation for program and financial changes...

The Voices of Students, Organizers, and Senators Matter More Than Ever

Serena Zets, Contributing Writer March 15, 2019

Disclaimer: In this opinion piece, though I am speaking about my experiences as a student senator, I am discussing these occurrences as a student — not as a senator.  The actions of last week deeply...

An Open Letter from Arabic 102

March 15, 2019

On Feb. 22, the Review published an article announcing that the Arabic teaching assistant position would be cut next year (“French and Arabic Teaching Assistant Programs Reduced”). This was quickly...

The Catholic Church Doesn’t Deserve an Apology

David Mathisson, Contributing Writer March 15, 2019

After Pete Davidson compared the Catholic Church to R. Kelly on last week’s Saturday Night Live, Church leaders — including Pope Francis — demanded a public apology. “Apparently, the only acceptable...

Student Senate Must Be Proactive in Regaining Student Trust

Ruby Anderson, Contributing Writer March 15, 2019

On Friday, March 8, a group of around 40 students gathered in Tappan Square. Our plan was to disrupt a trustee luncheon and read a statement expressing our concerns about the Academic and Administrative...

Arabic Transition Offers Opportunity to Model Creative Collaboration

Editorial Board March 8, 2019

The recent decision to transition intermediate and advanced Arabic courses to a digital classroom platform known as the Shared Languages Program (covered in-depth in this week’s Review, “Arabic Courses...

Ariana Grande’s Music Video Perpetuates Queer Stereotypes, Tropes

Aly Fogel, Arts Editor March 8, 2019

I am tired of watching gross misrepresentations of queer women in entertainment. I find myself mentally reminding the artists involved in these works, “My queerness is not a publicity stunt. My queerness...

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