Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Matambo’s Mentorship Lacked Boundaries

Emily Clarke February 9, 2018

To the Editors: I’m writing to share my experiences with Bernard Matambo, in the hope that making it public will continue to open up space for the kind of reflection and change that Sarah Cheshire called...

Oberlin Faculty, Administration Must Be Active in Preventing Sexual Misconduct

Editorial Board December 8, 2017

Editor’s Note: Language in this editorial has been updated to clarify the sources used in its writing and more explicitly express the views of the Editorial Board. Some of the most important relationships...

Faculty Salaries at Oberlin College

Chris Howell and Kirk Ormand December 8, 2017

Editor’s Note: Below is an email sent July 17, 2017 to Chair of the Board of Trustees Chris Canavan by College Professors Chris Howell and Kirk Ormand. The Review is publishing it in full, with minor...

Trustee Fora Emphasize Facilities

Meg Parker and Duncan Reid December 8, 2017

This article is part of the Review’s Student Senate column. In an effort to increase communication and transparency, student senators will provide personal perspectives on recent events on campus and...

Students Should Commit to Integrity

Katie Lucey, News Editor December 8, 2017

“I have adhered to the Honor Code in this assignment.” As students of Oberlin College, we are required to sign this pledge on every assignment we turn in. Yet this year, the Student Honor Committee...

Word Choice Vital in Discussions of Misconduct

Lilah Drafts-Johnson, College Senior December 8, 2017

To the Editors: As an avid reader of the Review, I was concerned by last week’s headline for the Dec. 1 story covering former Assistant Professor of Creative Writing Bernard Matambo’s resignation....

Journalism Must Acknowledge Hate

Taiyo Scanlon-Kimura, OC ’15 December 8, 2017

To the Editors: College junior Kameron Dunbar recently wrote an impassioned criticism of disproportionate whiteness within media publications, which he argues leads to “uncontested platforms” promoting...

The Winter Term Monster

The Winter Term Monster

Janie Chang-Weinberg, Contributor December 8, 2017

Students, Community Must Collaborate Against NEXUS Pipeline

John D. Elder, OC ’53; Vice President, Communities for Safe and Sustainable Energy December 8, 2017

To the Editors: A big “thank you” to the Review’s Production Editor Eliza Guinn for last Friday’s front page story “Court Rules Against Construction in Ohio City, Gives Oberlin Hope” (The...

Perspective Important in Gibson’s Case

Kevin Adler, OC ’84 December 8, 2017

To the Editors: I’m writing to disagree with almost everything in Booker C. Peek’s recent opinion column, “Oberlin, Gibson’s Should Settle Out-of-Court” (The Oberlin Review, Dec. 1, 2017). I...

Whiteness of Student Publications Threatens Integrity

Kameron Dunbar, Columnist December 1, 2017

When’s the last time you saw a Nazi at the grocery store? If not yesterday, maybe you saw a picture of one in The New York Times’ profile of Tony Hovater — bonafide and self-avowed white nationalist....

Revamped OBI Promotes Awareness, Safety

Kirsten Mojziszek, Contributing Writer December 1, 2017

This article is part of the Review’s Student Senate column. In an effort to increase communication and transparency, student senators will provide personal perspectives on recent events on campus and...

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