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The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

DeCafé employee Allison Trimble hands back a student’s ID after swiping at the cash register. Five CDS UAW employees will be let go at the end of the semester due to Dascomb Dining Hall’s closure and other changes in CDS.

Unionized Staff Cuts Follow Dascomb Closure

Melissa Harris, Editor-in-Chief April 13, 2018

Campus dining staff first learned of Dascomb Dining Hall’s impending closure at President Carmen Ambar’s respective financial presentation. Currently, 19 members of the United Auto Workers — the...

Stevens Strategy Presents to General Faculty Amid Controversy

Sydney Allen, Editor-in-Chief April 13, 2018

Editor’s Note: A revised version of the letter mentioned in this article is filed under Letters to the Editors. It can be found online at the following link: https://wp.me/p4BnSC-4ak Stevens Strategy,...

Tony Kushner’s Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, Part One: Millennium Approaches opened in Hall Auditorium Thursday night. The play explores human nature and queer identities in a series of interconnected narratives set in 1980s New York.

Tony-Winning AIDS Epidemic Epic Remains Relevant

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor April 13, 2018

Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, Tony Kushner’s Pulitzer Prize and Tony-winning two-part play celebrates its 25th anniversary, and the first part of Oberlin’s production opened...

Third World House’s “Solidarity, Peace, and Progress” mural was painted in 1982 by Maria del Pilar O’Cadiz, OC ’86, with her father, prominent Chicanx muralist Sergio O’Cadiz Moctezuma, for her first-year Winter Term project. Pilar O’Cadiz will return to Oberlin as the keynote speaker for Oberlin’s Third World Liberation Conference tomorrow.

Students Launch First Third World Liberation Conference

Gabby Greene, Staff Writer April 13, 2018

In honor of the 25th anniversary of the People of Color Conference hosted by Third World House in 1993, TWH will host a Third World Liberation Conference tomorrow. The conference will include sessions...

Steve Hammond and John Elder.

Off The Cuff: John Elder and Steve Hammond

Sydney Allen and Hannah Robinson April 6, 2018

John Elder and Steve Hammond are co-founders of the group Citizens for Safe and Sustainable Energy, an environmental group that has been working to fight the NEXUS pipeline and advocate for Oberlin’s...

Claudia Olaes delivers her valedictorian speech during the graduation of the Class of 2018 from nearby Oberlin High School in Oberlin, Ohio. Olaes, a College first-year, has taken a leave of absence to run for state representative in Ohio’s 56th District.

First-Year Looks to Transform Local Politics, Runs for District 56

Lila Michaels, Layout Editor April 6, 2018

While most Oberlin students are once again settling into campus life after spring break, College first-year Claudia Olaes is running for local office. A pre-med student minoring in Art and Politics, Olaes...

Draylen Mason was accepted to Oberlin’s Conservatory of Music shortly before his murder. Following the official news of his acceptance, alumni began circulating a petition to award Mason a posthumous Bachelor of Music degree.

Oberlin Pays Tribute to Austin Bombing Victim Draylen Mason

Andrea Wang April 6, 2018

The murder of 17-year-old Draylen Mason by the Austin, TX, serial mail bomber has received attention from communities nationwide, but particularly at Oberlin College and Conservatory, the latter of which...

Students Nominated For AAPR Steering Committee

Duncan Reid, Staff Writer April 6, 2018

Student Senate announced the students nominated to serve on the Academic Administrative Program Review Steering Committee in an email Tuesday. College juniors Sadie Keller and Faith Shaeffer, sophomores...

Spring Back Reimagines Choreography

Kate Fishman, Managing Editor April 6, 2018

Every year, Oberlin’s Dance department hosts two faculty-directed shows: Fall Forward and Spring Back, which usually play out in a more-or-less traditional program in Warner Main Space. This year’s...

Acclaimed Brazilian guitarists Rogério Souza and Edinho Gerber, with percussionist Lucas Ashby, perform a program of Brazilian music in the Birenbaum Innovation and Performance space Tuesday night.

Duo Violão Brasil Stages Varied Brazilian Guitar Performance

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor April 6, 2018

Editor’s note: Quotes attributed to Rogério Souza in this article were translated by Edinho Gerber and Lucas Ashby. Brazilian guitarists and members of Duo Violão Brasil, Rogério Souza and Edinho...

Students line up to get food at Fourth Meal, which will be moved to DeCafé and the Rathskeller next fall due to the closing of Dascomb Dining Hall.

Dascomb to Close, New CDS Options Introduced

Simon Idelson, Staff Writer March 30, 2018

Vice President and Dean of Students Meredith Raimondo announced that Dascomb Dining Hall will close next semester in a March 12 campus-wide email. To offset the meals specific to Dascomb, both DeCafé...

Board of Trustees Approves External Financial Review

Lila Michaels, Layout Editor March 30, 2018

The Board of Trustees unanimously voted to proceed with the Academic and Administrative Program Review during the March 9 board meeting, instructing President Carmen Ambar to put together a 30-person Steering...

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