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The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

People walk past Agave Burrito Bar and Tequileria on West College Street. Local resident Brae Chamberlin was arrested Nov. 19 around 1 a.m. for skateboarding on the street and sidewalk by the restaurant, an offense police call “Toys in the Street.”

Local Arrest Raises Police Bias Concerns

Louis Krauss, News Editor December 2, 2016

In response to the arrest of Oberlin resident Brae Chamberlin, 21, students silently protested outside the Oberlin Police station Nov. 22, claiming local police acted with racial bias when arresting him. Chamberlin,...

Junior thrower and three-time All-American Monique Newton launches the shot put. A Sacramento, CA native, Newton is also a track and field team captain.

Track, Field Set for Spartan Holiday Classic

Sydney Allen, Editor-in-Chief December 2, 2016

Last year’s indoor season brought four individual North Coast Athletic Conference Championships for the track and field team, and the squad looks to get on that same path to success tomorrow as it kicks...

Director John Beder leads a panel of Conservatory faculty at the Apollo Theatre Wednesday night after screening his
film Composed. Discussion revolved around the film’s exploration of performance anxiety in professional musicians,
hoping to shed light on a little-discussed area of the music world.

Beder’s “Composed” Sheds Light on Stage Fright

Julia Peterson, Arts & Culture Editor December 2, 2016

Composed, a new documentary by John Beder, features interviews with professional musicians exploring their experiences with being affected by and coping with performance anxiety. The film had a screening...

Regulators Move Forward with NEXUS Pipeline

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief December 2, 2016

A new pipeline that would carry natural gas directly through Oberlin has received a stamp of approval from regulators in spite of local opposition. Staffers at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission...

The College’s Student Health and Counseling centers, at the bottom right of the photo, are located more than a quarter mile from the central part of campus. Some students and faculty hope the centers will be moved closer to campus.

Students Continue Push for Health Center to Relocate

Sydney Allen, Editor-in-Chief December 2, 2016

Members of the Student Health Working Group and Student Senate are pushing for the relocation of the Student Health Center and Counseling Center on the capital planning agenda. The request comes on the...

Spring Awakening Interrogates Taboo

Spring Awakening Interrogates Taboo

Victoria Garber, Arts Editor December 2, 2016

Oberlin Musical Theater Association presents Spring Awakening, a rock musical adapted for Broadway in 2006 from Frank Wedekind’s 1906 play of the same name. Controversial at the time due to its unflattering...

Civil rights lawyer Theodore Shaw

Off the Cuff: Theodore M. Shaw, Civil Rights Lawyer

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief December 2, 2016

Theodore M. Shaw is the director of the Center for Civil Rights and the Julius L. Chambers Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina School of Law at Chapel Hill. He previously served as the...

Security Report

December 2, 2016

Thursday, Nov. 24 3:49 p.m. A Safety and Security officer on routine patrol noticed the roof hatch open on Johnson House. Upon checking the area, the officer found that the door leading to the roof...

Students filed slowly through the front door of Cox Building and out the back, chanting slogans including "no papers, no fear" and "here to stay."

Students March for a Sanctuary Campus

Melissa Harris, Editor-in-Chief November 18, 2016

Hundreds of students and community members made their way through Tappan Square Wednesday, calling on the College to become a sanctuary campus and joining a movement of approximately 100 colleges across...

Members of the biker club Strays Grafton write the group’s name over a Tappan Square rock Saturday morning that had read “Black Lives Matter.” At least three different biker groups, including the Hell’s Angels, came out to support Gibson's.

Community Clashes Over Gibson’s Protests

Louis Krauss, News Editor November 18, 2016

Following two days of intense student protest, nearby Ohioans and biker clubs filed into Oberlin Saturday morning to support Gibson’s Bakery. Approximately 80 leather jacket-clad bikers showed up in...

Karega Fired After Split Faculty Recommendations

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief November 18, 2016

The Board of Trustees fired former Rhetoric and Composition Professor Joy Karega Tuesday after nine months of bitter argument and national media attention. Karega’s Facebook posts, which were the...

Kenyon alumni perform together as the basement rock band SPORTS. The group concluded its tour at the ’Sco
Monday night with songs from its sophomore record All of Something.

For SPORTS Fans, ’Sco Turns Stadium

Samantha Spaccasi November 18, 2016

Oberlin loves SPORTS, as evidenced by the large number of students who attended the basement-rock group’s free show Monday night and the cacophonous applause it received when upon taking to the ’Sco...

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