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The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Women, Trans, Non-Binary Gym Hour Cancelled

Jacqueline McDermott February 19, 2016

Enthusiasm transformed into confusion for many after the Oberlin Athletics department reneged on its plan to add an hour designated for women, transgender and non-binary students to Philips gym’s regular...

Senior guard Lindsey Bernhardt drives the baseline against an Ohio Wesleyan University defender. The Yeowomen delivered on their Senior Day match against the Battling Bishops, closing out the close game 62–56.

Team Effort Fuels Yeowomen’s Win

Darren Zaslau, Sports Editor February 19, 2016

The final buzzer ending the wom­en’s basketball team’s match against the Ohio Wesleyan University Battling Bishops Wednesday night was a bitter­sweet sound. It solidified an Oberlin victory but also...

Legislation to Address Hazardous Lead Levels

Sydney Allen, Editor-in-Chief February 12, 2016

Amid rising national concerns regarding toxic lead levels in drinking water, Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown met with federal and local officials in Cleveland on Friday to discuss the issue. Sebring and Chagrin...

Ratsy’s, Adored Thrift Store, Moves Uptown

Audrey Rowland February 12, 2016

Oberlin’s premier thrift store just moved into downtown. Ratsy’s is now located directly across from The Feve at 27 South Main Street. “I’d been down at the antique store for 10 years,”...

Electronic musician Jlin experiments with a keyboard. Jlin, who released her 2015 album Dark Energy to critical acclaim, will soundtrack the ’Sco with her mechanical yet highly danceable beats tonight.

Jlin to Play ’Sco for First U.S. Show Since U.K. Tour

Paul Mehnert February 12, 2016

Tonight’s Jlin show at the ’Sco will be the electronic music heavyweight’s first performance back in the U.S. after a long stint in the U.K., and one of her only shows before returning to tour abroad....

College first-year Abby Bordin as Violet, double-degree junior Amy Weintraub as Masha, College sophomore Chandler Browne as Márya Aleksándrovna, College sophomore Zoe Kushlefsky as Kátya and College first-year Magda Demetriadou as Sónya perform in Leo Tolstoy’s Family Happiness. The play ran in Hall Auditorium Feb. 4–7.

First Love, Then Alienation in Tolstoy Production

Ariel Miller February 12, 2016

One might expect the play Family Happiness, based on a novella by Leo Tolstoy, to iclude period costumes, cherry orchards and classic dacha drama, but the empty Hall Auditorium stage immediately suggested...

Junior guard Bri Santiago dribbles at the top of the key against the visiting Denison University Big Red Wednesday. Santiago grabbed four rebounds and two steals in the contest, but the Yeowomen were defeated to the tune of 45–44. The Yeowomen are now 4–8 in the NCAC and 10–11 overall.

Oberlin Lose Heartbreaker to Denison

Darren Zaslau, Sports Editor February 5, 2016

The Denison University Big Red, North Coast Athletic Conference leaders, narrowly edged out the women’s basketball team 45–44 on Wednesday night in the Yeowomen’s first game of the spring semester. With...

College sophomore Elizabeth Grooms creates a live stream of herself as part of the Performance Art & Technology Winter Term class taught by Art Department Technology Coordinator Francis Wilson. Students learned about the history of and the technology used in performance
art.

Performance Art Grapples with Girlhood, Grieving

Louise Edwards, Arts Editor February 5, 2016

For her final performance in the Winter Term Performance Art & Technology class, College sophomore Elizabeth Grooms filmed herself with Periscope, an app that allows users to livestream anything and...

Works by Judit Reigl. LEFT: “Mass Writing,” 1965. Oil on canvas. JRZA Trust, New York. CENTER: “Man,” 1966. Oil on canvas. Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 2009 (2009.146). RIGHT: “Mass Writing,” 1961. Oil on canvas. Collection of the artist.

Painting Exhibit Depicts Bodies, Human Agency

Luke Nikkanen February 5, 2016

Judit Reigl’s Body of Music exhibit, the first retrospective of her work in the United States, is a visceral exploration of the forces that govern the human body and our autonomy. In an exhibit that...

News Brief: Estes to Become Brown VP

Review Staff February 5, 2016

  Vice President and Dean of Studies Eric Estes will be leaving at the end of this semester to become the vice president for campus life and student services at Brown University. He came to...

Krislov Responds to ABUSUA Demands

Kerensa Loadholt, News Editor February 5, 2016

While the list of ABUSUA student demands has attracted excessive media attention over the past eight weeks, it wasn’t until recently that College President Marvin Krislov issued an official response...

Student Senator and College sophomore Anjali Kolachalam speaks at plenary on Sunday. Senate,
Dean of Students Eric Estes and the Board of Trustees have worked together to start a new Student
Support Fund for small grants for low-income students.

New Fund Supports Low-Income Students

Katherine Kingma, Staff Writer December 12, 2015

A new fund to support students without the means necessary to front certain financial needs, such as fixing broken technology or paying for groceries over break, launched late last week. Dean of Students...

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