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Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

In the Locker Room with Nate Levinson and Tyler Sloan

In the Locker Room with Nate Levinson and Tyler Sloan

Tyler Sloan and Nate Levinson May 8, 2015

This week, the Review sat down with itself, Sports Editors Nate Levinson and Tyler Sloan, to discuss their favorite parts of the job, why they were initially interested in the position and their favorite...

Musical Union Director Jason Harris conducts a range of vocal talent in an uplifting concert. The Musical Union brought audience members to their feet at Finney Chapel last Sunday.

Oberlin Tradition Thrives in Musical Union Show

Sam Rueckert, Staff Writer May 8, 2015

The Oberlin Musical Union, an impressive combination of College Choir members and Voice majors, as well as other community members and College vocalists, has been an Oberlin tradition for 178 years....

Steve Coleman, a renowned saxophonist and improvisational composer, who played at the ’Sco and gave a master class on Wednesday

On the Record with Steve Coleman, saxophonist and composer

Danny Evans, Arts Editor May 8, 2015

Steve Coleman is a saxophonist, composer and bandleader from Chicago’s South Side. Coleman’s complex style, which emphasizes polyrhythmic meter and unorthodox tonalities, falls outside the realm of...

College senior Zachery Crowell (center) and student senators discuss the tuition freeze. Senators passed a resolution supporting the protests but have disagreed about the most effective way to support financial accessibility.

Senate Endorses Financial Accessibility

Elizabeth Dobbins, News Editor May 8, 2015

Student Senate passed a resolution supporting the tuition protests and recent action around financial accessibility during plenary last Sunday. This resolution was passed a week after tuition activists...

A group of students in favor of divesting the College from fossil fuels march in the Big Parade on Saturday, May 2. Students have submitted a divestment proposal to the Board of Trustees.

Students Lobby Trustees for Fossil Fuel Divestment

Melissa Harris, Editor-in-Chief May 8, 2015

A group of five students — College sophomore Ellie Lezak, double-degree sophomore Hayden Arp, College sophomore Jasper Clarkberg, College first-year Naomi Roswell and College senior Stephen Lezak —...

Jesse Wiener, who graduated in December, and College first-year Frances Purcell perform a duet in Oberlin Dance Company’s “The Only Way.” The show, directed by Assistant Professor of Dance Holly Handman-Lopez, will use partnering to communicate a narrative about suffragettes.

ODC to Highlight Feminist Themes in Only Way

Vida Weisblum, Arts Editor May 1, 2015

This Friday and Saturday evening, Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance Holly Handman-Lopez, Lisa Yanofsky, OC ’13, and Visiting Instructor in Dance Bobby Wesner will present Oberlin Dance Company in...

Community of Improv Performers Grows Tighter

Vida Weisblum, Arts Editor May 1, 2015

Despite rumors of past rivalry between freeform improvisational comedy troupe Primitive Streak and shortform troupe Kid Business, Oberlin's improv community appears to be tighter than ever. Members of...

Protesters call for financial accessibility as they march across Wilder Bowl. The College declined the students’ request for a tuition freeze.

Students Meet with Frandsen After Protests

Melissa Harris, Editor-in-Chief May 1, 2015

After students protested against the four percent tuition hike last Friday, 10 students, including members of Student Senate, met with Dean of Students Eric Estes and Vice President of Finance and Administration...

College junior Dyaami D’Orazio discusses her thoughts on the allocation of the new Student Support Initiative Fund. The fund has over $700,000 for students of color and disabled, low-income or at-risk students.

Senate Forum Focuses on New Student Support Fund

Elizabeth Dobbins, News Editor May 1, 2015

Students discussed the allocation of the Student Support Initiatives Fund during a Student Senate-led forum on Tuesday evening. Board of Trustees Chair Clyde McGregor donated $500,000 to create the fund...

The quidditch team poses for a celebratory photo after defeating Ashland University in its first-ever home game at the Austin E. Knowlton Athletic Complex last Friday. Quidditch officially became a club sport earlier this semester.

Rising Popularity of Quidditch Hits Oberlin

Tyler Sloan, Editor in Chief April 27, 2015

The quidditch team was officially named a club sport at Oberlin this semester in a move reflecting the growing number of participants on campus. The roster now has upwards of 20 people, practices up to...

Students gather in small groups during a meeting last Saturday to plan a response to the rise in tuition. The groups drafted a series of demands that they feel would make the school more financially accessible.

Students Protest 4 Percent Tuition Hike

Katherine Kingma April 24, 2015

On Saturday afternoon, College senior Zachery Crowell shouted out to a Wilder Bowl full of sunbathing students to encourage them to participate in a meeting to organize students against the College’s...

Christina Hoff Sommers leans over the podium during her lecture. Protesters hung posters at the event venue, listened to the talk with their mouths covered with tape and hosted an alternate event.

Students Protest Sommers’ Lecture

Emma Paul, Staff Writer April 24, 2015

From her podium in Dye Lecture Hall, Christina Hoff Sommers, an author, former philosophy professor and self-proclaimed “freedom feminist,” attempted, amid protesters and dissenting audience members,...

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