“What happens to the baby when you separate it from his parents?” asks Weedie Braimah, associate professor of West African Drumming. He is...
This semester, the Conservatory announced a new Bachelors of Music in Recording Arts and Production, spearheaded by Director of Conservatory...
Fall 2025 will usher in a new program at the Conservatory: Music Theater. Faculty from Baldwin Wallace University’s Conservatory of Performing...
Last Saturday, ConPALs facilitated a new update to the Racial and Social Justice in Music training for incoming first-year Conservatory students....
On Tuesday, Professor of Viola Peter Slowik’s third-year students performed all seven of Paul Hindemith’s viola sonatas. The studio recital,...
On Wednesday, the Planning Commission voted 2–1 to recommend the City Council consider a proposal to rezone the decommissioned Eastwood Elementary School to allow for development of office space. Liberty Development Company, the Ohio contractor that registered the measure, said office use will hopefully...
Lorain County Joint Vocational School students are working to build a new facility for the City of Oberlin’s Safety Town program, made to look like scaled-down versions of familiar buildings in downtown Oberlin. Safety Town, a national nonprofit organization that was founded in Mansfield, is administered...
Construction has begun around East College Street related to a project led by Columbia Gas to replace old gas pipelines and improve traffic patterns on North Park Street. The construction has led to disruptions in pedestrian and vehicular traffic, with sidewalks being closed off in the process. Columbia...
OCIC Advocates for the Creation of an Economic Development Coordinator Oberlin Community Improvement Corporation representatives Jill Sawyer and Tyrone Wicks gave a presentation to City Council discussing the importance of creating an Economic Development Coordinator position, arguing that it would...
Two-Day Pager Explosions in Lebanon and Syria Kill 29, Injure 3,000 in Israeli Attack On Tuesday, thousands of pagers used by Hezbollah exploded across Lebanon, killing at least a dozen people — including two children — and wounding at least 2,800. Iran’s ambassador to Lebanon was among those...
Alison Scott Ricker, former Head of the Oberlin College Science Library, passed away May 14, at age 70. Alison played an active role in a wide variety of local organizations and communities. Among other things, Alison was president of the Oberlin area League of Women Voters, co-president of the State...
On Sept. 5, President Carmen Twillie Ambar sent an email to the Oberlin community announcing the creation of five new majors at Oberlin: Business, Financial Economics, Communication Studies, Recording Arts and Production, and Music Theater. Environmental Science and Data Science were approved by faculty...
Last Sunday, I attended Students for a Free Palestine’s film screening of Resilient Smiles, made by third-year undergraduate student at Cleveland State University Khaled Askar with a one-person crew. The film tells the story of life in the Bourj el-Barajneh displacement camp in Lebanon. Askar highlights...
Though it may not sound like it at first, raised gold strokes that piece together a shattered vessel can invite introspection. Co-Director of Chabad at Oberlin Devorah Elkan led students in a kintsugi workshop last Tuesday. Kintsugi is a Japanese art form that involves using gold lacquer to mend broken...
“Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days.” Revelation 2:10 South London producer Fred Gibson has released a fourth studio album titled ten days, yet...
Music is transformative. It doesn’t matter what genre it belongs to or who’s producing it — it has the power to impact you. R&B music led me to follow my own interests instead of trying to follow others. When I was 13, I only listened to music that the “popular kids” listened to in order...
In Hebrew school, they told us the idolization of statues was strictly prohibited. I suppose that in this day and age, this would apply to musicians who — even after seeing them live — embody a perfect figment of the listener’s imagination. I tapped into this thought as I sat in the aisle seat...
the key to my home sits on that shelf but the door was bombed yesterday could you sing of this home? sing me the stories you were told? my home? yours home was golden you know, like our foreheads it glowed in the sun, like our teeth the land lived you know, it...
In the Allen Memorial Art Museum’s collection of 16,000 works, only 35 are moving images or video works. Since 1984 — when Bill Olander, former director and curator of the AMAM, left for the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City — the AMAM’s collection has lacked an effort to showcase...
On Sept. 18, College third-year Isabel Handa will present a workshop teaching the basics and choreography of hula. In collaboration with Oberlin Shansi, Handa was awarded the AAPI Experience Grant to learn about this Hawaiian cultural practice and engage with the AAPI community at Halau Ka Pua Mae’ole...
For a franchise whose major theme centers on the natural blind spots of humanity, it’s admittedly a good joke that Alien: Romulus is as simple a concept of: what if Alien was remade using modern horror gimmicks? One would think they would run out of ideas after the ambitious scope of Ridley Scott’s...
Without having seen the original 1988 dark comedy, I went to see Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the long-awaited sequel that director Tim Burton and actor Michael Keaton have been trying to get off the ground since the original debuted 30 years ago. While the reviews have certainly trended on the positive...
Thomas M. Keck, OC ’92, is the Michael O. Sawyer Chair of Constitutional Law and Politics at the Syracuse University Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and a Senior Research Associate at the Campbell Public Affairs Institute. He delivered the annual Oberlin Constitution Day Lecture on...
Melissa George, OC ’12 is a lecturer and the director of Afrikan Heritage House. After earning her Bachelor of Arts at Oberlin College, she earned a master’s degree at Rutgers University and worked in community-based participatory research. Prior to working at Oberlin, she worked on CDC-funded public...
Oberlin College Libraries recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Mary Church Terrell Main Library in Mudd Center and plans on continuing celebrations throughout the year. Azariah S. Root Director of Libraries and Professor of English and Book Studies Valerie Hotchkiss spoke with the Review...
This fall, the Conservatory welcomes guest conductor James Feddeck, OC ’05, back to the stage to conduct Oberlin’s orchestra, chamber orchestra, and fall opera while Professor Raphael Jiménez is on sabbatical. Feddeck, who also received an M.M. in Conducting from the Conservatory in 2006, is a renowned...
On Oct. 13 at 4:30 p.m., Benjamin Muir’s Senior Recital Orchestra will perform at Warner Concert Hall. It will be the first large-scale orchestra of its kind to perform at a senior recital in the last five years. The orchestra welcomes non-Conservatory performers from the community and the College. A...
Every April, the Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion collaborates with the Peer Support Center and Survivors of Sexual Harm and Allies to offer resources and education aimed at promoting consent and preventing sexual harm. Consent Month consists of a series of workshops and lectures, covering...
Margaret Kamitsuka is the Francis W. and Lydia L. Davis Professor Emeritus of Religion at Oberlin College. She taught Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies and Religion courses for over 20 years. She received her doctorate in religious studies from Yale University and is the author of Feminist Theology...
Chair and Professor of Theater Matthew Wright is a recipient of the 2023–2024 Excellence in Teaching award. He fell in love with theater growing up in rural Florida and pursued a theatrical education and received at BA at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. After both observing and performing in...
Matthew Rarey is an associate professor of African and Black Atlantic Art History, as well as the chair of the Art History department. His book, Insignificant Things: Amulets and the Art of Survival in the Early Black Atlantic recently won the 2024 Charles Rufus Morey Book Award from the College Art...
Assistant Athletic Trainer JoAnna Simon is an athletic trainer for the Oberlin men’s basketball, football, baseball, and women’s tennis teams. She arrived on campus in 2021, and this piece focuses on her experiences and expertise in the world of football. This interview has been edited for length...
Third-year Jacob Epps is a two-sport athlete playing both football and baseball at Oberlin. He suits up at wide receiver and defensive back in football and plays third base for the baseball team. Epps is also co-chair of the Black Student-Athlete Group. This interview has been edited for length and...
Lauren Mills is a third-year midfielder on the women’s lacrosse team. A double major in Neuroscience and Biology on the pre-medical track, she is constantly on the run. When Mills isn’t on the field, she can be seen working at the gym desks or preparing samples for other Biology class labs in the...
Every September, Major League Baseball celebrates Roberto Clemente Day, a day that stands for so much more than baseball. Roberto Clemente was born in Carolina, Puerto Rico, a city that, at the time, was known for sugar production. His professional baseball career started when he was 17 years old and...
At the Paris Olympics in early August, American long jumper Tara Davis-Woodhall took gold in the women’s long jump with an outstanding leap of 7.1 meters. Typically, after winning a gold medal, esteemed athletes head back to their home country for a “victory lap.” This usually includes taking a...
This past Friday, Oberlin volleyball headed to The College of Wooster to compete against the Geneva College Tornados and the Pitt-Greensburg Panthers in the Ginny Hunt Classic. The team faltered in their first match against the Tornados, losing 3—1 in a series of close sets. Despite the first half...
European club soccer’s most competitive competition returned for the 2024–2025 season on Tuesday in an all-new league format that completely shakes up its structure. The Union of European Football Associations’ Champions League brings top clubs across Europe’s soccer leagues — such as England’s...
On Saturday, Sept. 7, Oberlin’s men’s and women’s soccer teams defended their home pitch, with both teams winning their home openers and consequently their first wins of what are sure to be fruitful seasons. The men’s team faced off against Chatham University. In a hard fought defensive first...
The New York Mets, the team with the highest estimated payroll in the MLB, are an underdog. When current owner Steve Cohen bought majority ownership of the Mets in 2020, he wanted to show he was serious about making the Mets a perennial playoff contender once again. Their last appearance was in 2015,...
Rachael “Raygun” Gunn took the world by storm at the 2024 Paris Olympics after a controversial breaking performance that heralded both criticism and fanfare. Raygun’s Olympic debut — a combined three-round total score of zero (no, this is not a typo) — transcended the breaking community, with...
Last Saturday, Oberlin women’s tennis competed at the Wooster Invitational. Following a solid start at the Allegheny College Invitational, the women’s tennis team built on their momentum in the competition with 11 total victories across singles and doubles. The team has established themselves as...
Headlined by new coaching staff additions and four core values, the Yeomen prepare for year two of the ‘Pont era.’ This Saturday, September 7, the Oberlin College football team kicks off their season at Calvin University. Head Coach John Pont is returning to the helm and is set to take the field...
At the end of every semester in Oberlin, the Cat in the Cream holds an event that radically departs from the usual concert, Conservatory recital, or trivia night. The metamorphosis is subtle yet striking; excited parents, siblings, and grandparents from the Oberlin community fill the seats to face a...