In preparation for my summer internship, I spoke to over 30 different Oberlin alumni in technology careers. I asked them what they had learned from Oberlin. I laughed at their anecdotes and scribbled down advice on work-life balance and other immaterial things. At the end of each call, I’d grow sheepish...
Oberlin football has long been a contentious topic. Whether it be collegiate football circles on X, formerly known as Twitter, mocking our terrible record, a crushing defeat going viral on Instagram, or the annual discussion centered around the “flaws” in our program, it is an Oberlin tradition at...
I'm graduating next semester. As I expected, there is growing sadness about this chapter of my life ending, but I can’t forget that another one is beginning. There is plenty of excitement in this, but there is also plenty of uncertainty. Will I find a job with my degree? Will I enjoy it? Does it matter?...
We live in the information age — it’s an overwrought and boring statement. There has been a lot of discussion about the information age, as well as the amount of Republican rhetoric it has facilitated and propagated and its influence on young Republicans as a whole. This link rings particularly true...
Election Day 2025 was, without a doubt, the most important day for the Democrats since 2018. The news was filled with articles celebrating the achievements of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (D-NYC), Governors-elect Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) and Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ). While their victories were outstanding,...
In the Oct. 3 issue of The Oberlin Review, an opinion piece appeared in the Sports section titled “Put Your Mouth Where Your Money Is: Back Oberlin Football.” The piece provides an audacious perspective on the culture here at Oberlin. Despite my respect for its confidence, I fully disagree with the...
On Nov. 13–14, the Unheard-of//Ensemble will hold its second residency at Oberlin College and Conservatory. The Brooklyn-based contemporary...
On Thursday, Oct. 6, Oberlin Opera Theater began their run of L’amant anonyme by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. The composer’s...
In the late 1920s, sound film began to dominate the film industry. The convention of live musicians accompanying silent film disappeared, and...
This Tuesday evening, the world-renowned VOCES8 performed in Finney Chapel through the Artist Recital Series. Hailing from Britain, the group...
In the Warner Concert Hall lobby, big, framed posters hang majestically on the wall, commemorating Oberlin Orchestra performances at Carnegie...
Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio, which supplies food stocks to over 130 partner charities in Lorain, Erie, Huron, and Crawford Counties, has withdrawn more than $500,000 from its emergency funds to meet increased need in the wake of the government shutdown, according to the organization’s...
In recent months, many students and community members who regularly shop at the Oberlin IGA have noticed a big change in Oberlin’s only grocery story within city limits. Three trips by reporters from the Review on the afternoons of Nov. 3, Nov. 12, and Sept. 30 have revealed a struggling supermarket....
On Tuesday, two Oberlin students went on a hunger strike. College fourth-year Kayleigh Frazer and College first-year Emma Knisbacher were trying to raise $3,000 for an 18-year-old in Gaza named Faisal who they have been in daily contact with since the summer, and they were far short of their goal. Frazer...
Woodland Hall, Oberlin College’s newest residential building, is still under construction despite the mid-October completion deadline having passed. Many students continue to live with privacy films on their windows separating them from the construction just outside. There is currently no completion...
This week, Student Senate held their annual Constituents’ Week, aiming to connect students to their representatives and gather information about students’ current concerns through tabling in public spaces and organizing events. Having just finished forming their committees for the 2025-26 school...
During a regular meeting on Nov. 3, City Council approved funding for the water, sewer, electrical, and grading work necessary for the development of 17 single-family homes, a park, and a multi-family housing unit on the City-owned Green Acres property along East College Street and Oberlin Road. These...
During the Nov. 4 election, parts of the Oberlin Public Library’s service district were not provided with the option to vote on its $3.25 million levy renewal. Voters in the Amherst, Carlisle, New Russia, and Pittsfield Townships did not see the issue on their ballots, according to a press release...
This Tuesday, the Allen Memorial Art Museum hosted a talk titled: “‘Unreal City’: Dreamworld and Class Struggle in Monet’s Paris.” As a part of their ongoing Tuesday Tea series, the AMAM welcomed Oberlin students and community members alike to open their minds to new approaches to analyzing...
Many imagine the writer as a figure hunched over a notepad in an isolated room, not emerging until they’ve completed their magnum opus. Yet this image is rapidly losing its relevance. In reviving the Oberlin Community of Writers, College fourth-year Riley Finn challenges the idea that writing is a...
Oberlin faculty and staff came together this week for a professional development session titled “Using the Appreciative Education Framework: Amplifying Student Voices Around Disability and Access.” The event, hosted by the Center for Student Success in collaboration with the Office for Disability...
Danny Brown will never be truly famous. His sound is too heterogeneous, too hard to pin down. Across his now six studio albums, Brown is at the forefront of experimental hip-hop. On his newest album, Stardust, he showcases his greatest assortment of ideas and collaborations yet: 12 of the 14 tracks on...
Entering the job market has always been a transition that people may understandably not be excited about. No matter an individual’s background, the process of applying, interviewing, and neurotically checking one’s email for the company’s decision is a daunting experience, not to mention the stress...
ACROSS 1. 951, in ancient Rome 5. Sorceress of Aeaea 10. Source of inspiration, like Calliope or Clio 14. Textbook section 15. Bring ___ finger to the football game 16. Sinus docs 17. Someone hungry for a certain sum of pomegranate seeds 19. Literary Count, familiarly 20. Picture 21. Genesis...
One half of my world is gone; scarred mounds under grey skies, and now velvety winter plains, their rustling echoing in the shell-smooth half of my chalk-white room. I play the part of host. My half-atrophied grin goes unnoticed as we wait for a moon full as the peal of a bell. It never comes. To...
Starting Nov. 7, the doors to Wilder Main will open for one of Oberlin Student Theater Association’s finest productions yet. Through a hyperawareness of current political implications and an unwavering commitment to artistry, the cast and crew of Tony Kushner’s first full-length play, A Bright Room...
Fans of Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos rejoiced at the announcement that the acclaimed director would be returning with an Emma Stone collaboration in his new black comedy tackling aliens conspiracy and corporate greed, Bugonia (2025). The film, which was released late this October, is a remake of the...
Lynn Rusten, OC ’80, an expert in nuclear arms control and non-proliferation, delivered a talk on U.S.–Russia nuclear security on Wednesday at the Adam Joseph Lewis Center for Environmental Studies. Rusten had a long career across the federal government and was senior director of Arms Control and...
Dr. Luke Herrine, OC ’10, is an assistant professor of law at the University of Alabama and was named a 2025 Marguerite Casey Foundation Freedom Scholar for his role as a legal architect behind mass student debt cancellation. He devised legal strategies that helped trigger the cancellation of hundreds...
On Oct. 3 and Oct. 4, the Politics Department and Oberlin’s chapter of Young Democratic Socialists of America will hold a conference titled “Capitalist Crisis and Democratic Socialism: A Working Conference,” which will be open to the public. James Monroe Professor of Politics and East Asian Studies...
Professor Jennifer Fraser is an ethnomusicologist whose scholarship ranges from music of the Minangkabau people in West Sumatra, Indonesia to digital humanities, community engagement, and decentering colonialist, racist, and sexist legacies in ethnomusicology and academia. She leads a wide array of courses...
Stephen Aron is a world-renowned classical guitarist who founded Oberlin’s Classical Guitar program in 1992. He is a groundbreaking figure in the world of classical guitar recordings, publishing the first-ever complete solo guitar recording of Chopin’s Mazurkas. He has also adjudicated numerous national...
Associate Director of Conservatory Audio Services and Associate Professor of Recording Arts and Production Andrew Garver, who has been nominated for a Grammy, and double-degree second-year Riley Newfield, who is studying Recording Arts and Production, sat down to discuss one of the Conservatory’s...
Juliana Frey-Méndez, assistant professor of Theater, is an Iowa-born, Cuban American director who collaborates with new playwrights — particularly rising Latine playwrights — to tell contemporary stories in a variety of performance spaces. She holds a B.A. in Theater for Social Change from Cornell...
Erica Dawn Lyle is a musician, artist, writer, and cultural instigator. During her artist residency at Oberlin last week, she hosted a reading of her prose and poetry and a writing workshop, and she put on a largely guitar-based improvised musical performance at the Cat in the Cream. She is currently...
Kathryn Metz, director of Musical Studies, Mellon Mays Undergraduate Research Fellowship administrative coordinator, and senior lecturer, is an ethnomusicologist who works with popular music. She has conducted research on popular music in Peru’s urban Amazon and worked as an educator at the Rock &...
Associate Professor of Jazz Studies Jay Ashby is currently in his 14th year at Oberlin College. After a renowned professional career, Ashby returned to academia and spearheaded the annual Sharing Stages event to bridge the gap between student-athletes and student-musicians. This past Saturday, Sharing...
Zach Bronson is a College fourth-year double majoring in Economics and Law and Society. In his senior year of high school, he underwent ACL reconstruction surgery to repair his anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus. Six months later, he sprained his MCL, leading to a fully torn ACL for the second time...
Psychologist and Director of Student-Athlete Wellness Dr. John Harshbarger earned his Bachelor of Science in psychology from the UC Davis before receiving his doctorate in counseling psychology from The Ohio State University. An accomplished athlete himself, Dr. Harshbarger is entering his 21st year...
After a historic season, Oberlin’s field hockey team has been awarded numerous accolades. Head Coach Jess West and Assistant Coach Emily Harris were named the North Coast Athletic Conference’s Coaching Staff of the Year for just the third time in the program’s history. College third-year midfielder...
This story contains language describing mental health and suicide that may be disturbing to some readers. The apparent suicide of Dallas Cowboys defensive end Marshawn Kneeland on Nov. 6 renewed attention to the mental health of athletes nationwide. At Oberlin, the Athletics department integrates student-athlete...
The Indianapolis Colts’ Jonathan Taylor made team history last Sunday in the first-ever NFL game in Berlin, Germany. Taylor surpassed Colts legend and Hall of Fame running back Edgerrin James for the most touchdowns in Colts’ franchise history by rushing 244 yards and scoring three touchdowns against...
On Oct. 30, Oberlin’s Student Athlete Advisory Committee and Athletics department hosted Track or Treat for the 12th year in a row. Over the last 11 years, more than 2,500 children and families have attended the seasonal event, and many left with a smile. Track or Treat, an event where every varsity...
Mere days into the NBA season, the league was stunned by a shocking gambling scandal that involves current players and coaches. Portland Trail Blazers Head Coach Chauncey Billups, former Cleveland Cavaliers guard and current Assistant Coach Damon Jones, and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier were arrested...
Each fall, the Oberlin baseball team hosts a youth skills day that brings together K-12-aged players on Dill Field and in the baseball facilities for a morning of baseball, mentorship, and community. What began three years ago as a simple outreach effort has expanded into a tradition that aims to grow...
After the Los Angeles Dodgers won Game 6 of the World Series at Rogers Centre in Toronto with a pitching duel that tied the series and sent the two teams to a decisive Game 7, Dave Roberts made it clear that all but one pitcher would be available for the win-or-go-home contest. In a Game 7 with everything...
On Oct. 25, the Oberlin College football team played in the Nobody Fights Alone game, a fundraiser organized by players, coaches, and other members of the athletics staff to honor and support individuals battling breast cancer through the Cleveland Clinic’s Cancer Patient and Family Support Services...
Two weeks ago, during the Oberlin Early Invite, Oberlin swim and dive’s opening meet, College fourth-year Leo Powers broke the school record for the 100-meter individual medley and earned the North Coast Athletic Conference Athlete of the Week for his accomplishments. The invite, which took place Oct....
On Oct. 19, for the first time since 2022, Oberlin hosted the Oberlin Inter-Regional Rumble, which brought together cross country teams from across the region to run on Oberlin’s home course. According to Oberlin cross country runners, hosting on Oberlin’s home turf made the event uniquely enjoyable...