Two years ago, campus dining looked a little different. Instead of alphabetically organized orders lining the counter of Azariah’s Café and a table in front of the Rathskeller, long lines extending into the library or down the hallway were a common sight. Now, these winding queues are obsolete, replaced...
Oberlin College has pledged itself to sustainability. In its efforts to be carbon neutral by 2025 it has made great environmental progress, having on-campus emissions since the first greenhouse gas inventory in 2007, according to the College’s website. The Sustainable Infrastructure Program, designed...
Minnesota Governor and vice presidential candidate Tim Walz made waves in the American political world by deploying a new — and, by many metrics, effective — tactic against Kamala Harris’ opponents. “I see Donald Trump talking about the wonderful Hannibal Lecter or whatever weird thing he...
Since Israel’s assault on Gaza began in response to Hamas’ attack on Southern Israel in October, at least 40,738 Palestinians have been killed, including almost 17,000 children. The international community writ large has recognized Israel’s unambiguous assault on Palestinians since Oct. 7 as an...
On Aug. 14, 2024, the Oberlin Board of Trustees rejected Students for a Free Palestine’s Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions-based proposal to divest from Israel and shared a response explaining why. I knew a bit about how the endowment worked beforehand, so I wasn’t surprised by the Board’s decision. ...
May is Celiac Disease Awareness Month. Unfortunately, the Office for Disability and Access has demonstrated that they do not see Celiac as a serious condition that warrants housing and dining accommodations. My doctor diagnosed me with Celiac during my first year at Oberlin. I am now a graduating...
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 Friday at 7:30 p.m. in Finney Chapel, the Silkroad Ensemble will perform their new program: Uplifted Voices. Rhiannon Giddens, OC ’00, the...
Editor’s note: This letter refers only to student teachers in the Secondary Private Lessons program who are paid directly by the College. Dear...
At its board meeting May 28, the Oberlin School Board voted to construct a new middle school to replace the more than 100-year-old Langston Middle School by August 2027. According to District Director of Communications Melissa Linebrink, the decision came in response to the increasing number of repairs...
Price House Mothballed Price House, which was one of Oberlin College’s five first-year residence halls, did not reopen this semester. The dorm has instead been set as a potential location for renovation. According to Assistant Vice President and Dean of Residence Life and Auxiliary Services Mark...
Oberlin College recently announced an increase in the student minimum wage to $12 per hour, effective from the start of this fall semester. This new rate surpasses Ohio’s current minimum wage of $10.45. Many students on campus have welcomed the wage increase, seeing it as a necessary adjustment to...
Parknav Presents About Possibility of Parking App Director of software company Parknav John Leney spoke to City Council about the features of their parking app. Leney explained that Parknav provides information about the availability of parking spaces and local restrictions on parking spaces. Additionally,...
Nicolás Maduro Decrees Venezuelan Christmas Will Be Oct. 1; Issues Arrest Warrant For Rival Political Leader Nicolás Maduro, the dictator of Venezuela, decreed that Christmas will be celebrated on Oct. 1 as he cracks down on dissent following the controversial presidential elections in July. Maduro...
The City of Oberlin recently launched a new transportation initiative, the EBus, which began running Aug. 16. The EBus is an electric bus that travels around Oberlin and surrounding areas on a fixed route from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekdays, completing a loop approximately every 45–60 minutes. It is...
The People’s College for the Liberation of Palestine has continued its presence in Wilder Bowl into a second week. It is now comprised of two structures housing the “People’s Library” and a bake sale fundraiser, as well as several large canopies, all of which are used for daily programming from...
On April 7, 2023, The Oberlin Review published an article titled “College Ethnographic Collection Demands Increased Awareness, Reckoning with Our Colonial History.” This story centered around Associate Professor of Anthropology Amy Margaris, OC ’96, and an ethnographic collection of approximately...
“Elevate: Body & Mind” is an exhibit centering Northeast Ohio artists of color. It invokes emotion in its viewers by looking into human psyche through portraiture in order to understand the inner workings of identity and its effects on artists of color. From the shining, reflective style of Brandon...
Pop-funk artist Molly Grace kicked off the ’Sco season for the Oberlin community with one of the first concerts of the 2024–2025 year. Her music is fun and upbeat with a ’70s flair, bringing together an enthusiastic crowd. Grace entered the stage in a sparkly tassel bodysuit and a bouncy blowout....
The visual art scene at Oberlin continues to evolve, even with the recent closing of Ginko Gallery & Studio. This raises the question of what has happened to the local galleries, art suppliers, and artists that had found a home at Ginko Gallery for more than 25 years. Randall James is one of many...
After the doors of Allen Memorial Art Museum closed on Memorial Day for updates related to the Sustainable Infrastructure Program, museum staff took initiative to rethink the galleries and offices. Closing day was also Commencement Day for the class of 2024, marking an ending and a beginning for both...
Eight to sixteen, and in-between Without warning or consistency. The sea flows through the valley Land erodes, unable to handle the current. Shame or pride barely describes The sensation of abjecting — Pulling the plug, letting the bathwater drain. Neverending streams...
This year’s Met Gala proved to be a bit of a doozy: for some, looks were interpreted within the theme of this year’s exhibit, “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion,” vague in and of itself. For others, the theme of the Gala, “The Garden of Time,” became the main point of reference. Anna...
Luca Guadagnino gave us queer coming-of-age in Call Me By Your Name. He gave us lonesome cannibals and the great American rural expanse in Bones and All. Now, he picks up from his usual tempo of slow yearning amid breath-taking scenery and turns his attention to the fast-paced world of professional tennis...
Oh, how beautiful it is to have something to miss. First and foremost, I wanted to say thank you to anyone who has ever read any of my stories in the Review and enjoyed them. If you’re reading this now, you are one of the reasons why I write. If you’re just now getting acquainted with me through...
On Saturday, an audience gathered underneath the Oberlin Gasholder Building’s dome to participate in the Ohio Underground Railroad Whistle-Stop Poetry Tour. With passionate voices, area poets Atlas, Jeremy Jusek, Raja Belle Freeman, and Associate Professor and Chair of Creative Writing Chanda Feldman...
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...
Les Leopold, OC ’69, is an author and the executive director of the Labor Institute and is on the steering committee for the Alumni for Oberlin Values. His recent book, Wall Street’s War on Workers: How Mass Layoffs and Greed Are Destroying the Working Class and What to Do About It was inspired by...
Justin Nobel is an award-winning journalist who reports on issues of environmental justice. His book Petroleum-238: Big Oil’s Dangerous Secret and the Grassroots Fight to Stop It was published this month. Nobel lectured today in Wilder Hall on his decade of research for the book. The book talk was...
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...
Mike Telin, OC ’87, and Daniel Hathaway are visiting teachers of Music Journalism who have been reporting on the classical music scene in northeast Ohio since 2008. Their website, Cleveland Classical, has become one of the most respected digital publications in the region. They began teaching in 2011...
Could you share a bit about your background as a singer and a voice coach? I’m a graduate of the [Oberlin] Conservatory, 2003, just over 20 years ago, which is crazy. I grew up in a small town in Michigan, and at a young age I happened across a teacher who introduced me to classical singing. I studied...
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...
Holly Handman-Lopez is an assistant professor of Dance at Oberlin College and has choreographed numerous works, including her three most recent engagements: Ancestra, L’Orfeo, and Oberlin Dance Company. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Recently, you choreographed three mainstage...
Tali Hinkis is a member of the artist duo LoVid. On Wednesday, she came to the Clarence Ward Art Library to give an Artist Talk on her unconventional practice. This article has been edited for length and clarity. Sound and engaging with one’s sense of hearing is a major component in many of your...
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...
For student-athletes, finding a space that can support both their academic and athletic goals is hard enough. But the student-athlete experience is at its best when they are supported equally. College fourth-year and Bloomington, Indiana native Abby Cannon found that in Oberlin, a school that could support...
For graduating seniors who play sports in high school, a major factor in their college decision can center around sports. Whether someone is looking to play a varsity sport in college or keep their passion for their sport alive with club or intramural sports, having their sport offered can be the difference...
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...
Ilona Maher Shines Light on Women’s Rugby Ilona Maher entered the spotlight three years ago at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics where she used social media to show what the Olympics look like for athletes behind the scenes. This year, at the age of 27, Maher represented the United States in her second Olympic...
Last Saturday, the cross country team competed at the Wooster Invitational. Following their great performance last year at the NCAA Regional Championships, the tenured Ray Appenheimer transitioned from his role as head coach to associate director of athletics. This created many questions surrounding...
As we enter the 2024–2025 NFL season, fans of the sport may notice an unfamiliar accessory on the helmets of certain players. Created in 2010, the Guardian Cap is a soft shell exterior attached to helmets to reduce the impact of potentially concussive blows. These additions were officially introduced...
Champions League Final The final of the Champions League, which will take place at Wembley Stadium in London, is now set. Borussia Dortmund will face Real Madrid. Dortmund managed to beat Paris Saint Germain in Paris after winning the first leg 1–0. The second leg saw Dortmund win 1–0 again...
Formula 1 held the first of its three Grand Prix in the United States this season last Sunday, May 5, at the Miami International Autodrome. The circuit was added to the Formula 1 calendar in 2022 and received criticism for being yet another race in the U.S., which is the country to host the most Grand...
This past weekend, Oberlin’s baseball and softball teams finished their seasons with Senior Day festivities, reflecting on the hard work and resilience their graduating seniors brought to the teams. Both displays of appreciation were filled with emotion as teammates celebrated both personal and teamwide...
Ever since I was little, I’ve always been told communication is the most important skill to have. As someone who didn’t start learning till I was five years old, and now only mediocrely know three languages, communication has always been one of the things I’ve struggled with the most. My second...
The sports journalist Hunter S. Thompson once described the Kentucky Derby as “decadent and depraved,” and any native Louisvillian will tell you that the sentiment absolutely still rings true. Since 1875, the Derby has been bringing in crowds from far and wide to Louisville, KY, all eager to see...