Dear President Ambar, Vice President Lahey, and the Board of Trustees, Every day, survivors at Oberlin face a serious threat to an equitable education: the Office for Institutional Equity. After experiencing sexual harm, we are forced to sit in the same classrooms as our perpetrators, avoid dining...
This speech was originally delivered for the Dec. 3 demonstration outside of the Cox Administration Building. Students gathered to protest for divestment in preparation for the Board of Trustees’ arrival and to confront admin. This speech was edited for length and clarity. One year! That is how...
The Third World justice movement is a collective effort by individuals and organizations from countries historically considered “Third World” to advocate for social and legal justice. The movement focuses on dismantling systemic inequalities stemming from colonialism and global power imbalances,...
I’m from East Tennessee. As you can imagine, watching this year’s election cycle play out from one of the most conservative areas of an overwhelmingly conservative state has been interesting, to say the least. The sea of signs, flags, shirts, bumper stickers, and other memorabilia plastered with...
One of the reasons I picked Oberlin as the college I wanted to attend was that it is located in a small, seemingly tight-knit town. I liked the idea of being in a place where the members of the community cared for one another, and the college and town, due to their proximity and shared histories, were...
Oberlin is certainly feeling the effects of the fall semester finals period, an agony characterised by stress, nausea, and that virus we’ve all somehow had since late October, but the disabled students on campus are a special kind of damned. Earlier this year, Oberlin’s Division of Student Affairs...
Tonight, Dec. 6, at 7:30 p.m. in Finney Chapel, is the sold-out concert production of Rhiannon Giddens, OC ’00, and Michael Abels’ Pulitzer...
On Sunday, Nov. 17 at 3 p.m., a group of student composers, conductors, and musicians held a showcase in David H. Stull Recital Hall. The production,...
Oberlin Opera Theater presented Jules Massenet’s Cendrillon last Thursday–Sunday in Hall Auditorium, corresponding with Oberlin Parents and...
CORRECTION In the article “Memorial Concert Honors Joseph Schwartz” (The Oberlin Review, Nov. 7, 2024), the Review misattributed a quote...
This past weekend, President and CEO of the Cleveland Orchestra André Gremillet visited Oberlin to serve as a member of the 2024–25 Senior...
Editors’ Note: This article contains mention of Title IX procedures that concern reported sexual misconduct. In November, College third-years Sydney Epstein and Mary Ann Montgomery filed a slew of complaints against Oberlin College and its Office for Institutional Equity, formerly known as the Office...
Around 12:30 p.m. Thursday, over 50 students entered the lobby of The Hotel at Oberlin, banging pots, pans, and drums, and chanting to call for divestment from Israel amidst the ongoing war in Gaza. The protesters filled the stairwell up to the point where administrators and campus safety officers stood...
Oberlin will introduce Oberlin-in-Paris, the College’s second semester-long study abroad program, in fall 2025. Designed to follow the success of the long-standing Danenberg Oberlin-in-London Program, which celebrates its 50th year this fall, Oberlin-in-Paris will provide students with an immersive...
Council Approves 2025 Budget on First Reading Council approved a motion to appropriate a budget nearing $51 million for the City of Oberlin for the fiscal year of 2025. Council waived the rule requiring three readings prior to approval. Councilmember Joe Waltzer felt that the Oberlin public should...
On Nov. 22, six students and two faculty members attended Black Students Lead, a conference in New Orleans. Black Students Lead works on bringing together Black students through a series of workshops, keynote sessions, and round table discussions. Over the span of three days, students attended the conference...
South Korean President Declares, Lifts Martial Law On Tuesday, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law in a televised address, a measure he claimed was necessary to combat “anti-state” forces. Protests erupted across the capital, Seoul. One hundred ninety members of the nation’s...
On Wednesday, the General Faculty passed amendments to the Student Bill of Rights and guidelines surrounding student expression, which covers protests and demonstrations. The changes, according to the College, are meant to update the documents to reflect existing policy, but have drawn scrutiny from...
Two brave souls, Managing Editor Travis O’Daniel and Editor-in-Chief Nikki Keating, ventured into the enchanting, twisted world of Wicked, directed by Jon M. Chu. Armed with a shared love for musicals, green-and-pink ensembles, and the promise of Lupitas Mexican Restaurant afterward, they set out to...
The Theater department will be staging Dracula this weekend, directed by Costume Designer and Associate Professor of Theater Chris Flaharty, as a part of the Theater Mainstage Series. This production dramatizes Bram Stoker’s classic 1897 novel, which tells the story of Lucy, who has developed a...
Every Monday night for the past six weeks I sketched a self-portrait on a sticky note in a classroom in Peters Hall. To record our attendance, Line Hoven, Oberlin’s 53rd Max Kade Foundation’s German writer-in-residence, required 11 students, including myself, to complete this one-minute assignment...
The Mad Cow Curiosity Shop, after opening its doors in April 2018, is set to close by the end of the month. Over its nearly seven-year span in Oberlin, Mad Cow attracted students and community members to its retro collectibles and second hand items, ranging from a 1970s stapler gun to a copy of Lego...
Last Wednesday night, the Allen Memorial Art Museum hosted a screening of Red Reminds Me… at the Apollo Theatre for Visual AIDS’ Day With(out) Art 2024. The screening was done as a part of the AMAM’s exhibit, “The Body, The Host: HIV/AIDS and Christianity,” which already boasts a wide variety...
Moana 2 is a significant box office hit, for better or worse. The sequel has now broken records such as the highest global opening weekend for an animated movie. With $439.7 million made against a $150 million budget, the film is projected to make more money than its predecessor. However, the production...
Nabokov, when too young I read your Signs and Symbols the world folded and hummed and etched out one great unending shriek, Fluoxetine Nabokov, who now half-waking I imagine walking me hulking and real, my Virgil, through the pulpy center of the Earth, strewn about in such a way that would wet our...
“The Body, the Host: HIV/AIDS and Christianity” is a landmark exhibit at the Allen Memorial Art Museum celebrating works by artists that draw on Christian narratives and imagery in response to the AIDS epidemic. To uplift and celebrate this exhibition, Sam Adams, Ellen Johnson ’33 curator of modern...
Last night, indie-pop darling Haley Heynderickx made her long-awaited return to Oberlin with her performance at The ’Sco. Unfortunately, I was unable to make it to her ’Sco performance, but I was lucky enough to see her two weeks prior at The Roxy at Mahall’s in Lakewood. Anyone familiar with...
“Never far / We are never far / We are never far / We are never / Frequency, frequently.” Chanting the refrain and beginning of the pre-chorus of Jhené Aiko’s “Frequency,” Courtney-Savali Andrews, OC ’06, assistant professor of African American and African Diasporic Musics, welcomed students...
College third-year Juwayria Zahurullah is a co-chair of Oberlin Students for a Free Palestine, and has helped organize numerous events with the organization over the last few years. Zahurullah also acts as Racial Equity Committee Chair for Student Senate and is a co-chair for Oberlin’s Muslim Student...
Jennifer L. Morgan is the Silver Professor of History at New York University. Her work focuses on early slavery and the experiences of enslaved Black women. She received the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship this fall, which is commonly known as the “Genius Grant,” for her work. Her prior books have...
Caroline Wood Newhall is an assistant professor of History whose work focuses on 19th-century U.S. history. Her first book is on the experiences of African-American POWs during the Civil War. For Veterans Day, she was invited by the Oberlin Heritage Center to give a talk about her research at Kendal...
Maria Elli Petridou is a second-year cellist from Thessaloniki, Greece. On Nov. 13, she was awarded first prize in the Philadelphia International Music Festival’s Virtual Concerto Competition. Petridou performed Haydn’s Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major. One of three musical siblings, Petridou began...
Taking the stage Dec. 10 with Chamber Orchestra is Guest Conductor John Kennedy, OC ’82, a percussionist, composer, and conductor who graduated from Oberlin Conservatory and Northwestern University. Kennedy’s work has taken him across the country to New York City; Charleston, SC; Santa Fe, NM; San...
David Byrd-Marrow has distinguished himself as a classical horn player, performing with the International Contemporary Ensemble, The Knights, Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect, the New York Philharmonic, and the Cleveland Orchestra, among many others, and his experience extends to the genres of Broadway...
Artist Tiffany Calvert, OC ’98, blends traditional and modern techniques to create stunning pieces in her own distinct style. Utilizing a diverse arsenal of methods, including fresco painting, digital painting, digital modeling, and artificial intelligence, Calvert’s approach to art is refreshing,...
DeeDee Ngozi Chamblee is the founder and executive director of La Gender Inc., a non-profit organization led by Black transgender women that uplifts and empowers transgender women of color in the metro Atlanta area. Recently, she was the keynote speaker for the exhibition “The Body, the Host: HIV/AIDS...
Assistant Professor of East Asian Religions Andrew Macomber presented a talk Oct. 23 at the 2024 Zombie Apocalypse Medicine meeting in Eureka Springs, AR. The title of his talk was “A Nascent Zombie Affliction in Medieval Japan: The Buddhist Ritual Response to ‘Corpse-vector Disease,’” which...
Second-year Meaghan Kramer is a forward/midfielder on the field hockey team. An international student from the Netherlands, she is planning on double majoring in Biology and Neuroscience and minoring in Chemistry. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. How were you introduced to field...
Fourth-year Yuuki Okubo is a guard for the Oberlin men’s basketball team. Originally from Los Angeles, Okubo was an internet sensation who went viral multiple times before coming to compete on the court for the Yeomen. Off the court, he is a Psychology major with a minor in Anthropology. This interview...
Fourth-year Ethan Price is an assistant defensive line coach for the football team. He played football his first two years at the College, but transitioned into a coaching position after injuries forced him to step away from the game. He is on the pre-medicine track, majoring in Biochemistry with a minor...
The men’s and women’s swim and dive teams put out a strong performance at the Malone Invitational, both squads securing second place finishes at the three-day competition in Canton. With standout individual performances and record-breaking relay swims, the Yeomen and Yeowomen demonstrated their competitive...
For fans of the NFL, Thanksgiving Day is as much about football as it is about sitting around the table and enjoying a turkey feast with the family. Watching the Detroit Lions start off the day at Ford Field, followed by the Dallas Cowboys hosting a game in the afternoon slot, capped of by a primetime...
This past Wednesday, the women’s basketball team traveled to Wooster, Ohio to tip off in conference play against The College of Wooster Fighting Scots. The Yeowomen were extremely effective, bringing home a 64–52 victory. After receiving well-deserved NCAC Athlete of the Week honors for her stellar...
The storied rivalry between the Ohio State Buckeyes and University of Michigan Wolverines ended wildly this past week, culminating not only in a shocking 13–10 upset victory for Michigan, but also in a heated postgame brawl that magnified the intense emotions surrounding the game of football. While...
Writing and journalism have almost always been a part of my life. My mother was a journalist and instilled in me the importance of the written word from an early age. I remember being a kid and loving Superman and Spiderman — not because of their superpowers but because they worked for newspapers. I...
When Andy Reid’s tenure was over in Philadelphia, the head coach’s time was widely regarded as an utter and complete failure. Despite guiding the Eagles to a 130–93–1 record in 14 seasons, the relationship between the offensive play-calling wizard and the city known for being incredibly hard...
This past Saturday, Nov. 16, Oberlin football faced off and won against Hiram College at home. The contest was of high importance, as it marked the team’s first conference win of the year. It was also senior day and the last game of the College’s 134th football season. Hiram won the coin toss...
To get a brief glimpse of the athletic symphony that is Oberlin men’s basketball right now, go to the 14th minute of the first half in their recent win over Allegheny College. Fourth-year point guard Yuuki Okubo, as per usual, takes the ball down the court. He skips in the air and launches a one-hand...
A triple-digits fastball, a mid-90s “splinker” — a combination of a splitter and a sinker many pitchers are trying to replicate today — a 6’6” frame, and a presence on the mound that lets the hitter know “I’m better than you are”: Paul Skenes had all the tools to be one of the best...
The Nov. 15 boxing showdown between former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson and YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul will go down in history as the most-streamed sporting event of all time. Broadcast live on Netflix from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, the fight drew a staggering 108 million global viewers,...