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Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review
Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review
Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review
All content by Madeline Stocker
The College’s Voluntary Separation Incentive Plan encourages faculty and staff to retire early in exchange for a significant compensation package. This plan is projected to save the College $1.5–3.5 million per year.

College Offers Cash for Early Retirement

Julian Ring and Madeline Stocker
May 6, 2016
Office Manager Michele Spiroff talks to a student at the Counseling Center. Student Senate is gathering signatures for a petition to move Student Health Services and the Counseling Center to a more central location on campus.

Petition Proposing Student Health Relocation Circulates Campus

Madeline Stocker, Editor in Chief
April 29, 2016
Michael J. Frantz, of Cleveland firm Frantz Ward LLP, leaves negotiations with OCOPE Friday afternoon as protestors line the exit route. The labor union, which represents 190 campus workers, is undergoing contract negotiations with administrators until June 30.

Students Rally as OCOPE Negotiations Continue

Madeline Stocker, Editor-in-Chief
April 29, 2016
Alexia Hudson-Ward, pictured, was chosen as the new director of libraries. The previous director, Ray English, retired in June 2015.

Oberlin Selects New Director of Libraries

Madeline Stocker, Editor-in-Chief
April 1, 2016

Get REC’d

Madeline Stocker, Editor-in-chief
April 1, 2016

New Strategic Plan Draft Pursues Inclusivity

Madeline Stocker, Editor-in-Chief
February 12, 2016
Oberlin Fashion Starter Kit

Oberlin Fashion Starter Kit

Hannah Berk and Madeline Stocker
October 9, 2015

Students Hold Emergency Convocation, Demand Institutional Support

Madeline Stocker, News Editor
December 14, 2014
Students hold signs expressing a variety of demands outside Friday’s trustee dinner, including what many idenify as the College’s complicity in the systemic oppression of people of color. This week, some are pressuring the administration to temporarily suspend the standard grading system in the wake of nationwide protests and conflict following the deaths of Michael Brown, Eric Garner and Tamir Rice.

Students Fight for Academic Leniency

Madeline Stocker, News Editor
December 12, 2014

Data Reveal Black Student Graduation Rates

Madeline Stocker, News Editor
December 12, 2014

Hands Up, Don’t Shoot: Students Protest Systemic Racism, Police Violence

Madeline Stocker, News Editor
December 5, 2014
Feature Photo: Todxs Unidxs por Ayotzinapa (All United for Ayotzinapa)

Feature Photo: Todxs Unidxs por Ayotzinapa (All United for Ayotzinapa)

Madeline Stocker, News Editor
November 21, 2014
College junior Ben Libbey speaks with fellow members of the Senate’s Transparency Working Group Thursday. After the administration announced that it would fully revoke last April’s proposed policy changes, several students have voiced concern over the administration’s decision to transfer further policy decisions onto the Strategic Plan Steering Committee.

Senate Prioritizes Financial Accessibility

Madeline Stocker, News Editor
November 21, 2014
President Marvin Krislov anxiously watches the midterm election returns with College first-years Dan Marcelle and Daniel Pardee. This year’s elections saw success across the board for the Republican Party, which swept both Ohio and the rest of the country.

Republicans Sweep Ohio Midterm Elections

Madeline Stocker, News Editor
November 7, 2014
Pele IrangLaden, who is a Temple University student and organizer for the 15 Now campaign

Off the Cuff: Pele IrangLaden, organizer for 15 Now Philadelphia’s student branch

Madeline Stocker
October 31, 2014
Students protest Jeffrey Sachs at Wednesday’s convocation. Protesters entered Finney Chapel during Sachs’s talk to speak out against his actions and the College’s decision to fund a speaker the protesters called a “neoliberalist capitalist.”

Students Protest Economist’s Actions, Not Views

Madeline Stocker, News Editor
October 31, 2014
Michael Dirda, OC ’70, a Pulitzer Prize–winning book critic.

Off the Cuff: Michael Dirda, OC ’70, Pulitzer Prize-winning literary critic

Madeline Stocker, News Editor
October 10, 2014
Lt. Mike McCloskey poses with one of the Oberlin Police Department’s new body cameras. McCloskey said he hopes the camera will pre-emptively improve the officer’s relationship with the public and decrease the number of public complaints.

OPD to Begin Using Body-Worn Cameras

Madeline Stocker, News Editor
October 3, 2014
News Brief: Inn Construction Begins

News Brief: Inn Construction Begins

Madeline Stocker, News Editor
September 12, 2014
Ishmael Beah, OC ’04, former child soldier and best-selling author, gave a convocation this Tuesday titled “An Evening with Ishmael Beah.”

Off the Cuff: Ishmael Beah, OC ’04, human rights activist and best-selling author

Madeline Stocker, News Editor
September 12, 2014

Q&A: Shane Joseph, College Sophomore and Bone Marrow Transplant Recipient

Madeline Stocker, News Editor
March 9, 2014

Governor Kasich Faces Challenge with Democrat FitzGerald

Madeline Stocker, News Editor
March 9, 2014
Photo courtesy of the City of Oberlin

Fire at Oberlin Recycling Complex

Madeline Stocker, News Editor
February 25, 2014

Off the Cuff: Cole Hershkowitz OC ’11

Madeline Stocker, News Editor
February 8, 2014
Students stand as panelist John Williams congratulate them on their work in advocating against fracking. The students pictured have all visited Youngstown, OH in an effort to ban the use of hydraulic fracturing.

Campus Relies on Fracking in Transition to Coal

Madeline Stocker, News Editor
November 15, 2013

Report Lists Ohio as Top Polluter

Madeline Stocker, News Editor
September 20, 2013

New Trespass Policy Alleviates Community Concerns

Madeline Stocker, News Editor
September 6, 2013

North Coast Toast Truck Opens for Business

Madeline Stocker, News Editor
September 6, 2013

Student Proposals Presented: Moving Forward

Madeline Stocker, Staff Writer
May 10, 2013

Working Groups Present Proposals, Again

Madeline Stocker, Staff Writer
May 3, 2013

Student Senate Launches New Shuttle System

Madeline Stocker
April 26, 2013

Jones Accepts Position at Spelman College

Madeline Stocker
April 17, 2013

Reporter Relays Experience with Fracking Industry

Madeline Stocker
April 12, 2013

Queerfest Events Kick Off

Madeline Stocker
April 5, 2013
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