Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review
Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review
Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review
Oliver Bok

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief

Oliver is a Politics major from Boston, MA. Before working as Editor-in-Chief, Oliver spent three semesters working as a News Editor. He’s interested in working as a journalist after graduation. In his free time, he likes to read fiction, watch soccer and play games of all kinds.

All content by Oliver Bok
President Marvin Krislov sits in the Cass Gilbert conference room. Krislov departs at the end of this semester after a decade at Oberlin to become president of Pace University this fall.

Krislov’s Legacy: A Retrospective

Tyler Sloan and Oliver Bok
May 5, 2017
A mockup of the Hall Annex renovation and expansion shows a projection of how the completed building will look. The $14-million project will begin in June and is expected to be finished by summer 2018.

$14-Million Hall Annex Renovations to Begin in June

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
April 28, 2017
Diggers at the Philips gym expansion site lie idle Thursday. Student activists pushing for student representatives on the board hope that future capital planning decisions will account for student input.

Trustees Decline to Add Student Representative

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
December 9, 2016
City Manager Rob Hillard listens to residents at a forum in October.

Off the Cuff: Rob Hillard, City Manager

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
December 9, 2016

Regulators Move Forward with NEXUS Pipeline

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
December 2, 2016
Feature Photo: Krislov Announces Sanctuary Campus Status

Feature Photo: Krislov Announces Sanctuary Campus Status

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
December 2, 2016
Civil rights lawyer Theodore Shaw

Off the Cuff: Theodore M. Shaw, Civil Rights Lawyer

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
December 2, 2016

Karega Fired After Split Faculty Recommendations

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
November 18, 2016
Todd Baker, OC '90, newly appointed CEO of the Ohio State Medical Association.

Off the Cuff: Todd Baker, OC ’90, Medical Association CEO

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
November 18, 2016
Comparative American Studies Professor Gina Pérez, participates in a teach-in Monday.

Off the Cuff: Professors Shelly Lee and Gina Pérez

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
November 11, 2016
History department administrative assistant Kathy King works behind a bouquet of flowers bought by faculty to show support for her and Religion department administrative assistant Brenda Hall. Administrative assistants have recently had to ll out questionnaires on the work that they do since the College plans to restructure positions.

College to Reduce Assistant Positions

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
November 4, 2016
Feature Photo: National Academy of Sciences Symposium

Feature Photo: National Academy of Sciences Symposium

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
October 28, 2016

Burglars Rob Lorenzo’s Twice

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
October 28, 2016
Eboo Patel, president of Interfaith Youth Core

Off the Cuff: Eboo Patel, President of Interfaith Youth Core

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
October 28, 2016

Framing of Race Series Seeks to Address Oppression

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
October 7, 2016
Cindy Frantz, Psychology professor

Off the Cuff: Cindy Frantz, Psychology Professor

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
September 30, 2016
The water tower looms over the Laundramat on East Lorain Street. City Council voted to rezone both properties this week.

Residents Rally to Reverse City’s Zoning Approval

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
September 23, 2016
William C. Strange, economics professor

Off the Cuff: William C. Strange, Urban Economist

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
September 23, 2016

Alleged Arsonist Returns to City

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
September 9, 2016

Implementation Committees Address Strategic Plan

Oliver Bok and Eliza Guinn
September 9, 2016
An Oberlin student pours coffee in DeCafé. To save money for the College, DeCafé now opens at 11 a.m. instead of 9 a.m. on weekdays.

Budget Cuts Delay DeCafé’s Opening Time

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
September 2, 2016

Karega Governance Process Enters Seventh Month

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
September 2, 2016

Students Push for Agreement on College Taxes

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
December 12, 2015
Photo courtesy of Kate Doyle

Off the Cuff: Kate Doyle, Analyst at the National Security Archive

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
December 4, 2015
Construction workers assess the situation within the new Lewis Gateway Center, which the College borrowed $18 million to build. The rating agency Moody’s Investors Services recently downgraded the College’s credit rating partially because of the College’s debt level.

Moody’s Downgrades College’s Credit Rating

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
December 4, 2015

Council Delays REC Discussion Until Late December

Oliver Bok and Tyler Sloan
November 20, 2015
Students and faculty members discuss the most recent draft of the Board of Trustees’ Strategic Plan at a listening session on Monday. Students expressed concern over the Strategic Plan’s language, which they called ambiguous and unpromising.

Community Calls for More Details in Strategic Plan

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
November 20, 2015
Martine Rothblatt, Founder of Sirius Satellite Radio and CEO of United Therapeutics

Off the Cuff: Martine Rothblatt, CEO and Futurist

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
November 13, 2015

GSFS Majors Push for Permanent Faculty 

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
November 13, 2015

Right-Wing Activist Poses as Student, Secretly Films Professors

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
November 6, 2015

Group Releases Strategic Plan Draft

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
October 30, 2015
Sonia Shah, science journalist and author of Pandemic: Tracking Contagions from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond

Off the Cuff: Sonia Shah, Investigative Reporter and Science Journalist

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
October 30, 2015
Marcus Rediker, professor of History at the University of Pittsburgh

Off the Cuff: Marcus Rediker, author of Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
October 9, 2015
Feature Photo: Green Rush Hits Oberlin

Feature Photo: Green Rush Hits Oberlin

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
October 9, 2015

Oberlin Least Financially Accessible Among Peers

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
October 9, 2015

Trustees to Reduce Endowment Payout, Student Senators Say

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
October 2, 2015
Ann Backey, an employee of the Bon Appétit Management Company, serves pasta at Stevenson Dining Hall. Campus Dining Services has recently suffered from understaffing problems, and some employees say they feel very overworked.

CDS Workers: We’re Overworked, Disrespected

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
October 2, 2015
Chloe Bird, OC ’86, senior social scientist and professor at the Frederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate School, spoke about the gender gaps in quality of care for cardiovascular disease and diabetes at Oberlin last week.

Off the Cuff: Chloe Bird, RAND sociologist and professor

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
September 25, 2015
Feature Photo: Kent Wong, UCLA professor and activist

Feature Photo: Kent Wong, UCLA professor and activist

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
September 25, 2015
The Joint Vocational School in Pittsfield Township is currently engaged in a legal battle with the city of Oberlin. Oberlin sued the Lorain County Vocational School last June in an attempt to legally annex the school.

Vocational School Resists City Annexation

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
September 25, 2015
Off the Cuff: Steve Volk, Professor of History

Off the Cuff: Steve Volk, Professor of History

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
September 18, 2015
A construction worker plows through the worksite of the new Lorain County Health & Dentistry clinic at 260 South Main Street. The clinic is expected to open in early 2016.

Lorain County Health & Dentistry Builds New Clinic

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
September 18, 2015
A customer enjoys a meal at the recently opened Strange Bird Bistro. The restaurant replaced Weia Teia and serves food inspired by a wide range of cuisines.

Strange Bird Bistro Promises Global Flavors

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
September 11, 2015

Committee Weighs Possible Budget Reduction

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
September 11, 2015
Neuroscience Professor Jan Thornton, who recently published a review of the impact of hormones on the development of Alzheimer’s disease.

Off the Cuff: Jan Thornton, professor of Neuroscience

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
September 4, 2015
A security camera surveys campus from its perch above a Noah Hall entrance. The administration installed 145 new cameras on the entrances of dorms over the summer.

College Installs 145 New Security Cameras

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
September 4, 2015

SEC Reaches Settlement with Trustee Charged with Fraud

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
September 4, 2015

Committee Reviews Campus Safety Policies

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
May 8, 2015
Wang Yongchen, environmental activist and reporter, who gave a talk on Tuesday

Off the Cuff: Wang Yongchen, Chinese environmental activist and reporter

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
May 8, 2015

Off the Cuff: Rajeev Dhawan, director of Georgia State University’s Economic Forecasting Center

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
April 24, 2015
College first-year Caracol Haley dissects a rat for her Organismal Biology class. Instead of having students dissect rats, the instructor of one of the lab sections this semester has decided to challenge them to create their own organ.

Professors Discuss Pros, Cons of Dissection in Intro Labs

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
April 17, 2015
Junior midfielder Matt Fox looks upfield during a 12–6 home loss to the Kenyon College Lords on Wednesday. The loss dropped the team’s record to 5–7 and marked the Yeomen’s 19th consecutive loss against the Lords.

Men’s Lacrosse Still Can’t Get by Kenyon

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
April 11, 2015
Richard Berman, director of Career Services, stares contemplatively into the distance during his talk, Zero Bullsh*t: The Truth About Finding a Gig After Oberlin. The administration has recently placed increased emphasis on helping recent Oberlin graduates with their careers.

Seniors Contemplate Life After Oberlin, Career Opportunities

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
April 10, 2015
Dean Baquet, the executive editor of The New York Times and former editor of the Los Angeles Times

Off the Cuff: Dean Baquet, executive editor of The New York Times

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
April 3, 2015
Blue floodlights light up Mudd library to raise awareness for autism. Several students and the Office of Disability Services collaborated on the project. A panel on autism and a series of film screenings will take place in the coming weeks.

Organizers Light Mudd Up for Autism

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
April 3, 2015
College senior Miranda Rutherford studies in the Science Library. Last semester, Tim Elgren, the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, asked science faculty if a section of the Science Library could be better used as classroom space.

Administration Mulls Over Library Future, Budgeting Process

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
March 13, 2015
Susan Ackerman, Preston H. Kelsey Professor of Religion and professor of Jewish studies and women’s and gender studies at Dartmouth College, who gave a series of talks earlier this week during the Haskell Lecture Series

Off the Cuff: Susan Ackerman, professor of religion, Jewish studies and women’s and gender studies at Dartmouth College

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
March 13, 2015
Military historian and Iraq War colonel Peter Mansoor who participated in Tues- day’s panel discussion regarding ISIS

Off the Cuff: Peter Mansoor, military historian and Iraq War colonel

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
March 6, 2015
Feature Photo: March 4

Feature Photo: March 4

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
March 6, 2015
Featured Photo: Regina Benjamin

Featured Photo: Regina Benjamin

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
February 27, 2015
This chart shows the difference in Oberlin's emissions in metric tons of CO2 in 2015 and 2012. .

City Meets Target, Halves Carbon Emissions

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
February 20, 2015
Steven Salaita, an academic and pro-Palestinian activist at the center of a Twitter controversy, who spoke at Oberlin on Tuesday night.

Off the Cuff: Steven Salaita, pro-Palestinian activist and professor of American Indian studies

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
February 13, 2015
Historian Eugene D. Schmiel, author of Citizen-General: Jacob Dolson Cox and the Civil War Era

Off the Cuff: Eugene D. Schmiel, Civil War historian and author

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
February 6, 2015
Jake Hochendoner describes his venture, Aerial Agents, at the LaunchU Pitch Competition on Saturday. The Competition gave aspiring Oberlin entrepreneurs the opportunity to present their ideas to alumni judges.

Competitors Pitch Business Ideas at LaunchU

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
February 6, 2015

Temporary CDS Workers to Receive Free Meals

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
December 12, 2014

Frandsen Presents on Current College Finances

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
December 5, 2014

Activists Concerned Over Black Student Enrollment Numbers

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
November 21, 2014

District Moves Forward with School Construction

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
November 14, 2014

Hospital, Employees Negotiate Wage Increases

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
November 7, 2014

College Makes First Layoffs in More than 10 Years

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
October 31, 2014

College Allocates $5 Million To New Initiative

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
October 10, 2014
Committee, Students Discuss Strategic Plan

Committee, Students Discuss Strategic Plan

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
October 3, 2014
From left to right: College senior Peter Arden, College sophomore Emma Snape, and College juniors Aaron Appel, Machmud Makhmudov and Mimi Stern attend a Senate plenary. After last spring’s referendum failed, Senate lost funding for stipends and only one senator returned.

As Elections Begin, 14 of 15 Senate Seats Vacant

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
September 19, 2014

Committee Convenes to Plan College’s Fiscal Future

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
September 12, 2014

Recent Economic Growth Benefits Solely the Rich

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
February 14, 2014

NSA’s Incessant Information Gathering Must Be Controlled

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
December 13, 2013

Democrats Must Move to the Left

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
November 22, 2013

Senators Want to Destroy Chance of Peace with Iran

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
November 15, 2013

“Anarchist” Misused in Recent Column

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
November 8, 2013

Conservatory Opens New Performance Space

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
October 11, 2013

Administration Begins Implementation of Several Working Group Proposals

Oliver Bok, Editor in Chief
September 20, 2013
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