Tobacco Ban Underscores College’s Flawed Governance
Jordan Ecker, Contributing Writer
May 5, 2017
Filed under Commentary, OPINIONS
Oberlin students received an email Monday from Vice President and Dean of Students Meredith Raimondo urging “members of the Oberlin community” to please respect the campus’ “tobacco-free” policy. The message wasn’t that there was a ban on cigarettes and that we would be punished ...
Student Senate Proposes Central Budgeting Committee
Sydney Allen, Production Editor
April 28, 2017
Filed under Campus News, NEWS, Recent Stories
Student senators are drafting a proposal to establish a Central Budgeting Committee, a standing group that would include and engage students, faculty and staff in the College’s budgeting decisions. Senate’s Financial Prioritization task force hopes to release the proposal this week to leverage...
Trustees to Investigate Adding Student Rep
Sydney Allen, Production editor
March 10, 2017
Filed under Campus News, NEWS, Recent Stories
After months of pushing from student senators and activists, the Board of Trustees agreed to create a task force that will investigate adding student representatives to the board. The breakthrough results from a proposal senators sent the board last Wednesday asking for the creation of a task...
Students Neglect Existing Communication Channels
Editorial Board
March 10, 2017
Filed under Editorials, OPINIONS
The trustees’ decision to create a task force to investigate adding student representation to the board is a credit to everyone involved. Student Senate deserves praise for creating the initial proposal and building a relationship with the board, as do student activists for adding pressure at a...
Senate Calls for Student-Rep Task Force
Louis Krauss, News Editor
March 3, 2017
Filed under Campus News, NEWS, Recent Stories
Upon entering the Wright Laboratory of Physics hallway, trustees appeared stunned at the sight of over 150 students silently protesting the Board of Trustees’ initial rejection of Student Senate’s request for student representation on the board. Most trustees declined to comment upon entering the...
Class Trustees Must Consider Student Needs
Cory Ventresca, College senior
March 3, 2017
Filed under Letters to the Editors, OPINIONS
To the Editors: Executive Assistant to the General Counsel and Secretary Pam Pierron’s email sent Saturday, Feb. 25 stating the “regularly scheduled forum time will be used for a trustee–Student Senate mini-retreat” was incredibly disappointing to me as a former student senator. While it is im...
Student Senate Needs to Clarify SBCP Relationship
Editorial Board
March 3, 2017
Filed under Editorials, OPINIONS
In one of the most competitive races for Student Senate in recent history, a group called Students Building Community Power emerged through individuals running on a collective activist platform this spring. Of the SBCP candidates, College sophomores Kai Joy and Dani Pacheco won two of eight available sea...
Student Senate Strives to Centralize Activism
Meg Parker, Contributing Writer
February 17, 2017
Filed under Columns, OPINIONS, Student Senate
This op-ed is part of the Review’s Student Senate column. In an effort to increase communication and transparency, Student Senators provide personal perspectives on recent events on campus and in the community. Student Senate is an inherently political body. Former Student Senator and College soph...
Student Senate Pivots in Favor of Activism
Sydney Allen, Production Editor
February 17, 2017
Filed under Campus News, NEWS, Recent Stories
As a group of newly elected representatives settle in, Student Senate is increasingly embracing its institutional influence and activist sentiments — a shift from just a few years ago when student interest and participation in Senate was at a low. Last week’s Senate election brought 25 students...
College Must Engage Community on Cuts
Editorial Board
February 10, 2017
Filed under Editorials, OPINIONS
Administrators constantly state that the College’s current financial model is unsustainable. Expenses exceed revenue, mostly generated from an increasing tuition, and the situation will likely continue to worsen without concrete steps on both sides of the balance sheet. In part, structural reasons beyon...
Students Demand Administrative Transparency
Andrés González, Kai Joy, Contributing Writers
February 10, 2017
Filed under Commentary, OPINIONS
Oberlin’s administration has a transparency problem. The administrative body and the Board of Trustees have continuously left students out of both mundane and critical decision-making, and students are often first made aware of these decisions when physically confronted with them. The tuition hikes...
Senate Activism Vital to Political Resistance
Kameron Dunbar, Contributing Writer
December 2, 2016
Filed under OPINIONS, Student Senate
This op-ed is part of the Review’s Student Senate column. In an effort to increase communication and transparency, Student Senators will provide personal perspectives on recent events on campus and in the community. Student Senate passed a resolution on March 18, 2007 in support of U.S. Senate Bill ...