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...
This past Saturday was the 54th anniversary of the Kent State massacre. On May 4, 1970, four Kent State University students — William Knox Schroeder, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Lee Scheuer, and Allison Krause — were shot dead by the Ohio National Guard in a parking lot on the school’s campus, located...
The College and City of Oberlin have always been a place of change and liberation. At the center of the abolitionist movement in the 19th century, Oberlin has always excelled at being a community with a long history of activism and a reputation for being leaders and advocates for human rights. Because...
On Tuesday, April 23 the U.S. Senate approved a $95.3 billion foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. Despite a Senate that often struggles to pass bills, the bill had large bipartisan support, passed 79 to 18 reflecting universal support from Democrats and republicans. The bill...
On May 3, Nimala Sivakumar’s article “Student Addresses Obies for Israel Letter” was published in the Review as a response to my letter, “Zionism is De-Colonialism: Liberal Origins of Modern Israel” (April 26, 2024). She opens her letter by writing about the death toll of the current Israel–Hamas...
I have only taken two Dance classes here at Oberlin. The first was awful. For two years, I wrote off dance at Oberlin. Finally, this semester, I took Dances of the African Diaspora with Professor Talise Campbell, a visiting assistant professor of Africana Studies and Dance. I only wish I’d...
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...
Oberlin Conservatory has a longstanding tradition of premiering new operas over Winter Term. The New Opera Commissioning Program, founded by...
Oberlin will be in the path of totality during the solar eclipse April 8. A variety of OCLIPSE events will be held on campus that day to celebrate...
Oberlin’s Sustainable Infrastructure Program has entered its fourth and final stage. The College is preparing to start construction over the summer to add geothermal air conditioning to 11 buildings around campus. These buildings include Asia House, the Carnegie Building, Ward Alumni Center/Art Galleries,...
This week, the community for Bridging Resources and Access to Nurture Community through Holistic Engagement in STEM hosted two final events for the 2023–24 school year. On Wednesday, they hosted their third and final listening session of the semester, focused specifically on underrepresented genders...
The Office of Residence Life is planning significant changes to housing and dining at Oberlin. The office is working on creating a Housing Master Plan which will outline plans to renovate and modernize all of Oberlin’s residential facilities over the next 13 to 15 years. Vice President and Dean of...
Oberlin City Council convened Monday for a regular meeting. Council President Eboni Johnson, OC ’97, presided over the meeting. All Councilmembers were present. Council Hears Proposal for Bicycle and Pedestrian Path Along SR58 Public Works Director Jeff Baumann and City Engineer Randall Roberts provided...
Tens of Thousands Flee as Israel Bombs Rafah; Biden Announces Pause to Weapons Shipments On Thursday, the United Nations said that tens of thousands of people have fled Rafah in response to an Israeli call to evacuate part of the southern Gazan city. Israel has been bombarding the city. According to...
On Monday, Oberlin College became the latest in a wave of colleges and universities across the country to set up an encampment in protest of Israel’s war in Gaza, named the People’s College for the Liberation of Palestine. On Tuesday, the organizers announced that they were restructuring the demonstration,...
At the April 15 City Council meeting, Councilmembers unanimously approved an ordinance creating a Steering Committee for the City of Oberlin’s Climate Action Plan. The Steering Committee is tasked with reviewing and recommending updates to the plan, which will guide policy in Oberlin over the...
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...
As the end of the semester approaches, the Oberlin student population comes to a divide: those who procrastinate… and those who are too afraid to admit it. From the tiny discussion post to the 14-page paper, nothing is off limits to the inevitable “I’ll do it later.” Throughout our complex journeys,...
Editor’s note: While I am excited to write this piece, as it is a topic that has taken up a small part of my brain, I urge readers to remember — All eyes on Rafah. Israel is beginning its ground invasion of Rafah, and we must not get distracted from fighting for every single Palestinian who is in...
Parents help divest Trustee board will vote in June Alumni sign on Oberlin stop funding war bit.ly/parentsalumni Andrea Nguyen, Sports Editor, is a College fourth-year from Portland, OR. Her parents and grandparents were displaced from a U.S.-funded war, an experience they believe no one...
ACROSS 1. Who you might thank in May, informally 5. A hoot and ___ ___ 10. It’s 33 for most LPs 13. Transcript figs. 14. Speed reader? 15. Andrews Sisters “___ Mir Bist Du Schön” 16. What the heart really wants 18. Part of MIT, abbr. 20. Precipitation 21. Gave a thumbs up 23. To the...
A panel of Oberlin alumni who have written award-winning fiction and nonfiction met over Zoom April 24 to answer questions relevant to aspiring writers and curious attendees. Sarah Lariviere, OC ’97; spoke as the moderator with panelists Benjamin Weber, OC ’07; Paolo Bacigalupi, OC ’94; Sonia Shah,...
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...
On Thursday, Michael Kimmage, OC ’95, came to Oberlin to speak about his new book Collisions: The Origins of the War in Ukraine and the New Global Instability. Kimmage is a professor of History and chair of the department at the Catholic University of America and a non-resident senior associate at...
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...
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...
Ruth Ozeki is a novelist, documentary filmmaker, teacher, and Zen Buddhist priest. She will be visiting campus Tuesday, March 19 to give a talk on Zen and the Art of Realizing Fiction in Dye Lecture Hall from 6–8 p.m. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. JR: How does being a...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 with...
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...
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...
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...