Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

MRC Culture Fest Missed Opportunity To Celebrate Culture

Kayla Kim, Managing Editor April 21, 2023

Like many, my high school had an event akin to a world culture day, where people would share food, dress, and music of their cultural heritage while discussing relevant social and political issues. Given...

Republicans Ineffective in Debt Ceiling Dispute

Gautami Kunde April 21, 2023

Year after year, the American government spends billions of dollars on healthcare, social security benefits, and bolstering the military, among other initiatives. Every year, the sticker price of operation...

Black Feminist Thought Must Be Valued in Primarily White Institutions

Nikki Keating, Editor-in-Chief April 21, 2023

Black feminist thought is founded on the centering of Black womenʼs experiences and their positions within discourse about gender, class, race, and all the overlapping elements of their identity. Black...

COMIC: STEM Majors Slump

COMIC: STEM Majors Slump

Molly Chapin, Layout Manager and Illustrator April 21, 2023

AAUP Asks Oberlin to Value Faculty

The American Association of University Professors calls on Oberlin College to acknowledge the importance of our long- and short-term contingent faculty and teaching staff and to treat them equitably as...

Five of the living former presidents convene in the Oval Office.

Washington Leaders Out of Touch with Technological Advancements

Editorial Board April 21, 2023

The United States’ leaders are growing increasingly old. Joe Biden recently made history as the first U.S. president to turn 80 while in office. Among the five living former presidents, three were born...

College Financial Aid Policies Deprive OSCA Members of Full Benefits

Emma Benardete, Editor-in-Chief April 14, 2023

After three semesters of being on a meal plan with Campus Dining Services, I made the decision to start dining in Keep Cottage, a part of the Oberlin Student Cooperative Association, this spring. During...

NATO Expansion to Shift Balance of International Relations on World Stage

Gautami Kunde April 14, 2023

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s mission to restore lost glory poses a serious security threat in Eastern Europe and beyond. In May 2022, just months after Russia invaded Ukraine, Sweden and Finland...

Students’ criticisms of the College indicate an enduring school spirit.

Oberlin’s School Spirit Dependent on Dissent

Cecily Miles, Columnist April 14, 2023

A previous Review article makes reference to Oberlin students’ “knowledge and understanding of our institution’s imperfections” as a complicating factor — and even a hindrance — to their feelings...

Proposed House Bills Threaten Public Education

Deb Cocco April 14, 2023

On behalf of the Board of the League of Women Voters of the Oberlin Area, Ohio public education is under threat. Public education is one of the hallmarks of democracy, and it ensures all citizens have...

COMIC: Sunny Oberlin Days Impede Studying

COMIC: Sunny Oberlin Days Impede Studying

Molly Chapin, Layout Manager and Illustrator April 14, 2023

Waning of Liberal Arts Indicative of Shifts in Higher Education

Sahil Novetzke, Columnist April 14, 2023

On April 2, The New York Times published an opinion piece by Bret C. Devereaux, a teaching assistant professor at North Carolina State University, titled “Colleges Should Be More Than Just Vocational...

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