Protest at NYC Oct. 7 Vigil Reprehensible
This Wednesday, in his official capacity as Mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani released a statement for the third anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks. The statement’s tone was measured and mournful....
View ArticleYour Vote Matters: Vote for Sherrod Brown
The November midterm elections are fast approaching. We are writing to encourage readers to vote for Sherrod Brown, not Greg Levy. Voting for Brown is imperative to taking back Congress from a...
View ArticleNIL and Extra Eligibility Are Reshaping College Sports
Picture an 18-year-old athlete arriving on a college campus for his first practice. He expects to compete against other students near his age. Instead, he may be fighting for playing time against...
View ArticleThe Cost of Consuming Culture: Buying Into Racism
If Kendall Jenner and a crisp Pepsi are the solution to police brutality and racial injustice, we are in a world of trouble. In 2017, following widespread attention to police brutality, especially the...
View ArticleWe Should Be Screaming: The Threat of Violence Against Women
Our society has never cared about women. Our society will never respect women. By that, I mean we’re never prioritized. Care for us is an afterthought. The fluctuation of our emotions is treated like...
View ArticleFor Classical Music, Lizzo is Not the Answer
Last week, the Review published an opinion piece titled “Truth Hurts: Classical Music Needs Lizzo.” In the spirit of good fun and productive dialogue, I would like to ask: “Does it?” To begin with, I...
View Article“Creative Projects” Are Ineffective
In kindergarten, your teacher probably asked you to draw a picture. In middle school, your class might have put on a skit. Maybe in high school, you had to write a short story. Creative assignments...
View ArticleWhy Aren’t Musical Theater Students Given the Same Respect as Jazz Students?
It’s a fairly insular department. They dress noticeably differently. They spontaneously break into songs you’ve never heard of. They meet every day in a building fairly separated from the rest of the...
View ArticleTappan’s Bur Oak: A Ghost of Oberlin’s Past
The fact of the matter is it’s gone. The statuesque dead bur oak, which demanded passersby’s attention with its whimsically contorted presence, has been chopped down right before our very eyes. I...
View ArticleTruth Hurts: Classical Music Needs Lizzo
You may recall a certain underwhelming young actor renouncing classical music, opera, and ballet as a whole this past year, stating: “No one cares about this anymore.” Certainly, the remarks made by...
View ArticleOberlin Football is More Oberlin Than Football
To the Editors: I love Oberlin. I came to campus in 1979 as a transfer for my third year from The University of Texas at Austin, accepted as a clarinet major to the Conservatory. I had arrived....
View ArticleSydney Sweeney and the Rise of Antifeminism
A couple of weeks ago, I was scrolling Instagram Reels and came across a post by a female athlete I follow. The reel was a montage of her track workouts, overlaid with the text: “Sydney Sweeney got it...
View ArticleWhen Anti-Zionism Crosses the Line
Katherine Cottle’s “Never Again: Condemning Genocide and Rejecting Antisemitism” left me with mixed feelings. My problem is with her account of Zionism. Even more, it is with a question she never gets...
View ArticleI Don’t Want To Live With My Mom But, Financially, I Probably Should
To begin, let me ask plainly: how much money do you have saved up? Are you scared of what comes after college? Have you thought about where you want to live? These might seem like bothersome questions...
View ArticlePartisan Politics Should Stay out of America’s Cultural Institutions
During his second presidential term, President Donald Trump and his administration have initiated countless attacks on free speech. Virtually every entity involved in the public dissemination of...
View ArticleResLife Cannot Be Silent About Overflow Housing
Last semester, I and the rest of the current second-years watched as campus exploded over Residence Life’s handling of housing assignments. It was a time of turmoil. Students complained about...
View ArticleCity Must Prioritize Democratic Input and Transparency to Set Example for...
To the Editors: Many Oberlin residents and students are concerned about the lack of community input and transparency in the recent restructuring of city government, specifically regarding the...
View ArticleAgreeing to Agree: Why We Don’t Debate on College Campuses Anymore
To the Editors: When was the last time you had a productive conversation with someone on the opposite side of the political spectrum? When was the last time you agreed with a point made by someone...
View ArticleCowboy Church and the Pursuit of Prayer
If you find yourself dry-mouthed, belly-up, and looking for salvation thirty minutes outside of Little Rock or 1,000 miles southwest of Oberlin, you might just wind up at the CrossRoads Cowboy Church...
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