“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...
View ArticleAn Argument for Wallowing: Sad Music Can Heal a Broken Heart — in Moderation
Heartbreak may be one of the most universal human experiences. You have heard about this pain through movies and books. You may have experienced it yourself. Regardless, one place we all have heard...
View ArticleArianna D’Italia, OC ’26
Arianna D’Italia, College fourth-year and English and Psychology major, has been production manager for the past year. Possessed with an almost supernatural ability to spot the single misplaced em dash...
View ArticleOff the Cuff with Cecilia Conrad, Oberlin 2026 Commencement Speaker
Cecilia Conrad, Ph.D. in Economics, is this year’s Commencement speaker for Oberlin College. She is the founding CEO of Lever for Change, a nonprofit affiliate to the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur...
View ArticleStudents Demand More from Administration on Divestment, ICE Protection,...
To the Oberlin College and Conservatory Administration and Board of Trustees: Your students need you to do more. For the past four years, we have consistently asked you, as stewards of our education,...
View ArticleOff the Cuff with Arianna D’Italia, OC ’26
Arianna D’Italia, College fourth-year and English and Psychology major, has been production manager for the past year. Possessed with an almost supernatural ability to spot the single misplaced em dash...
View ArticleMeet the Team Behind the Review’s Success: Inside the Production Room
What is the backbone of The Oberlin Review? Is it the News section, staying on the pulse to cover developing stories at Oberlin big and small? Maybe it’s the Opinions section, serving as an open forum...
View ArticleResLife Should Reprioritize, Restructure
Having now worked for Residence Life for nine semesters, I have never seen as much dissatisfaction expressed with housing at Oberlin as this year. It started off with the opening of the...
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