How Spoon Theory Describes the Struggles of Students with Disabilities
Oberlin is certainly feeling the effects of the fall semester finals period, an agony characterised by stress, nausea, and that virus we’ve all somehow had since late October, but the disabled students...
View ArticleStudents Need to Make an Effort to Further Connect with Community
One of the reasons I picked Oberlin as the college I wanted to attend was that it is located in a small, seemingly tight-knit town. I liked the idea of being in a place where the members of the...
View ArticleI Don’t Want to Fight a Culture War; Conservatives Don’t Care
I’m from East Tennessee. As you can imagine, watching this year’s election cycle play out from one of the most conservative areas of an overwhelmingly conservative state has been interesting, to say...
View ArticleTWC Crucial in Fostering Solidarity Among Students of Color
The Third World justice movement is a collective effort by individuals and organizations from countries historically considered “Third World” to advocate for social and legal justice. The movement...
View ArticleSFP Rallies Against Board of Trustees
This speech was originally delivered for the Dec. 3 demonstration outside of the Cox Administration Building. Students gathered to protest for divestment in preparation for the Board of Trustees’...
View ArticleOpen Letters to Oberlin College on Title IX Mismanagement
Dear President Ambar, Vice President Lahey, and the Board of Trustees, Every day, survivors at Oberlin face a serious threat to an equitable education: the Office for Institutional Equity. After...
View ArticleTougher Criticism Needed in Writing Workshops
A couple of weeks into my first year, I sat in a circle with my workshop group for my first-ever collegiate Creative Writing course — Introduction to Fiction Writing. We timidly muttered compliments...
View ArticleExecutive Order Threatening Protester Deportation Dangerous, Unconstitutional
On Jan. 29, President Trump issued Executive Order 14188, titled “Additional Measures to Combat Anti-Semitism,” in which he declared, “It shall be the policy of the United States to combat...
View ArticleAdmin Should Resist Bathroom Bill
In a zine that appeared around campus as classes started this week titled “Pissed Off About the New Bathroom Rules?” an anonymous trans person wrote, “The worst part of all of this is that the college...
View ArticleBolivian Student Reflects on Flaws in Immigration System
“We are a nation of immigrants.” Yes, we are a nation of immigrants, as the signs protesting President Donald Trump’s new immigration policies say. Fear and anger have spread across the United States...
View ArticleProgressives Remain Unprepared for Trump
In just a little over a month, President Donald Trump has initiated a swath of assaults against the most vulnerable communities in the country and beyond. Over 1.4 million undocumented people in the...
View ArticleVoice of the People – 2/14/2025
Editors’ Note: SB 104 requires that the College post gendered signage on every multi-use bathroom on campus, and that it cannot knowingly allow students to use a bathroom that does not correlate with...
View ArticleYour Humanities Degree is Valuable
Perhaps, if you’ve been paying attention, you’ve noticed that Oberlin is changing. In 2024, Oberlin announced the addition of five new majors to the College — Business, Financial Economics, Data...
View ArticleCase Against Birthright Citizenship is Stronger Than You Think
President Donald Trump’s recent executive order attacking birthright citizenship has reinvigorated the debate surrounding the constitutionality of birthright citizenship and whether it should apply to...
View ArticleBlack Authors Defy What’s Accepted To Create Change
Black authors are not being listened to by people who hold high positions in institutions and society in general. Black writers, educators, and scholars have continuously provided crucial critical...
View ArticleRevolution Without Strategy is Just Chaos
It takes just a glance — at a headline, a TikTok clip, or an infographic — to sense it: our country is spiraling toward darkness. From anti-transgender legislation to the limiting of DEI, each morning...
View Article28th Amendment Should Be Published
Among the restructuring and chaos occurring in Washington after the commencement of the Trump Administration, the National Archives and Records Administration needs to officially publish the 28th...
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