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 buried in 2,000 words at 1:47 a.m., she tweaks sentences with intense precision. She has kept the...
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 foundation. Under her leadership, the nonprofit has facilitated partnerships between major donors...
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, to protect us. All we’ve been met with are lukewarm pleasantries that insufficiently address our...
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 buried in 2,000 words at 1:47 a.m., she tweaks sentences with intense precision. She has kept the...
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 for members of the Oberlin community to directly respond to the important questions implicating them?...
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 then-not-yet-finished Woodland Hall, allowing the College to deny many third- and fourth- year students the true independence...
On Friday, May 1, conductor, cellist, teacher, entrepreneur, and guest lecturer Paul Henry Smith, OC ’86, gave a lecture in Bibbins Hall. He...
For the past few years, Assistant Professor of Theater Kari Barclay has helped cement Oberlin College Theater department guidelines for intimacy...
The Spring Revival Showcase will be held today at 7:30 p.m. at The First Church in Oberlin, featuring performers from the Community Music School,...
This past Friday, the Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble performed a program of new music alongside the acclaimed International Contemporary...
Sasha Kolb Senior Staff Writer This Thursday at Oberlin Conservatory, Professor of Music and Theater at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign...
On Friday, May 1, many students skipped class in honor of International Workers’ Day to attend teach-ins, discussions, and art events, and to stage a march around campus. Over 100 people gathered in the cold rain in front of Wilder Hall, then marched in a meandering path around campus leading to the...
Oberlin’s Office of Residence Life is developing plans to construct a new building next to Wilder Hall, intended to hold several dining options and potentially apartment-style housing. The new retail locations would allow the Wilder Hall basement to be repurposed as a for more flexible use as a student...
A year ago, Oberlin College and Conservatory launched its Year of AI Exploration amid widespread uncertainty around generative artificial intelligence within academic institutions. As the year devoted to exploration comes to a close, the Review looked back to ask: what came out of it? Since last fall,...
This Monday, students and community members gathered in Dye Lecture Hall to see a screening of the documentary Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink and hear from a panel consisting of the documentary’s director and several journalists featured in the film. The documentary, which was...
The second phase of the renovation of Wilder Hall is set to finish this August, with the creation of a new space for the Office of Student Leadership and Involvement, a concert sound office, and an e-sports arena. Phase three of the renovation will begin in August and will focus on the second floor,...
On April 30, the City of Oberlin Human Relations Commission held the Fair Housing & Resource Event at the Oberlin Enrichment and Activity Center. The event brought together City officials, financial institutions, and community organizations to provide residents with information on housing rights,...
On May 12 at 6:30 p.m., the Oberlin Heritage Center will host an event showcasing clips from their new historical documentary series, Local Leaders, National Impact, at the Oberlin Public Library. The documentaries, produced by the Heritage Center, were predominantly researched by Oberlin College student...
Chloe Ko is a graduating fourth-year Biology and Psychology major. She has been working for the Review as an Arts & Culture editor since fall 2023. Throughout her time, she has covered important stories related to Oberlin’s artistic and cultural spaces. She has developed a team of dedicated writers,...
Solarity is back and more whimsical than ever with this semester’s theme: Secret Garden. The concert, which will take place tonight at the John W. Heisman Club Field House, features openers Violet, a student band, along with two touring artists, Pretty Sick and Sam Austins. The night will conclude...
Last weekend, Oberlin Dance Company presented “Laugh and Cry Can Live Same House,” a 70-minute piece directed and choreographed by Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance and Africana Studies Talawa Prestø. I came in with high expectations — built up by comments from friends who had either watched...
Oberlin’s production of Haymarket, a new folk musical, ran in Warner Main Friday through Sunday this past week, 140 years after the Haymarket Affair in Chicago. Alex Higgin-Houser, who wrote the musical’s book and lyrics, and David Kornfeld, who composed the score, worked with director and Visiting...
The Pen and the Sword, created by College fourth-years Thorin Finch and Naci Konar-Steenberg, is the result of two years of diligent planning and writing. Bringing an ambitious and imaginative original production to the Oberlin stage, their hard work was evident in the final result of their first large-scale...
Computer science, engineering, and economics have some of the most disproportionate ratios of male-to-female students of any academic field nationwide. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in 2021, only 21.9 percent of those earning bachelor’s degrees in computer science in the...
Summer always brings with it a veritable avalanche of new movies for theatergoers to enjoy, and this year is no different. From family crowd-pleasers to superhero adventures and mythical epics, there’s something for everyone coming to theaters near you. This time around, though, there’s one release...
ACROSS 1. ___ wife 5. Southern state sch. 9. The people’s princess 14. The Martian author Andy 15. Director Vittorio De ___ 16. Lorem ___ 17. Me as well 18. Arabic leader 19. Play’s partner 20. Television series from the 2000s centered on a mother-daughter duo 23. Mourn 24. Improving...
On March 19, Uptown Pizza, Oberlin’s first late-night eats spot in many years, opened its doors to the public. It’s open five nights a week and as late as 3 a.m. Thursday through Saturday. Director of Afrikan Heritage House and Lecturer Melissa George, OC ’12, and Mark Ballard, founder of an urban...
Yasu Shinozaki, College fourth-year and History major, has been at the Review since his second semester at Oberlin, beginning in Arts & Culture before moving into News. Known for his encyclopedic knowledge of campus and town life, Yasu consistently used his wide network of community contacts and...
Layla Wallerstein, College fourth-year and Politics major, brought to the Review an unmistakably sharp editorial instinct and uncanny ability to stay tapped into the conversations shaping campus life. Beyond the paper itself, Layla also helped found the Collegiate Journalism Network, expanding opportunities...
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 buried in 2,000 words at 1:47 a.m., she tweaks sentences with intense precision. She has kept the...
Travis O’Daniel joined the Review in the fall of 2023 as a production editor, then stepped into the conservatory editor position, before serving as managing editor of the Review for the past two years. O’Daniel is a vibrant performer in addition to a reporter. He’ll be graduating with a degree...
Eric Farnan, who serves as ensemble librarian for Oberlin’s large ensembles, prepares all rehearsal materials before they go out to musicians. He is also continually researching, organizing performances, and performing on double bass and electric bass. He has played with the Canton and Firelands Symphony...
Jonathan Ong is first violinist and founding member of Oberlin’s Quartet-in-Residence, the Verona Quartet. The Verona Quartet was awarded the 2020 Chamber Music America’s Cleveland Quartet Award and the Fischoff National Chamber Music Association’s 2025 Educator Award, and has premiered pieces...
Professor Caroline Jackson-Smith, known to many as Ms. Caroline, is a Professor of Africana Studies and Theater who has been teaching at Oberlin College since 1989. Having directed over 40 theatrical productions at Oberlin, her most recent show was Standing Strong, which took place from April 16–18....
Dr. Enrica Ferrara is a tenured Teaching Fellow of Italian at Trinity College Dublin, where she lectures in Italian Language and Culture and specializes in Italian Literature, especially the works of Elena Ferrante and Italo Calvino. Ferrara is visiting Oberlin to present “Elena Ferrante: A More-than-Human...
Ukrainian writer Darya Tsymbalyuk came to Oberlin this week to lead an art workshop and deliver a talk on her recently-published book Ecocide in Ukraine: The Environmental Cost of Russia’s War. Split into six chapters, the book highlights the numerous ways in which the Russo-Ukrainian War has affected...
James Foster, College fourth-year and Politics and Law & Society major, moved through the ranks of the Review over four years: production editor, sports editor, and ultimately, editor-in-chief. Along the way, he helped shape a paper attentive to student voices, responsive during moments of campus...
Hailey Alspach is a fourth-year majoring in Mathematics. Raised in Escondido, CA, she was a four-year starter for the Yeowomen, eclipsing 100 innings in three separate seasons and posting a career-high 142.1 innings her senior year. Alspach recorded a 3.20 ERA this season, won two North Coast Athletic...
Simon Tang is a first-year majoring in Computer Science and Data Science. Born in the Northern Mariana Islands, track has taken Tang around the world, including Guam, Palau, Australia, and now Oberlin, Ohio. Tang grew up with limited resources and coaching on the track and had limited opportunities to...
After three years loaded with program records falling and historic seasons, third-years JJ Gray and Brady Groves will be taking their talents to Long Beach State University and Columbia University, respectively, this upcoming fall. In Gray’s time with the Crimson and Gold, he was a three-time second-team...
Last Saturday, the men’s lacrosse team competed in the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament championship for the first time in program history. Ultimatel, the Yeomen came up short, losing to four-time tournament champion, the Ohio Wesleyan University Battling Bishops, 12–4. The Yeomen made...
On Sunday, Jannik Sinner defeated Alexander Zverev 6–1, 6–2, to win his fifth straight Masters 1000 tournament at the Madrid Open, becoming the first man in tennis history to accomplish this feat. Sinner’s victory marks the most recent record he’s broken, though he also set another one a few...
After ending the season 52–30, the Cleveland Cavaliers secured the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference and were matched up with the 5th-seeded Toronto Raptors in the first round of the NBA Playoffs. The Cavs’ season was highlighted with their blockbuster trade for future Hall of Famer James Harden...
On a cold and rainy Wednesday evening, Oberlin Men’s Lacrosse players made history, advancing to the championship game of the North Coast Athletic Conference tournament for the first time in program history, with a 13–7 win over The College of Wooster in the semifinals. In the high-stakes game,...
On April 25, the Oberlin College baseball team went undefeated against Ohio Wesleyan University, winning the opener and tying the nightcap, in a doubleheader that served as the team’s senior day. The team honored their graduating class before the game, which consists of fourth-years Alex Gaetano,...
On April 4, after the first 12 matches of the season, the Oberlin women’s tennis team stood at just 7–5. Coming off of back-to-back routs against #36 Colby College and #14 Kenyon College and having lost their first three matches of North Coast Athletic Conference play against Kenyon, #30 Denison...
A successful season came to a close for the men’s tennis team with a 4–0 loss to the Kenyon College Owls in the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament Semifinals this Saturday. Despite the loss, the Yeomen put together a historic year, earning a playoff spot, a national ranking, and a win in...
On Tuesday, Progressive Field blasted “Down Under” by Men at Work as Travis Bazzana walked up to the plate to make his Major League debut. The Australian-born prospect was called up from Class AAA, the highest level of the Minor Leagues, to the Major League ballclub this week. The highly-touted prospect...
Last Saturday, Oberlin men’s lacrosse defeated Denison University for the first time since 1960, finally putting an end to a 63-game losing streak against the rival school. After leading by as many as six goals in the first half, the Yeomen held off a ferocious comeback attempt late in the game by...