Former DoS Meredith Raimondo Leaves Oberlin
Dec 17, 2021 · Former Dean of Students and Vice President Meredith Raimondo left Oberlin in October to begin her role as vice president for student affairs at Oglethorpe University. Raimondo has been on sabbatical since stepping down from her position at Oberlin in early April, six weeks before she was originally scheduled to leave. When Raimondo left this...
NEWS - The Oberlin Review
5 days ago · Swaranya Sarkar, Staff Writer. November 8, 2024. Oberlin College will launch its new Learning and Labor Scholars Program beginning in spring 2025. The program, created by Professor of Politics Steve Crowley and James Monroe Professor of Politics and East Asian Studies Marc Blecher, includes two four-credit classes in the Politics department, one in the spring semester and the other in the fall.
OPINIONS - The Oberlin Review
Dec 8, 2023 · Proposed Curfew Could Harm Student Health, Wellbeing. Lauren Moore, Columnist • October 4, 2024. I still remember my first Halloweekend at Oberlin. My friends and I had just left Organ Pump, and outside stood someone I knew. I saw her there, alone and clearly disoriented, standing at the steps of...
ABOUT - The Oberlin Review
The Oberlin Review is the newspaper of record for Oberlin College and the city of Oberlin, Ohio. Established in 1874, it has published continuously for 140 years, making it one of the oldest college newspapers in the United States. The printed edition of the Review is published every Friday during the fall and spring semesters, except during holidays...
Oberlin Loves Its White Squirrels – The Oberlin Review
Nov 13, 2020 · If two grey-colored squirrels each carry one copy of the albino gene and happen to mate, about 25 percent of their offspring will be white. Most squirrels in Oberlin don’t carry any copies of the albino gene, so this is a pretty rare event. But it does happen occasionally. “My students and I began studying eastern grey squirrels in Oberlin ...
College to Pay $36M, Concluding Gibson’s Litigation
Sep 9, 2022 · Photo courtesy of Bryan Rubin. The College will pay Gibson’s Bakery $36.59 million in damages, ending five years of litigation. Oberlin College announced yesterday that it would pay Gibson’s Bakery the sum of $36.59 million in damages as awarded by the Lorain County Court of Common Pleas in 2019. This decision follows the Ohio Supreme Court ...
Vice President and Dean of Students Steps Down to Return to …
Feb 5, 2021 · One Oberlin. President Carmen Twillie Ambar. Student Senate. Meredith Raimondo will step down from her role as Vice President and Dean of Students at the end of the spring 2021 semester. After taking a sabbatical, Raimondo will return to her previous position as a tenured faculty member in 2023. Raimondo was named dean of students in November ...
Rubber Pencil Devil: Pedagogical Look Into Ever-changing Element …
Oct 4, 2024 · Alex Da Corte, Philadelphia-based Venezuelan-American conceptual artist, drove to Oberlin Oct. 1 to present his nearly three-hour long film Rubber Pencil Devil. The film featured 57 distinct sequences presented alongside live commentary from the director. Double-degree fifth-year Orson Abram, one of Oberlin Film Co-op’s presidents, reached out to Da Corte’s studio manager in July regarding...
Illinoise: A New Kind of Musical Succeeds in Every Sense
Feb 16, 2024 · Matt Murphy. Illinoise: a New Kind of Musical premiered in the Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Editor’s Note: This piece contains mentions of suicide. When I heard Illinois by Sufjan Stevens was being turned into a musical, I was skeptical. As a lover of musical theater, I have grown fatigued by the jukebox musicals that have dominated the scene ...
U.S. News Ranks Oberlin 51st Among National Liberal Arts Colleges
Sep 22, 2023 · On Monday, Sept. 18, the U.S. News and World Report released its 2024 ranking of National Liberal Arts Colleges. Oberlin placed 51st out of 204 liberal arts colleges, dropping 12 positions since last year’s edition. This year’s ranking came with notable changes in methodology meant to accurately measure what students value in a four-year undergraduate...