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WEBApr 5, 2024 · This week's show is a special episode about Juneteenth, made up of segments by The Weekly team: Nina Auslander-Padgham, Eric Schank, and Casey Troost. First, Nina and Eric present a segment on the Oberlin Juneteenth festival, how it is different this year, and address potential town and gown tensions as more students participate in …
Vice President and Dean of Students Steps Down to Return to …
WEBFeb 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 …
Construction Continues on SIP, Woodland Street Dorm
WEBMar 1, 2024 · According to Simakis, this is the final year of construction for the SIP, with most of the visible construction work set to be completed by fall 2024 and the North Campus practice fields’ soil and grass restored by fall 2025. The construction of the new residence hall, which will house 400 students beginning fall of 2025, is also ongoing.
Oberlin Loves Its White Squirrels – The Oberlin Review
WEBNov 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 ...
Former DoS Meredith Raimondo Leaves Oberlin
WEBDec 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...
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WEBThe 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...
“Urinetown” Takes a Comedic Look at Dark Societal Issues
WEBDec 6, 2019 · Described in the director’s note as “an eerily relevant takedown of Capitalism’s worst case scenario,” the Oberlin Theater Department’s production of Urinetown, a darkly satirical 2001 musical, is still uncomfortably applicable to our political and social climate today.The production deals with a variety of heavy themes, including the dangers of capitalism run amok, as well as ...
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WEBThe College previously banned single-use plastic water bottles in 1999, which remained the case until 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic began. “Single-use plastic water bottles do not support the College’s climate commitment, or Oberlin’s leadership around sustainability,” Heather Adelman, sustainability manager, wrote in an email to the ...
Litigation Update - The Oberlin Review
WEBApr 22, 2022 · Litigation Update. Two lawsuits with Oberlin College as a named defendant — the 2019 Gibson’s Bakery suit and a 2020 hiring discrimination suit filed by former Dance professor Alice Blumenfeld — have progressed this month. Gibson’s Bakery. On March 31, the 9th District Court of Appeals in Akron rejected both the College’s and the ...
Femininity Dismantled Fascism in “Pan’s Labyrinth”
WEBNov 11, 2016 · Though it is impossible to talk about Pan’s Labyrinth without addressing its gruesome violence, credit must be given to the brilliance of its visual direction for the film’s unique palatability.Del Toro’s signature color scale — soft blues, muted beiges, deep reds — lends each frame a unique, polished texture that keeps viewers immersed while constantly reminding that they are, in ...