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New exhibits at CWAM combine past with present
Mariah Joyce A&E Editor The College of Wooster Art Museum (CWAM) currently has two installations running concurrently, both in keeping with this year’s forum theme of East Asia. The first installation, “The Jay Gates Collection: Art of China and Japan,” is installed in the Burton D. Morgan Gallery in Ebert Art Center and will run…
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LAURA AND LILY TALK ABOUT NICKI: AN “ANACONDA” REVIEW
Laura Merrell and Lily Iserson Laura: 2014 is a big year for Nicki Minaj. She traded in her neon pink hair for a subdued brown. At red carpet events, she favors evening dresses over outrageous costumes. It could be that once she hit 30, she felt that neon beehives and rainbow jumpsuits were a little…
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alt-J releases an ambitious, dazzling second album
Michael Hatchett A&E Editor On Tuesday, Sept. 23, British indie quartet alt-J released their second album, This is All Yours. With this eclectic new music offering, alt-J has successfully eliminated any possibility of a sophomore slump. The band first gained buzz back in 2012 with their debut album, An Awesome Wave. The album received rave…
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YikYak: an anonymous double-edged sword
Michael Hatchett A&E Editor “Independent minds, drinking together.” “I have successfully taken a piss.” “The Amish have better wi-fi than us.” What are these profound, thought-provoking statements? The latest writings on a library bathroom stall? Conversational asides overheard in Lowry? No, these are just a sample of the thoughts posted on YikYak, the latest…
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A Brief Recounting of Wooster’s Jazz & Art Fest
Lily Iserson A&E Editor Jazz music swelled from three corners of downtown Wooster this past Saturday, each featuring podiums of banjo, saxophone and violin as my friend and I approached the main square. My first impression was the age of the general public, ranging from grandmotherly figures to handful after handful of nuclear families, with…
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Effie’s calls for Vagina Monologue auditions
Lily Iserson A&E Editor Directors Michael Hatchett ’16 and Dana Stamos ’16 of Effie’s Players are excited to announce that auditions for The Vagina Monologues will begin next Thursday Sept. 25 in Kauke Tower. Effie’s Players is The College of Wooster’s only student-run theatre group, headed by theatre majors and non-majors alike. As Effie’s has…
