Category: Arts & Entertainment

Sarah Carracher News Editor In recent years, more and more students have found their creative outlet in slam poetry, and Wooster is no exception. In addition to Word of Mouth, Wooster’s spoken word club, the College now has its very first slam poetry team, Know Eye Slam, founded last year by Caira Lee ’16. In…

“The Circle,” Lara Sinangil One of my favorite parts of the summer is reading for pleasure. It’s the one time of the year when I finally have the freedom to catch up on the books I wanted to read during the semester. The Circle, published last fall, is a must-read if you love dystopian novels…

Rachel Wortman Viewpoints Editor Doctor Who is back with plenty to prove, hurtling onto our screens and back into the collective consciousness of Britain and the rest of the world. Just a few moments into this year’s premiere, it became clear that this new era of the beloved science fiction series would be carried solely…

Lily Iserson A&E Editor Scheduled immediately after Wooster’s first week of classes, on a Monday of all nights, NBC’s airing of the 66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards already felt like a background event, the kind of program audiences would disinterestedly check on Variety the day after. Only out of curiosity and a mercifully light homework…

Dominic Piacentini Odds are at some point in your education you were assigned to read Lois Lowry’s The Giver. Whether you actually read the book or not, the classic young adult novel is a staple in American public education. A film adaptation of The Giver premiered on Aug. 25 to mediocre reviews. Some critics argue…

Sarah Carracher News Editor When Chelsea Gillespie ’14 brought national theater honor society Alpha Psi Omega (APO) to The College of Wooster last year, it gave members of the department the opportunity to bring even more entertainment to campus. With the help of other student groups, including the Dance Company, the newly-funded Woosicals and the…