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Visiting director asks students to tell their story
Dominic Piacentini A&E Editor Director Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee is visiting Wooster this coming Wednesday for a viewing of his newest documentary, Elemental. The film focuses the forces that drive people to protect the nature around them. It takes the perspective of three individuals overcoming different environmental challenges around the world. Elemental has won the Best Global…
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THE SCENE: My Addiction
Dominic Piacentini Last semester I took a break from the wonderful world of Wooster. Although my semester abroad in Tanzania was undeniably the most incredible four months of my life, I began to realize my chemical dependency on the visual medium. The day the final season of Breaking Bad premiered on AMC was the same…
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The Voice staff reflects on 2013’s entertainment
Vampire Weekend, Modern Vampires of the City, Ian Benson The most remarkable thing about Vampire Weekend’s third album might be its existence.On their debut record in 2008, they made a big show of their influence and their charm, but they never seemed to be in it for the long haul. They seemed far more…
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Celebrity comedian Paul Varghese to perform at UG
Ian Benson Editor-in-Chief On Monday, comedian Paul Varghese will perform in the UG at 10 p.m. Varghese, who has been performing stand-up for 13 years, was a semi-finalist on the Last Comic Standing 2. In addition to his appearance on the reality show, Varghese has opened for Russell Peters and Dave Chappelle on comedy tours…
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C.O.W. welcomes a new art exhibit featuring Willie Cole
Jesse Tiffen A&E Editor This past Tuesday, the College of Wooster Art Museum opened its most recent exhibition, “Complex Conservations: Willie Cole Sculptures and Wall Works.” Cole is a contemporary African-American sculptor, conceptual visual artist and self-pro-claimed “urban archaeologist,” who operates within an eclectic postmodern style that represents both American consumerist pop-culture and African-American…
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The scene: OutKast Reunion
By Ian Benson It’s been more than a decade since OutKast last released a record, and 2003’s Speakerboxxx/The Love Below was more symbolic of the growing rift between the members than the triumphant breakthrough many of us remember. Sure, it’s got “Hey Ya,” a song that is inevitably played at every party, but it isn’t…
