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Alum makes American major motion picture debut
Motion picture director and Wooster graduate Duncan Jones ’95 has a lot on his plate right now. Coming off the hit of his sci-fi thriller “Moon,” Jones now has another milestone to celebrate: his American film debut. His new movie “Source Code” hits theaters on April 15 next year and is already creating a buzz…
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The conflicting influence of Wikileaks
It’s been a long time since someone has received as many different reputations as Julian Assange ó Sarah Palin compared him to Osama Bin Laden, Daniel Ellsburg, the man responsible for “The Pentagon Papers,” has said that he’s “serving our democracy,” and Assange has probably at one time or another heard everything in between.
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Debating for Democracy’s lasting impact on community
On Friday, Oct. 22, students at The College of Wooster took time out of their busy class schedules to participate in a six-hour training workshop entitled “Debating for Democracy (D4D) on the Road.” According to the Assistant Director of Project Pericles (the sponsor of the program) David Rippon, the objective of the D4D project is…
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Harry Potter Part 1: The beginning of the end
On Nov. 19, at one minute after midnight, thousands of eager teenagers crowded movie theaters across the country, an uncommonly high percentage of them wearing robes and carrying wands. After hours of waiting, cheers erupted through the dimmed theaters; screens flickered to life as the camera swooped over the familiar street of Privet Drive. The…
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Men’s basketball off to fast start while women struggle
The men’s basketball team is off to a blazing hot start this season. Before playing Allegheny College (4-4, 1-1 NCAC) on Wednesday after press time, the Scots were 6-0 (2-0 NCAC) and ranked number one in the nation, according to the weekly poll at D3hoops.com. This is the first time that Wooster has been the…
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Helen Murray Free ’45 receives two national awards
Many students, professors, and alumni from The College of Wooster have been recognized for outstanding achievement in their academic fields, and the most recent notable alum is Helen Murray Free† class of 1945. Free is considered to be a pioneering chemist and recently received two prestigious awards: the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, and…
