Category: Features

  • Scotlight: Brendan Duffy ’22

    Kaylee Liu Features Editor   So tell us about yourself. I’m Brendan Dufty ’22, a math-philosophy double major, writing tutor and Resident Assistant from Northern Vermont.  How’d you end up majoring in math and philosophy? I took a philosophy class my junior year of high school and it was really enjoyable. For math, I’ve always…

  • International Education Week Adjusts to Remote Format

    Ellen McAllister Contributing Writer   International Education Week (IEW) has always been a big part of the fall semester on campus, but this year it looked a little different. While the week-long celebration had a new virtual look, there were still many ways students and faculty could interact and learn more about the different cultures…

  • Eta Sigma Phi Talks Intersectionality in the Ancient World

    Kaylee Liu Features Editor   On Thursday, Oct. 8, Anna Cornel ’15 returned to the College to give a virtual talk about their postgraduate research on the ancient world. The talk was hosted by Eta Sigma Phi, a chapter of the national classical studies honor society, in conjunction with the College’s Department of Classical Studies…

  • Scotlight on Veda Massanari-Thatcher ’23

    Lark Pinney Features Editor   Where are you from? I am from a small town in Michigan called Tecumseh which is around 30 minutes from the Ohio border and about three hours from Wooster. How did you settle on Wooster? My grandpa knew about the school because he was a college professor, so he suggested…

  • New club for women and gender minorities in econ

    Lark Pinney Features Editor   One of the new clubs currently navigating the charter process is the Wooster Women and Gender Minorities in Economics (WWGME) club. The idea for the creation of this group came from students working collaboratively in their classes and research. Through these experiences, they realized that the support they were providing…

  • Writer Sarah Viren virtually visits English Department

    Ellen McAllister Contributing Writer   It is not every day that you get the chance to hear an award-winning author read and speak about their work, but students and faculty at the College had the opportunity to do just that. Sarah Viren, a translator, author and journalist, spoke to around sixty members of the campus…