Category: Features

  • Going Green @Wooster

    1. Feeling tired already this semester? Open the blinds and turn off the lights. Sunlight has been known to give you more energy and regulate sleep patterns, which will in turn brighten your mood.

  • Coccia House not your everyday Italian cuisine

    The first thing I saw when I sat down was a crowded room ó more specifically, I noticed that while just trying to find a seat. And even with that, a waitress on the other end of the room still had time to talk to a customer she knew by name. So by initial impression,…

  • Going Green @ Wooster

    ó Did Santa come bearing electronics? Power your new toys with rechargeable batteries! More than 15 billion batteries are disposed of each year, and while batteries no longer contain (significant amounts of) mercury, the metals found in batteries can be harmful to the environment. If you dislike carrying around a heavy battery charger, try UseCell,…

  • Different backgrounds, same experience: City Year

    Every 26 seconds, a student in America drops out of a public high school. City Year works to help those kids stay on track. On Jan. 28 City Year representative Emmanuel Paul Sterling will be joining the campus for an information session about the 2010 term of City Year beginning this August.† The program takes…

  • About the town: Old Jaol’s atmosphere proves worth the price

    In 2009, Kevin Carpenter and Kipaya Kapiga began to review non-chain restaurants in the Wooster Community. Now, in 2010, the new decade finds Carpenter and Kapiga continuing their quest for culinary perfection in their traditional, humorous bantering. This week’s adventure led them to a eatery known as Olde Jaol Tavern and Restaurant.

  • GYC takes lead in competition

    In an attempt to stimulate creativity and entrepreneurial skills among students, the Center for Entrepreneurship sponsored the Idea Competition 2009 and awarded thousands of dollars† to students who presented phenomenally creative ideas. The panel of judges meticulously reviewed the 51 ideas that were submitted and unanimously awarded the first prize to the Global Youth Connection…