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Going Green @ Wooster
The holiday season may be over, but that doesnít mean†††††† shopping is! Here are some green tips for your next errands run: 1.† Yes, size does matter. Buy your products in bulk to save you a little money and save companies the extra packaging.
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Pacific Gyre: What is plastic doing to us?
If I told you there was a swath of plastic two times the size of Texas floating 800 miles north of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean, would you believe me? Probably not. But itís true. The slow swirling vortex of water and air covers a 10-million-square-mile oval known as the North Pacific subtropical gyre.
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Club keeps Chemistry and community in mind
Gretchen Lockhart í10 has something to say, and it may shock you: ìChemistry is fun.” As President of The College of Woosterís Chemistry Club, Lockhart and her officers, Vice President Mary Kate Lockhart í11, Treasurer Elana Stennett í10, Secretary Blake Smith í10 and Outreach Coordinator Max Mullen í10, plan on-campus and off-campus activities to help…
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Sustainability program house is potentially in the Collegeís future
For students interested in reducing their carbon footprint on campus, the Environmental Studies Department has proposed a sustainable living program house for the 2009-2010 academic year. Susan Clayton, chair of the environmental studies department, posed the question, ìWhat changes can we make in the structure of our living arrangements that will reduce our impact on…
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El Campesinoís proves hit or miss restaurant
For this weekís review we journeyed to one of the hottest College locations for Mexican fare. El Campesino may be north of campus, but our taste buds traveled south of the border. KK: My first thought was of apprehension; the restaurant was packed on a Saturday night and the prospects of getting a good table…
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Free Thinkers Club provides an outlet for non-believers
Tyler Croxall í11, Philip Wagner í11, Emily ëEmmaí Popovich í11 and Michelle Mate í11 are all founders of a new and upcoming club: The Free Thinkers Club. ìWe started the group for two reasons ó for equal representation and to deter the taboo of atheism and agnosticism,” said Popovich. In an attempt to change the…
