Category: Features

Robyn Newcomb Viewpoints Editor For many individuals coming out of jail or prison in the United States, the country with the highest levels of incarceration on the globe, the burden of incarceration doesn’t end with coming home. The stigma and the legal barriers of a criminal record are often a severe roadblock, preventing those who…

Katie Harvey Senior Features Writer The Alley, a new multi-purpose collaborative space on the basement floor of Lowry Student Center, has officially opened for student use. The previous home of Scot Lanes is unrecognizable as students begin to populate the space to study, attend board game nights, movie showings, student trainings or to just hang…

Abigail Everidge Staff Writer On Friday, Aug. 31 from 4:30  to 7 p.m., Scot Spirit Day will be held at the Scot Center Amphitheater. Scot Spirit Day is The College of Wooster’s annual student-led organization fair that presents students with an opportunity to learn about more than 120 different student organizations, including performance clubs, volunteer…

A weekly inside look at the unique faces and personalities that make up The College of Wooster community.  Chris Good ’19, a chemistry major and math minor, shares his experience working as an intern at Dow AgroSciences this summer, as well as his plans for I.S. Welcome back to Wooster! How was your summer? It…

In today’s society, we see people turn against one another over anything and everything. Examples include religion, political preference, gender, favorite artists, favorite sports teams; you name it, someone probably has an opinion about it. At that point, we then turn against one another because not all of us think alike. Each group believes that…

When we are pressed into an uncomfortable or uncontrollable situation, there are numerous ways we can react to whom or what is pushing us out of our comfort zone. It is human nature to react to the situation immediately if we feel threatened, or if we’re just flat-out scared. If we have a little more…