Category: Features

  • Self-driving cars are not a viable solution

    A trend has begun to emerge in the field of transportation: self-driving cars. Auto manufacturers and Silicon Valley tech titans are pushing toward a future where vehicles use artificial intelligence to drive themselves. This future is being presented as one where congestion and accidents are a thing of the past. Through new technology, they argue,…

  • Listening is a valuable strategy

    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…

  • Boosting consciousness is essential to discourse

    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…

  • BOD cont.

    on allyship and activism had less of a need for a house than groups such as the LARP club, who received one. “I’ve had people come here just to talk about what they’re going through because we have the house and we’re here for that,” said Giordano-Scott. “Since it’s not an open place like a…

  • QSU, QPoC strengthen ties while maintaining distinct roles

    Eleanor Linafet A&E Editor Not only was The College of Wooster’s second annual LGBTQIA+ Pride Festival on Saturday, April 7 an event with helpful resources, fun activities and a remarkable performance by the poet Tim DuWhite, but it was also one at which the entire queer Wooster community was welcomed to come together in a…

  • Scotlight

    A weekly inside look at the unique faces and personalities that make up The College of Wooster community. Nancy Grace, a professor of English retir ing after 31 years at the College,  What made you realize you wanted to be a journalist? I was 10, 11 or 12 and I grew up in a small…