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Scotlight: David Newberry-Yokely
Blakely Dishman Features Editor Can you introduce yourself? I am David Newberry-Yokely. I work in the Admissions Office as the Director of Recruitment and Diversity Outreach. I am a Wooster grad; class of 2000.I grew up in Maple Heights, Ohio and have lived in Wooster off and on since I graduated. Can you describe…
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Girls’ Night Out (Let’s go GNO! Woohoo!)
Emma Shinker Chief Copy Editor On Saturday, Nov. 6, members of Women of Images (WOI) and the Black Women’s Organization (BWO) gathered for their annual Girls’ Night Out. The event began in the afternoon at the Acres of Fun skating rink, Wooster Skateland, in Wooster and finished with an after-party at the UnderGround that…
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A Community-Wide Racial Justice Policy Dialogue
Blakely Dishman Features Editor Content Warning: This article contains brief mentions of police brutality and racialized violence. This past Monday, Nov. 8, Amnesty International came together with the Wayne County Racial Justice Coalition and Wooster-Orville NAACP to put on an evening discussion about local law enforcement policy and advocacy. The event lasted two hours…
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Rake a Difference in the Wooster Community!
Emilie Eustace Features Editor This past Saturday, Nov. 9, many students took on the classic fall task of raking leaves for members of the Wooster community through an event titled “Rake a Difference.” Rake a Difference is an annual event organized by the Wooster Volunteer Network (WVN) that allows college students to connect to…
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Leftists and Republicans Find Common Ground
Haley Huett A&E Editor Many problems and their solutions are politically polarizing. Certainly, it is difficult to accept the opinions of others when their politics vary so wildly from your own. On Wednesday, Oct. 27, the College Republicans and the Leftists of Wooster attempted to accomplish that feat. The two groups met to tackle…
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Queer Exile: A Lecture On Those Once Forgotten
Blakely Dishman Features Editor This past Wednesday Oct. 27, Dr. Roman Utkin came to campus to discuss his research in a presentation titled “Queer Exile: Russian Émigrés in Interwar Paris and Berlin.” Dr. Utkin’s presentation was sponsored by the Great Lakes Colleges Association (GLCA) IIF Grant, the Cultural Events Committee, the Department of German…
