Category: Features

  • College welcomes new dean of A.P.E.X., Dr. Jennifer Griffin

    Daniel Sweat Features Editor  You, an eager and exuberant first year, have heard rumors that there’s a magical place on campus where all your dreams come true. Well, at least your dreams of studying abroad and getting a job after you graduate.   You wander to and fro across the campus before you finally stumble into the lower…

  • Fall religion lecture series graces Wooster

    Monét Davis Contributing Writer  The Fall Academy of Religion will be hosting its 48th annual lecture series starting this month. Each semester, the Academy of Religion invites visiting and resident scholars at the College to speak on theological, textual and societal issues as they relate to religion and faith.   Every Wednesday from Sept. 14 to Oct. 19,…

  • Campus votes on chairs

    Theresa Dunne Features Editor Over the past couple weeks, students, faculty and staff members have been taking time out of their hurried meals in the Lowry Dining Hall to participate in a campus-wide vote that will help Campus Dining Services decide which chairs will replace our beloved maroon beauties later this year. The voting process…

  • HOLLY House receives Morris Award

    Oscar Bautista Contributing Writer “Thanks doesn’t even begin to cover what these students have done,” said Holly Tate, executive drector of HOLLY House, the organization that will receive the monetary portion of the J. Howard Morris and Josephine L. Morris Service Award. Michael Bush ’16, is the recipient of this year’s Morris Award and identified…

  • Back to basics: setting a baseline to discuss a living wage

    Dani Gagnon Features Editor Last week, the Living Wage Campaign held a panel discussion composed of a researcher, faculty, student and a former employee of the College who all spoke to the role of a living wage on a national and local level. Despite a year of strong campaign efforts, basic questions concerning the foundational…

  • Cicadas rise after 17-year slumber

    Brandon Bell Contributing Writer It’s spring, and that means seniors will soon walk into the Oak Grove to a crowd of well-wishing advisors, families and friends at Commencement. But a less welcome guest might outnumber them all. This spring is expected to be the year in which the cicada population in Ohio and West Virginia…