Category: Features

  • Donate books tobenefit the incarcerated

    Theresa Dunne Features Editor Book sales are a staple of the end of the school year. From first-semester textbooks still floating around to the hand-picked recommended reads from some English major, many students find that they do not want to lug these books home when packing up their dorm rooms for the summer. In addition…

  • 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…

  • Students present research on Amish Culture

    Brandon Bell Contributing Writer Three seniors had the opportunity to present their Independent Study projects at the 76th annual meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in Vancouver in early April.  Kathryn Foster, Paris Nahas and Leah Penner ’16 each presented their research in a panel titled “New Intersections and Border Crossings in Amish Country,” which…

  • Student-run Spring Dance Concert to show in amphitheater

    Ann Wilkinson Contributing Writer Coming up in Wooster’s busy extracurricular calendar is the Spring Dance Concert, presented by The Goliard. By sponsoring the dance concert, the literary magazine highlights their goal of increasing their presence and supporting all performing and visual arts on the College’s campus.  This year, the Spring Dance Concert will be unlike those…

  • Camp Woo: The story of a Wooster spring

    Michael Hatchett A&E Editor Seniors, we’re almost there. We’re almost ready to put on a bathrobe and a weird hat, almost ready to receive monthly emails from the Wooster Fund, almost ready to hurdle into the unknowable abyss known as adulthood. But we’re not quite there yet.   In the meantime, we should try to wring…

  • College recognized for service in community by United Way

    Oscar Bautista Contributing Writer Last week, the Stanleys’ Cup was awarded to The College of Wooster by the United Way of Wayne and Holmes County due to the College’s year-round contributions to the community. The award is named in honor of two local business and philanthropic leaders, Stanley Gault, former CEO of Rubbermaid, and the…