Category: Features

  • Community Connections Program cultivates culture of service

    Dani Gagnon Features Editor The College of Wooster claims that by the end of students’ four years at Wooster they will embody a comprehensive list of graduate qualities and core values. Over a year ago the executive board of Wooster Volunteer Network (WVN) turned their attention specifically to two graduate qualities and core values: Civic…

  • Education honor society opens new chapter at the College

    Maansi Kumar Contributing Writer On Dec. 9, 2015, The College of Wooster Department of Education installed a new chapter of the international honor society in education, Kappa Delta Pi (KDP). Inductees to the Alpha Eta Chi chapter of KDP at The College of Wooster included 15 students, seven faculty members and one honorary inductee. KDP…

  • Activist Bree Newsome to visit campus

    Brandon Bell Contributing Writer On Tuesday, Feb. 23, filmmaker, writer and activist Bree Newsome will be on Wooster’s campus to speak on civil rights activism. The event, hosted by the Womens’ Gender and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) Department, is titled “Tearing Hatred from the Sky.” The title refers in part to Newsome’s removal of the Confederate…

  • Living Wage Campaign continues to attract attention and support

    Theresa Dunne Features Editor If you’ve been on Facebook or Instagram recently, you may have noticed photos of Wooster students holding up signs that read, “I support a living wage because…” circulating throughout your newsfeed. The students featured in these photos have signed The Living Wage Campaign for The College of Wooster’s petition, which supports…

  • C.O.W. students mentor youth

    Ama Addo Contributing Writer Giving back to the community is a task easier said than done. However challenging, many students see structured advocacy as necessary in order to become an active member of change in the spaces we occupy. For sophomores Aaron Roberson ’18, Patrick Johnson ’18, Ethan Barham ’18 and Derrick Florence ’18, creating…

  • Valentines Day with or without a love

    Michael Hatchett A&E Editor Many people, including me, aren’t good at social interactions. Especially when it comes to romantic ones. I once took a girl on date to her father’s restaurant. I once invited a girl over to my house to watch pro wrestling on an illegal stream on my computer. I once took a…