Category: Features

  • Professor Siavash Samei Scotlight

    Lark Pinney Features Editor   Introduce yourself! My name is Dr. Siavash Samei, I am a professor of archaeology and anthropology at the College. What classes are you teaching right now? I am teaching Physical Anthropology, which is awesome, it’s studying the story of human evolution from our earliest ancestors with chimpanzees all the way…

  • Scot Council Call-in discusses accountability

    Kaylee Liu Features Editor   On Sunday, April 18, Scot Council held a Call-in for students to speak with their incoming executive board members about concerns for the upcoming school year. The Call-in was proposed and organized by council member Maresa Taté ’21 as a way to address the lack of diversity in Scot Council’s…

  • Bell Law Lecture turns to fireside chat

    Emma Reiner Senior Features Writer   The 23rd annual Bell Lecture, entitled “The Beauty of the Law,” was given on April 14 over Zoom and featured Ben Mizer ’99. It was co-sponsored by the College’s pre-law advising program and the Bell Distinguished Lectureship in Law Endowed Fund. Named after Samuel Bell ’47, a U.S. federal…

  • AL1GN Conference provides resources for FGLI students

    Samuel Casey Editor in Chief   Last weekend, The College of Wooster had the honor of hosting the 5th Annual AL1GN National Conference, a conference series dedicated to empowering first-generation and limited-income (FGLI) students across the United States. According to the group’s website, Alliance for the Low-Income and First-Generation Narrative, or AL1GN, began in 2015…

  • G.R.E.E.K. and OneEighty event teaches how to support

    Emma Reiner Senior Features Writer   Trigger Warning: This article discusses different forms of sexual violence, including assault. Last Sunday night, Kappa Epsilon Zeta (KEZ), Delta Theta Psi (Thetas) and OneEighty hosted an event about sexual assault, titled “Support and Care After Sexual Violence for Greek Life.” This event was part of a series by…

  • An alum-packed weekend: STEM, createHER and more

    Emma Reiner Senior Features Writer   This upcoming weekend, April 9th-11th, the College will be hosting three different events with alumni for students. These events will include a STEM panel, a CreateHER Day and a panel for finding housing after college. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all of these events will be held in a…