Category: Features

  • Student threatens hunger strike to pay tuition

    Lee McKinstry Editor In Chief It was June 6 when Amy*, a rising junior from Texas opened her financial aid allocation letter from the College of Wooster. A few sentences in, she had to sit down. She would have to pay $10,000 more in tuition costs than the year before, leaving a total of $22,000…

  • Santa Claus charity aids terminally ill children

    Student’s father has created his own North Pole at Santa’s “Hide-A-Way Hollow” Anna Duke Senior Features Writer Jordan Dieterle ’13 has been one of Santa Claus’s elves since she was in the eighth grade, but instead of making the toys, she is giving them to terminally ill children. Dieterle is part of a non-profit charity…

  • Student shares exam horror story

    Missed final necessitates change in major Wyatt Smith Features Editor We’re not trying to be alarmists, but if a student misses a final exam, the consequences really can be dire. Here is the story of Will Hertel ’14, who had to drop one of his two majors after misreading his exam schedule. On the Thursday…

  • Environmental Tip of the Week

    I hope you’ve been able to participate in meat-conscious week. I know your diet choices may not seem like an obvious environmental cause, but the meat industry is incredibly resource intensive. Food, water, land, pesticides, hormones, antibiotics and energy are all necessary for producing meat on the scale that the ‘Western diet’ requires. I have…

  • Chef Andrea Patton ’14 gets creative with this recipe for chicken and vegetables over rice.

    She even gives us a side dish too! Vegetarian alternative: Follow the steps, but put everything in a bowl instead of on a plate, and replace the chicken/bacon with black beans. Vegan alternative: Follow the vegetarian steps, but don’t use butter or cheese.   Recipe of the Week: Chef Andrea   Fancy Chicken, with Garlicky…

  • How to optimize your cardio workouts

    Camille Schwartz Do you ever feel that you’re not getting the maximum result out of your workouts?  Do you visit the Scot Center on a regular basis, but still find yourself unable to lose that extra five pounds?  When you go to the gym, do you spend a lot of time running or jogging? If…