Category: Top Stories

  • Wooster Symphony Orchestra Plays on Beautifully

    It’s always a delight to hear student compositions grace the stage at a Wooster Symphony Orchestra concert (though director Jeff Lindberg’s enthusiasm for spotlighting campus composers is certainly evident, both with the WSO and with the Wooster Jazz Ensemble). It’s the mark of a really special concert, however, when two student compositions easily upstage the…

  • Basketball wins NCAC tourney

    The men’s basketball team has now won the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament as well as the regular season championship, defeating Ohio Wesleyan University on Friday and Wittenberg University on Saturday to earn the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament.

  • Libya’s revolution more violent than others

    by Ramsey Kincannon, Senior Staff Writer The uprisings that occurred in Tunisia and Egypt were the inspiration for Libyan revolution started on Feb. 15, four days after Hosni Mubarak stepped down as the president of Egypt. What was initially planned to be a similarly peaceful revolution has turned into what some political commentators such as…

  • TRAVIS’ COLLEGE TOUR (PRO EDITION PART 2): Anthony trade makes New York stronger

    After an offseason full of big name free agents like LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Amar’e Stoudemire changing teams, the NBA trade deadline was relatively lacking in major deals. The biggest one, the Denver Nuggets trading Carmelo Anthony, Chauncey Billups, Renaldo Balkman, Anthony Carter and Shelden Williams to New York for Raymond Felton, Wilson Chandler,…

  • Scot Center to install solar panels

    By Emily Bartelheim, Features Editor Earlier this year, the College of Wooster pledged to become an even more eco-conscious school by signing a contract with Carbon Vision LLC to install a 20,000 square foot solar roof atop the Scot Center, the new student recreation and athletic facility that is currently under construction on campus. This…

  • Local wine classes teach basics

    By Emily Bartelheim, Features Editor Are you one of those people who aspires to be a classy wine-drinker, but whenever you walk through the wine aisle at Beuhler’s you just grab a cheap bottle of whatever has a cool name like “Fat Bastard” or “Elephant on a Tightrope?”† Lucky for you, the Wooster Inn offers…