Category: News

  • College coal plant fuels sustainability debate on campus

    College coal plant fuels sustainability debate on campus

    Kris Fronzak Editor in Chief Prospective students of The College of Wooster would be forgiven for not knowing about one of our (literally) dirtiest secrets; it is not searchable on our website and isn’t on the route of campus tours. Moreover, the advertising of “Wooster and Sustainability” on the website focuses only our “progress in…

  • Bite-Sized News

    BITE-SIZED NEWS INTERNATIONAL 250 Putin protestors arrested at anti-election rally After Sunday’s parliamentary election results, thousands of protestors congregated in Moscow to object to the appointment of Vladimir Putin as Prime Minister. While many have looked at the election results and suggested that it will “mark the beginning of the downside for Putin’s influence” due…

  • More like “Tat-poo!”

    More like “Tat-poo!” Ramsey Kincannon News Editor Rossie Brovent, a Dayton, Ohio resident, is suing her ex-boyfriend to the tune of $100,000 for tattooing a steaming pile of excrement on her back.  Initially, Brovent wanted a scene from the Chronicles of Narnia book series inked on her back, but after her now ex-boyfriend Ryan discovered…

  • ‘Holiday’ tree causes uproar in Rhode Island

    ‘Holiday’ tree causes uproar in Rhode Island Governor claims statement due to state’s founded religious tolerance Emily Bartelheim News Editor Rhode Island governor Lincoln Chafee has created quite the uproar by recently constructing a “holiday” tree in the Statehouse. Decidedly not a traditional “Christmas” tree. The name has outraged many residents and officials. Republican state…

  • Scot Center scheduled to open on Jan. 16

    Scot Center scheduled to open on Jan. 16 $30 million center to feature 200m track, new workout equipment and four courts Emily Bartelheim & Ramsey Kincannon News Editors As of Tuesday, Dec. 6, everything is on schedule for the construction of The Scot Center, the College’s $30 million project. Wooster has jumped on the trend…

  • No Snacks? No Class!

    No snacks? No class! Ramsey Kincannon News Editor George Parrott, a professor at Sacramento State University, is under fire for a policy he enacted shortly after starting at the University in 1969: he won’t teach unless his students bake him snacks.  After walking out of a class on Thursday, Nov. 12, some of his students…