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Conference honors the memory of Dr. Ronald Takaki
The life of the pioneering ethnic and cultural studies scholar and 1961 College of Wooster graduate Dr. Ronald T. Takaki will be honored with a three-day academic conference of unprecedented national importance held at Wooster this weekend.
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Student group sends members to D.C. rally
Last Saturday, 15 College of Wooster students embarked on a 15 hour trek at 2:30 a.m. to Washington, D.C. to take part in the “One Nation Working Together” rally. Organized by the Wooster Democratic Socialists (WDS), an off-shoot of the Young Democratic Socialists of America here on campus, they were just one of over 400…
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Ashraf Ghani shares insight for future of Afghanistan Richard Tadd Pinkston
Former Afghan Finance Minister and Presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani gave the second lecture in this year’s Wooster Forum Series with a speech entitled “Afghanistan: Owning the Present; Building the Future” on Monday.† Ghani, who was named one of the 20 most influential global thinkers of 2009 for his work on fragile states, focused on the…
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President Cornwell signs contract for a greener campus
The College of Wooster has taken two giant steps in becoming a more environmentally friendly and sustainable campus in terms of one very hot political topic: energy. For those of you that thought the building alone of the new Scot Center was a progressive feat for the College, last Monday, Sept. 20, President Grant Cornwell…
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Studies show rise in female bank robbers
In conjunction with the FBI, the U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Crimes Task Force arrested a Cleveland woman last week suspected to have robbed four banks in the Cleveland area. Lateesha Scott, 32, was wanted for a Sept. 4 robbery of the U.S. Bank on West 25th street, a Sept. 14 robbery of Key Bank…
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15 children kidnapped in Nigeria
15 children remain missing in Aba, located the southeastern region of Nigeria. According to CNN, the children were kidnapped during a hijacking involvolving four gunmen who boarded a schoolbus and took the children away. President Goodluck Jonathan expressed his concern for the 15 nursery and primary school students missing. Kidnapping has been a problem in…
