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Provost candidates leave impact on campus
The search for Woosterís first Provost is winding down as the search committee brings its three final candidates onto campus for two-day visits.† The visits come after an extensive interview process conducted in Cleveland mid-December.
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IR professors honored with teaching award
In February three International Relations professors, Kent Kille, Jeff Lantis and Matt Krain will be receiving the International Studies Association Deborah Gerner Innovative Teaching award in New Orleans. The award is fairly new but Krain stated, ìItís the highest teaching award the association can bestow.† It is an honor to be receiving this award.”
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Campus pleased by renovations
Students were welcomed back to campus this semester with the extensive renovations made to Lowry Center. Last month, students were made aware that these changes would take place over winter break. Lowry Center, which hasnít received a makeover since the 1960s, was in great need of modernization. The postal center and bookstore now feature a…
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Students create robots in physics project
For those Wooster students interested in the field of physics, many would say one of the biggest draws to the department is Don Jacobsís Physics 220 class. Rather than having a cumulative exam or final research paper, the electronics class, offered during the fall semester, provides students with the opportunity to create their very own…
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Controversy surrounds Proposition 8 decision
A federal court has begun to hear arguments for and against Californiaís Proposition 8, a state constitutional amendment defining marriage as being between a man and a woman.† The Proposition has been challenged as unconstitutional by two same-sex couples ó one pair of gay men and one lesbian couple. Although only a week into its…
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Community sees rise in drug abuse
Recently local law enforcement officials have begun to play witness to an alarming new trend ó† the steady rise of illegal substance abuse. According to David Smith, the director of the Medway Drug Enforcement Agency, heroin use in Wooster and the surrounding communities has increased by approximately 400 percent in the past two years. In…
