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Pay scale changes to affect future RAs
Laura Haley News Editor Due to a budget prediction much lower than the College’s estimations, a change will be implemented in future Resident Assistants’ (RAs) pay, active in the fall of 2019. The change was made known to RAs in an all-staff meeting headed by Nathan Fein, director of residence life and Scott Brown, vice…
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LWC reacts to administration’s post-protest response
Mackenzie Clark Editor in Chief In an email sent to the student body on Thursday, Nov. 11, President Sarah Bolton provided updates on the meetings of the Board of Trustees, which took place Oct. 24-26, and addressed the recent work of the Living Wage Campaign (LWC). The LWC protest held before the meeting of the…
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Wooster’s Promise Campaign exceeds expectations
Samuel Casey Staff Writer In 2013, Wooster’s Promise: A Campaign for Our Future kicked off with a $15 million donation from Ruth W. Williams and A. Morris Williams, Jr. for the support of science education. On Oct. 27, while the Board of Trustees was on campus, the campaign came full-circle with the dedication of the…
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Campus responds to racist symbolism
Claire Montgomery Senior News Writer On Oct. 25, Dean of Students Scott Brown sent an email to inform the campus community of an investigation into a potential bias incident. In the email, he wrote, “Yesterday, a student reported seeing a half-dozen individual bananas hanging from pieces of cord in a tree near Andrews and Armington…
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Living Wage Campaign stages student protest
Mackenzie Clark Editor in Chief Approximately 200 students lined the halls in the Scot Center at 7:30 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 26 to peacefully protest in solidarity with the Living Wage Campaign (LWC) as members of the Board of Trustees arrived for their meeting in the Governance Room. “I want to remind you of what…
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SGA holds meeting to plan for Board visit
Samuel Casey Staff Writer On Oct. 15 and 16, the Student Government Association (SGA) hosted planning meetings for student organizations on campus who wanted to voice concerns at Friday’s Board of Trustees meeting. At the planning meetings, the SGA executive board spoke to the leaders or representatives of these organizations individually to discuss some of…