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Basketball has always had family ties. Everywhere from fathers coaching their sons professionally to seeing siblings face off on two seperate teams, the NBA is full of family connections, and one of the most notable ones is the Ball family, headed by outspoken father LaVar Ball. LaVar has been the main supporter behind his three…

Two dinners and a service project in the works Zoe Covey Contributing Writer The College of Wooster has been awarded a grant of $5,000 from Campus Compact’s Fund for Positive Engagement to implement a program to build connections between students at the College and the citizens of Wooster. The program, called “Bridging Along Beall Avenue:…

Ryan Secard Contributing Writer On Thursday, Nov. 30, the main elevator in Lowry center stopped operating. According to Bob Henery, a manager of mechanical/electrical trades at the College, the elevator stopped working as a result of a failed electromechanical relay in the main control panel of the elevator. “The unit stopped operating and was stuck…

The most recent incident is being investigated as a hate crime in conjunction with the Wooster Police Department Waverly Hart News Editor On Wednesday, Nov. 29, at 9:08 p.m., a ceramic coffee mug was thrown by a driver on Beall Ave. at a College of Wooster student who was identified as Juwan Shabazz ’19. Shabazz…

Desi LaPoole A&E Editor On Friday, Dec. 1, the environmental studies department chair Matthew Mariola held a meeting with students to discuss the development of a new environmental studies major. Since its creation in 2009, the environmental studies program has only been offered as a minor at the College. Unlike other schools in the Five…

Natalia Parra Contributing Writer Student leaders and members of the administration have been working on a proposal for an awards system for seniors to give a medal to a staff or faculty member of the College upon graduation. The award, to be called an “Arch Medal,” was first proposed by Maggie Sestito ’18, the president…