Category: News

  • Student petition protests Dameca Neal’s termination

    Petition protesting the Mom’s third shift manager’s firing receives over 1,500 signatures from current and former students Tristan Lopus Editor in Chief Dameca Neal, the now former manager of the third shift at Mom’s Truckstop, was fired by Campus Dining Services last Thursday, Nov. 2. The College community has reacted with an outpouring of support…

  • Survey raises questions over sexual misconduct

    Waverly Hart News Editor In a campus email on Nov. 1, President Sarah Bolton released the results of a survey last year of College students that asked about their experience and response to incidents of sexual assault and harassment. Last spring, students were asked to complete the Higher Education Data Sharing (HEDS) Consortium Campus Climate…

  • Three new female trustees join Board

    Board of Trustees incorporates new perspectives Brandon Bell News Editor Three women were appointed to the College’s Board of Trustees at the governing body’s meeting in late October. Mary Gearen ’79, Jilliene Johnson ’08 and Meret Nahas ’10 were all voted in by the existing membership of the Board, which has now increased to 43…

  • Task force for new free speech policy proposed

    Idea for policy prompted by Charlottesville Brandon Bell News Editor Yesterday Campus Council considered forming a task force to consider a new free speech policy at the College. The task force will decide on what items to include in the policy, which would have to be approved by the Council. According to Jordan Griffith ’19,…

  • Student hit in crosswalk reflects on incident

    Zoe Covey Contributing Writer On Tuesday, Oct. 24, Tara Keller ’18 was struck by a silver Cadillac driving down Beall Avenue while she crossed the street between Babcock Hall and the tennis courts. She was hit suddenly, and recalls thinking it was strange that the driver did not slow or stop as she entered the…

  • Wooster earns high ranking on WSJ lists

    Waverly Hart News Editor The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education (WSJ/THE) recently released their list of U.S. College Rankings and their list of Top 100 Liberal Arts Schools. Among liberal arts schools, The College of Wooster was ranked 39th. Additionally, Wooster placed 105th out of over 800 U.S. colleges and universities on the list, marking…