Category: News

  • Student’s website attracts investors, thousands of users

    Wyatt Smith News Editor   In early February, Fahim Aziz ’15 launched a website that gives users access to the global market, called Backpack, which has since attracted thousands of users and substantial offers from investors. Backpack, which Aziz created with his high school friend Sakib Sauro, allows users to obtain goods from foreign countries,…

  • Jon Frey to speak on archaeological advances

    Mariah Joyce Chief Copy Editor Jon Frey, archaeologist and assistant professor of art history at Michigan State University, is coming to the College to present “Excavating the Archives at the Sanctuary of Poseidon at Isthmia.” Isthmia, located in Greece, was an important religious site in the Panhellenic era, and one of four Panhellenic religious centers…

  • New group asks for student accountability

    James May A new on-campus group is leading the charge to develop and expand the relationship between the student body and College of Wooster hourly wage employees. Headed by Cullen Dolson ’16 and Kristen Estabrook ’16, the group Heart Work is drawing the attention of students to work done by College staff. “We want to…

  • Students fill Kauke arch with snow for first time in seven years

    A “hearty bunch” of students band together, hoping to cancel class the following day as per school legend Maddi O’Neill News Editor On Monday night, after three hours of hauling snow, College of Wooster students managed to fill the Kauke arch to the top for the first time since 2007. The process began at 9…

  • Denison student found dead

    Ian Benson Editor-in-Chief Earlier this month, David Hallman III, a senior at Denison University, was found dead. The search for Hallman began when his father reported him missing, and he was last seen leaving a local bar around 2 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 8. His body was found in downtown Granville outside a condo complex…

  • Budget committee elected

    Mariah Joyce Chief Copy Editor Student Government Association (SGA) recently held elections for their Budget Committee, which is tasked with determining the budgets for various student groups. In order to be considered for the Budget Committee, interested students filled out an application available on SGA’s website. A group of SGA senators, along with SGA’s Executive…