Category: News

  • College considers options for new science building

    Debt financing on the table for the massive project Maddi O’Neill News Editor The forthcoming construction of a new science facility will cost an estimated $40 million, and will be the largest project the College has ever undertaken. Due to the size of this expense, administrators are considering using some debt financing to pay for…

  • Reusable to-go boxes coming soon

    Greenhouse working with Dining Services to implement plan next semester Wyatt Smith News Editor The student group Greenhouse is working with Wooster’s Dining Services to implement a reusable to-go box program next semester. “The change has not yet been approved,” clarified Chuck Wagers, director of Campus Dining and Conference Services, “although the motivation for change…

  • Smuckers’s GMO policy draws protest

    Anya Cohen Managing Editor With picket signs in hand, several College of Wooster students will be piling into Orville, Ohio-bound cars on Saturday to protest the J.M. Smucker Company and their efforts to block genetically modified organism labeling laws. A genetically modified organism, more commonly referred to as a GMO, is an organism that has…

  • SGA holds elections

    New president Josh Foerst ’15 says SGA will focus on budget, presence on campus Wyatt Smith News Editor Last week, Wooster’s Student Government Association (SGA) held its annual elections. Josh Foerst ’15 was elected SGA president, replacing Molly McCartt ’14. Vice President Kelsey Schreck ’15, Secretary Kristina Schiavone ’15 and Treasurer DJ Sullivan ’15 round…

  • Prof. Noriega recognized for innovation

    Mariah Joyce Chief Copy Editor Assistant Professor of Theater and Dance Jimmy A. Noriega has recently been named the recipient of the Association for Theater in Higher Education’s (ATHE) Prize for Innovative Teaching. The award was presented at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) in early January. Noriega has worked to provide unconventional…

  • Greek move to Bissman confirmed

    Ian Benson Editor-In-Chief After four years of living in campus houses, The College of Wooster Greek organizations will be returning to Bissman Hall in the fall of 2014. The dorm housed the Greeks from its construction in 1968 until they were moved into houses in 2010. Both the community itself and the administration prompted the…