Category: Voices from the Crowd

Lillian Miller Contributing Writer   We all know that Wooster loves its traditions, and Black and Gold Weekend is the culmination of all of them. The bagpipers lead the football team down the hill before their game; alumni communities meet up to share old stories; the orchestra, marching band and a cappella groups perform for…

By David Schulz “James catches, puts up a three! Won’t go, rebound Bosh, back out to Allen, his three-pointer. Bang! Tie game with five seconds remaining ! ” Remember that? Game six of the 2013 NBA finals. It’s time to bring the Heat back there. The Miami Heat are going to the finals this year,…

Ian Ricoy Sports Editor No one likes cheaters in sports. The whole point is to see who would win given that each team has a relatively equal access to resources. There has been a lot of debate around college players getting paid (or lack thereof), even at Wooster’s own Philosophy Roundtables on Thursdays at 11:00…

Paul Lance Contributing Writer I’m sure most of us either watched our very own football team hand a beat down to the visiting Beavers of Bluffton University or enjoyed watching our favorite Division-I teams play all day Saturday. Whoever we watched, it was clear that college football is finally back. With the arrival of college…

Antonio Brown, arguably the best wide-receiver in the NFL talent-wise, was traded to the Oakland Raiders in March after a long career of nine seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Raiders agreed to trade a 2019 third-round pick and a 2019 fifth-round pick to the Steelers in exchange for Brown. Although the Raiders won the…

They say that April showers bring May flowers. But to me, April only means one thing: The Masters. Even though the schedule for men’s golf is pretty much year-long, The Masters is the first of the four major tournaments of the season, and despite being the “newest” (it started in 1934), it is the most…