Category: Viewpoints

Gabe Melmed Contributing Writer   I can’t believe that this this has to be said, but there is a small but frighteningly large community of leftists on the internet who have taken to actively denying a cultural genocide that’s happening in China. Since 2018, a steadily growing body of evidence has revealed that the Chinese…

Olivia Azzarita Contributing Writer   Like everyone, I’ve had to make sacrifices because of the pandemic, and I know I’m lucky in that regard — I certainly haven’t been the most impacted by any of this. But writing a thesis in a pandemic has taken its toll, and not just on the amount of sleep…

Amelia Kemp Contributing Writer   Independent Study (I.S.) is an integral part of the College of Wooster experience. Since our first year or even our campus tours, we have been told that we would be supported all the way through our I.S. experience. And yet, here we are. The 2020-21 school year brought a litany…

Samuel Casey Editor in Chief   March Madness is finally over! No, not the basketball tournament; I’m talking about the rush to turn in I.S. before the deadline(s) at the end of last month. Regardless of when it was finIShed, every senior deserves a standing ovation for completing their thesis during a pandemic. With an…

Sydney Barger Contributing Writer   Writing an Independent Study (I.S.) during a pandemic is difficult, especially when you have to write two. As a double major in Music (B.A.) and German Studies, I was required to write a 50-page German thesis, a 10-page program and perform a 45-minute recital in order to complete both degrees.…

This Viewpoint was submitted anonymously by a College of Wooster student following the March of AAPI lives. “You think the only people who are people  Are the people who look and think like you.”   – Colors of the Wind, Pocahontas    The statistics: disheartening.  The victims: countless.  The perpetrators: walking free.  As per the…