Category: Viewpoints

Eric Batke When I arrived on campus at the beginning of this past fall semester, I was very enthusiastic about the year ahead. In addition to the adrenaline-inducing thought of starting my I.S., my excitement over the social environment of Stevenson Hall, my new dorm, was abundant. “I am about to spend an entire year…

Emily Timmerman It’s that time of year again, when all of the underclassmen receive the randomly assigned number that ultimately determines the housing fate of the next academic year: the room selection lottery number. The day the numbers are put in our mailboxes, people anxiously fumble with the dials, excited and hopeful that a good…

John McGovern “What’s your 2:30 feel like?” I didn’t think I could dread a phrase on TV more than “I had to reuse catheters” until I saw the ad for 5-Hour Energy. Initially just a poorly filmed advertisement aimed at the vibrant community of truck drivers and office workers, the shot-sized energy drink can now…

Eric Moizuk Remember the time when everyone thought that Mitt Romney was “totally gonna win the nomination,” except for Gingrich, who told us he would build a base on the moon by the end of his second term? Well, from there the election has gone in a completely different direction. From the recount in Iowa…

Daniel Hanson Now that the crusade to legalize weed has become the mainstay of intolerable conversations with intolerable people at every party ever, I think our demographic really needs to reconsider this issue. Of all the pressing social crises gripping our nation, the most loudly vocalized political passion of our generation is based on the…

John McGovern The College of Wooster emphasizes tradition pretty often, at times possibly to a fault. Tartan patterns, athletic involvement and the annual “fill the arch halfway at risk of getting tasered” event adorn the campus advertisements and tours. One tradition comes from pointing out the idiosyncrasies the populace encounters every semester. Performed by many…