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Nell Irvin Painter wraps up fall forum
Will Schoenfeld Staff Writer This Tuesday, Wooster enjoyed a visit from noted historian and author Nell Irvin Painter. Dr. Painter presented a lecture on the origins of American identity, closing what has proven to be a very enlightening and informative Forum series. Nell Irvin Painter finished off the 2011 Wooster Forum series with a very…
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European financial crisis looms over US markets
John McGovern Viewpoints Editor The Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi announced his decision to step down as the Head of Government. The act is pending approval of financial legislation to stabilize the economy, after failing to accrue a majority of votes in a recent vote in the Italian Parliament. Berlusconi fought opponents from the Democratic…
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Changing the clocks has merits
Ian Benson Daylight Saving Time can seem like something of a joke, because admittedly, it is rather silly. It is a relic of a bygone era when America was an agrarian society and that extra hour of sunlight was needed to work the fields in the summer, something few do anymore. But that doesn’t mean…
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Dudes doing dude stuff
Matt Porter This month is celebrated by many college boys as a time in which they can grow pathetically wispy and patchy facial hair with little to no persecution because it is “no-shave November.” I often do not participate in this because I tend to go “no-shave ever” since I have had a beard since…
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More like daylight ‘slaving’ time
Dan Hanson This Sunday, people around the country woke up to the yearly ritual of finding an extra hour added to the day when the strange phenomenon known as daylight saving time (DST) came to an end. Most students likely jumped for joy at the unexpected news. Hurrah, the tyranny of an arbitrarily subtracted hour…
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The imminent decline of dating
A good friend overnighted with me as a prospective student last weekend. Being young and male, it was not surprising that one of his first questions was “So, is Wooster the kind of place where I can find girls to hook up with tonight?” Evidently, one of his missions for the visit was just to…
