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2011 Equal Pay Day
Tuesday marked 2011’s Equal Pay Day, which brings awareness to the pay gap between America’s men and women.† On this day in 1970, women all over the country wore buttons that said “59 cents,” and marched in public demonstrations to publicize the fact that women earned 59 cents for every dollar earned by a man.…
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Support the Senior Wooster Fund
Asking for money is always a sensitive issue. That’s why it’s no surprise that so many College of Wooster seniors have strong reactions when they are asked to donate to the Senior Wooster Fund. Development offices try to incite students to donate as early as possible. I’m assuming that the idea is that the earlier…
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American labor: fundamentally flawed
In the past three months, American organized labor has mobilized to the highest degree seen in years responding to legislation introduced in Wisconsin and Ohio that eliminated the right for public employees to collectively bargain for wages and benefits. The worst setback to American labor since Ronald Reagan’s dissolution of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers…
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America: Arbiter of Freedom of Fraud?
For the past several months, countries in the Middle East and North Africa have been hit by a wave of protests, started by the people for the people, in the hopes of bringing about change in their governments. It is phenomenal to be able to see an event like this happen in an area of…
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Dissecting Hanson’s Harangue on Israel
A few weeks ago, Dan Hanson ’12 wrote an article in The Wooster Voice entitled “Reevaluate Israel: Imperial Zionism.”† In this deceptive article, Hanson slandered and attacked the state of Israel and its supporters in a very offensive way.† Here is my favorite quote: “The Jewish right to Palestine is a purely naive belief that…
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Get Off Black’s back
During spring break, a viral video emerged online.† Rebecca Black’s “Friday” became the joke of the month and the topic of many conversations.† Everyone of all ages felt it was okay to make fun of Black’s lyrics and ridicule this young girl for following her dreams. I think it’s hilarious when people say, “Isn’t this…
