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My Lilly Experience
Bazmail and Kareem, two young children from an impoverished neighborhood in inner-city Lahore in Pakistan, leave their home early every morning to collect paper waste wherever they can find it. They spend up to six hours searching for paper or cardboard in parks, streets, public trashcans and alleys. Their daily lunch depends on whether or…
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Revoke the Death Penalty now
According to USA Today, 10 of Ohio’s Catholic leaders, including Cincinnati’s Archbishop Dennis Schnurr and Columbus’s Bishop Frederick Campbell, have signed a statement calling for the end of the death penalty in Ohio. Ohio Supreme Court Justice Paul Pfeifer and former director of the state prisons Terry Collins also support an end to capital punishment…
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Deifying U.S. Soldiers is Unhealthy
Along with “Support the troops,” “Honor the defenders of freedom” has become the newest hollow catchphrase that encapsulates American militarism. It can be seen on bumper stickers, T-shirts, wristbands and other media slogans. When I think about groups devoted to defending the rights and freedoms of American citizens, I think of the American Civil Liberties…
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Our View
In the past week, Egypt’s government has ordered Internet service providers to disconnect Egyptians to the Internet, preventing a wider spread of coverage of protests calling for the end of President Mubarak’s 30-year reign. Cell phone service has also been shut down, with the TV news network Al-Jazeera blocked from public broadcasting. With many telecommunication…
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Seniors composing artistic independent projects
All seniors at The College of Wooster engage in the Independent Study program, but not all students experience this process in quite the same way. Students in studio art, theatre and dance, music, and many in English are working on projects that require just as much critical thought, research and inspiration as projects in other…
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Fitness Center Progression
With anticipation growing for the new Scot Center, it is clear that maintaining an active lifestyle is important amongst our student body, whether one is training as an athlete or on a casual trip to the gym. It is also certain that the yet-to-be-installed solar panels, which will be the largest in the country on…
