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Wooster deserves credit
As students at the College of Wooster, we are paying $45,668 a year to attend this school, so I’m sure we’ll always be complaining that we aren’t getting enough for our money. The food is terrible, library hours are basically non-existent, and the Wire(less) Scot has two computers. But just because we’re used to complaining…
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Art reality TV show falls short
Bravo TV included in this summer’s extensive show listing a new reality series called “Work of Art: The Search for the Next Great Artist.” As an art history major with a particular interest in the modern and contemporary artistic endeavors, I was anxious to see the show’s portrayal of the art world through a reality…
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Important to follow travel etiquette
It’s cool in a way: enter an airport and you are immediately surrounded by a flood of human beings from the farthest reaches of the planet, and from every walk of life. There are the Asian family vacationers who videotape themselves walking to their gate, chattering excitedly as they go. The goth couple who stares…
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Real world not so nice?
I love when I overhear students talking about “the real world.” No, not the reality show on MTV where “seven strangers are picked to live in a house and have their lives taped,” but that foreign destination that every senior faces post-graduation. My favorite part about people discussing the real world is when they say…
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American schools going downhill
More people than ever are enrolling in colleges and universities across the country.† The College of Wooster itself is experiencing its largest incoming class in the school’s history.† However, with recent studies ranking the United States 25th and 21st in math and science, respectively, out of 30 industrialized countries, alarm bells have been going off…
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The blurred line of plagiarism
Plagiarism is a word that strikes fear in the hearts of many. It is a serious issue, essentially the “mortal sin” of academia. There seems to be no quicker way to damage your reputation as a student or receive a failing grade. At the training for First Year Seminar teaching apprentices last week, we began…
