Category: Viewpoints

Samuel Casey I’m sure people attend The College of Wooster for countless reasons — good financial aid, amazing architecture (e.g. McGaw), gourmet food, good financial aid—butI came here for a very specific reason: free golf. When I visited Wooster, I was shocked to learn that there was a nine-hole golf course adjacent to campus where…

Georgina Tierney I’ve figured out time travel, and it’s honestly pretty simple. You don’t need a mad scientist, or some sort of blinking technological monstrosity to zap you back in time. Specifically in the spirit of this view- point, you don’t even need a Time Turner or David Tennant swanning around in a phone booth.…

Sierra Foltz Certainly there is an argument to be had in favor of diversity of thought. It’s hard to disagree that allowing only one voice to prevail consistently and perpetuating one narrative, unquestioned, is not only bad on the intellectual front, but also potentially dangerous for those voices being silenced. However, the reverse can also…

Alberto Peralta At a Glance: Understanding the Effects of Neoliberalism in Latin America Latin American politics are difficult to dissect and thoroughly understand due to their complex nature. To understand what Latin America is today, it is important to understand a brief history of Latin America. Latin American politics are so difficult to understand because…

Natalia Parra On the car ride to my oath ceremony, my mentality was only that of getting in and out as fast as possible so that I could just get this whole “citizenship thing” over with. I didn’t stop to think about the countless years my family struggled to get to this point, be- cause…

Maggie Dougherty At the beginning of this semester, the members of my house had a whole host of issues with housing. To avoid diving into all the details of it, I’ll just say that it essentially boils down to problems of overcrowding in our house. However, my complaint isn’t with over- crowding itself, it’s with the way…