Category: Viewpoints

Alysa Tarrant An article, “Vegan-elitism disparages indigenous culture” recently came to my attention that, although starting out discussing the Amazon, ended as a “shame on you” to vegans for “disparage [ing]indigenous cultures.” As a lifelong vegetarian, six-year vegan and someone who is writing their I.S. on veganism, there are a few things I’d like to…

Robyn Newcomb Just last Thursday, we saw the abuses of the U.S. Immigraton and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.) escalate critically when an I.C.E. officer in Nashville, Tenn. shot a man in the arm and stomach when he left in a car after legally declining to provide identification to agents who asked without a warrant. The man was…

 I have two very distinct memories from my first couple weeks on campus in the fall of 2016. The first: I was intensely cutting a bagel with one of the metal sticks Lowry refers to as knives. Little did I know that right in front of me was a contraption that would forever change my…

 After spending the last three years at The College of Wooster, there are a few tips and tricks I’ve picked up on that may be helpful for those of the Class of 2023 who slept through our riveting orientation schedule. Some of those are simple — you don’t have to ask to go to the bathroom,…

 Now that you’re a student at The College of Wooster, it’s important to think about the purpose of a liberal arts education. So far as I can tell, the idea behind a liberal arts education is to expand your horizons and get a wide breadth of knowledge that can be applied to a centralized discipline.…

 Class of 2023, take a deep breath. You’re here. You’re in college. Welcome home. Some of you might be taking this for granted; others know that they fought incredibly hard to make it. Some of you will feel like the brightest kid in the room; others will have to deal with crippling imposter syndrome every…