Category: Viewpoints

If you asked me four years ago what I thought my biggest regrets would be post-grad, the last thing I would have told you is that I wish I’d gone to more athletic events in college.  I had never been an athlete  — instead of playing outside, I did crafts with my mom as a…

Getting into a college is a huge deal, but surviving is another issue that many do not anticipate. My first two years at the college were a mess. I could not focus on studying for a long enough time; I could not understand course readings; some of my professors hated my writing; my grades were…

Earlier this semester comedian Mamoudou N’Diaye ’14 was on campus speaking about his Wooster experience. He described his experience at Wooster as buffet-style: dabbling in this and that department, messing around with intramurals, participating in various student groups. He painted a picture of liberal arts as a time to explore and experiment, which got me…

Before I make the economic case for paying our college’s hourly workers a living wage of $14.08 per hour, I want to get two points out of the way. First, the moral argument for a living wage should supersede the economic argument. Our college’s graduate qualities include commitments to justice, civic responsibility and global engagement.…

I still remember the first time I was harassed at a college party. After kissing a woman I was seeing at the time, half the room went up in wolf whistles and we were quickly surrounded by random guys. Most of them were strangers. More upsetting to me, though, was that a few of them…

When it comes to trade, Donald Trump is a protectionist. During his rise, he gained wide support by calling for a smaller trade deficit, meaning he wants the U.S. to export more and import less. But a basic understanding of economics shows that protectionism hurts the average American while only benefiting the heads of domestic…