Category: Viewpoints

The College of Wooster is actively considering the implementation of more classes revolving around diversity and inclusion. For this academic year, many students have voiced their concern over the Global and Cultural Perspectives requirement. The Diversity and Social Justice Task Force has proposed two new requirements in response to the student’s dissatisfaction: a diversity requirement…

My identity as a Black woman is ever-changing, constantly developing and refining itself. Most of my life, race was not on the forefront of my mind; I have this privilege because of how light-skinned I am. I defined myself as a biracial girl, and this classification was not a part of my identity. But, removing…

Navigating The College of Wooster campus as an African student isn’t an easy task. The integrative process has proven to be much more difficult as we strive to assimilate into the existing culture and the private liberal arts institutional environment. My peers have revealed that, although they don’t necessarily feel socially excluded or unwelcomed, the…

February is the time of the year all attention turns to the black community. However, this is the time of year I feel black women are silenced more than ever or simply placed on the back burner. Many times if we aren’t learning about Angela Davis or Rosa Parks, black women are being portrayed as…

There are many different facets of being an environmentally aware campus, and awareness of food waste is one of these. I know that most of the campus groans when they bring their dishes up only to find the conveyer belt blocked off and people taking their plates and scraping the remaining food into tubs. A…

I always find myself reminiscing about my past summer working at a kids sleep away camp while here at college — I think back to all the sunsets on the lake, the kids I got to know, the number of stars that splattered the entire sky at night during bonfires — and all these memories…