Category: Viewpoints

Recently, business card-sized pamphlets distributed throughout several common spaces on campus announced a new, unofficial student group called Wooster Students for Collective Radical Action and Mobilization (WooSCRAM). A post on its website entitled “Mission Statement” says, “We are an organized body of leftist students with a diverse range of left-of-liberal views seeking to establish a…

This is the first in a series of Viewpoints from President Bolton focusing on diversity, equity and our roles as members of an intentional community of learners. One of Wooster’s greatest strengths is our growing internationality. We have the privilege of many national identities, faiths, cultures and languages learning together in every classroom. For all…

The transition to living away from home and going to college is a difficult experience for anyone. Yet, for first-generation college students — whose parents did not attend, let alone graduate, from four-year institutions — the difficulties of the transition are even more challenging. From adapting to academic life while navigating the social scene to…

The predominant liberal mindset here in the U.S. is that the Democrats are the sensible party of social and economic justice, while the Republicans are the evil party of rigid social hierarchy and corporate power. While the Democrats are undeniably more sane and willing to compromise than the Republicans, they are more or less equally…

“Racists suck” is a general sentiment that I think most people on this campus would agree with. But before people mistake this article as a declaration of thanks and congratulations to the white allies at The College of Wooster, let me quickly say that this piece has other intentions. Last year, the viewpoint I wrote…

Where has my party gone? Where has the party of Lincoln and Reagan gone? I grew up Republican and I still call myself a Republican if I’m ever asked. Unfortunately, these days I need to add a caveat saying I belong to an older mindset of Republicans. This group grows smaller every day, and that…