Category: Viewpoints

In today’s society, we see people turn against one another over anything and everything. Examples include religion, political preference, gender, favorite artists, favorite sports teams; you name it, someone probably has an opinion about it. At that point, we then turn against one another because not all of us think alike. Each group believes that…

It’s only the second week of college and I keep hearing what college is all about. “College is about the people you chose to be around,” “college is about exposing yourself to uncomfortable truths and growing as a person,” “college is about focusing on your academics,” “college is about finding your niche”. While all these…

Our return to campus this Fall has been accompanied by multiple emails from the college administration about the need to maintain Wooster’s inclusive environment, as more and more hate groups gain traction around the country. Here, I use “hate groups” very broadly to refer to groups promoting white supremacy, xenophobia, islamophobia, sexism, homophobia and transphobia.…

On the first day of school this year, College of Wooster Security decided to pay my group house a visit under the claim they smelled marijuana a block away. Ignoring the fact that this would be impossible since we just came from dinner thirty minutes before, my housemates and I were confused that the security…

During my lifetime, I have constantly caught myself rolling my eyes at pretentious cishet [cisgender-heterosexual] white men who preach about how terrible neoliberalism is, older white women who have the white savior complex, Uncle Toms who betray other people of color, cishet folks invading queer spaces and all sorts of people who like to engage…

As a new year begins at The College of Wooster, it is the perfect time for students to make new school year resolutions and establish goals for what they want to accomplish in a semester. From trying to work out five days a week, or cutting back on the amount of flex dollars they spend…