Category: Viewpoints

  • Navigating Wooster: A Runner’s Perspective

    Geoffrey Allen Viewpoints Co-Editor   The time is 7:30 am. You waited for this moment. Yesterday your friends were wondering why you couldn’t make it to the Friday party, but you told them because tomorrow is Saturday. You know every Saturday you have to go on a long run. You must venture where not many…

  • To Be On The Outside Always Looking In

    Malachi Mungoshi Viewpoints Co-Editor   As an international student, traveling during a pandemic was very difficult to do. I know that every individual’s experience is different, but there are certain commonalities to be found:  TSA checkpoints, immigration documents, visa interviews, being away from home, etc. This is a mammoth of a task, and to add…

  • When the Staff is Judge, Jury, and Executioner

    Marc Dehoorne Contributing Writer   Content Warning: mentions of sexual assault. I have massive respect for faculty and administrative staff involved with Student Life. Some jobs are innately more difficult than others, and college students can be rather difficult to deal with at times. Staff like Carly Jones and Marjorie Shamp have incredibly difficult jobs…

  • Left-Handed Woes at Woo

    Mae Koger   Chairs with built-in desks at the College are the bane of my existence. They are low and tiny and, worst of all, right-handed. I think I have seen maybe four individual desks in classrooms at Wooster that are left-handed. What makes it more aggravating is when you finally find a lefty desk,…

  • C.O.W.’s Selective Housing Accommodations

    Morgan Hunter   Housing Accommodations. They are more than just requesting a roommate and a certain dorm. As a first-year student, I am aware there is a world of applications and paperwork I cannot even begin to comprehend. That being said, through meeting, talking, and complaining to  new peers in my life, there is a…

  • Lowry: A Performance-Oriented Renovation

    Kira Boyce   As a tour guide, I am fully aware that one of the most important parts of any college tour is the showroom. Knowing what dorm rooms look like on campus can make or break a family’s perception of the school. At The College of Wooster, our showroom is located in Babcock Hall.…