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Preserve funding for the NEH and NEA
On Jan 23, I received an unnerving email from the Society for American Archaeology alerting its members that the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) were proposed to be completely eliminated under the new federal budget plan. As The Hill reports, in addition to these cuts, the…
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Focusing on local change
The College of Wooster puts a lot of pressure on students to apply to the most prestigious internships and jobs and to generally only focus their efforts on large-scale projects. Wooster students want to eradicate hunger, reverse climate change and topple capitalism. While noble, this kind of rhetoric can also be paralyzing. How do you…
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Progress requires engaging in civil discourse
A couple summers ago, my little brother and I went backpacking together in Virginia. One night, we stayed at a shelter with a middle aged couple and an older man who was a Navy veteran. As the evening progressed, we all started talking and eventually the discussion turned political. Rather predictably, our neighbors for the…
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Say yes to reusable mugs
Wooster dining has made great strides in creating a more sustainable and environmentally friendly campus. Salad dressing, which used to come in individual packets, now comes in bulk, trays have been phased out and food waste from Kittredge and Lowry are sent to Quasar, an anaerobic digester on the OARDC campus that turns food waste…
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Living international under Trump rule
“If you do well in school, maybe one day we can send you to a college in America” is often the narrative many international students, especially those from South and East Asia, have grown up hearing from their parents. It was like our own version of the American dream. A lot of us who did…
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Sally Yates is a true American hero
President Donald Trump fired Sally Yates from her position of acting attorney general on Jan. 30. Her dismissal comes after she told the Justice Department not to defend the anti-immigration executive order. She had also noted in her statement that she believed the order barring Muslims from entering the U.S. was illegal. There are multiple…
