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College students can be activists
The 2016 election’s results were hard for many people to accept, including myself. Nov. 9 was one of the most depressing days in my life. I felt as if I was living a nightmare, and to be completely honest, I still feel this way. I am fearful for those who Donald Trump has threatened throughout…
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Illuminating a “po-faced zealot” perspective
In the most recent edition of this newspaper, published on Nov. 18, a viewpoint was offered with the goal of “Illuminating a ‘deplorable’ perspective.” This piece of writing gathered quite a bit of attention and seemed to satisfy the writer’s “life affirming” goal of attacking “politically correct liberalism.” If you happen to be one of…
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An Open Letter to Wooster Conservatives
I sincerely hope that the opinion piece titled “Illuminating a ‘deplorable’ perspective” (Nov. 18, 2016) does not represent the sentiment of conservative students at The College of Wooster. Speaking for myself, I distinguish Wooster’s conservative students from the xenophobes, misogynists, racists, anti-Semites and homophobes who also voted for President-elect Trump and who do not in…
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Celebrating sci-fi cinema
If you’re like me, you watched Star Wars as a child and got way too obsessed with it. I even made my parents go with me to the midnight premiere of Revenge of the Sith (sorry Mom, sorry Dad) because I was so stoked to see a new Star Wars movie. Over the years, I’ve…
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Female leaders face double standards
For the past year and a half, I have served as one of the editors in chief of this paper. In the grand scheme of things, this leadership role is very small: no one beyond the confines of this College cares who heads The Wooster Voice. It is still a leadership role, however, and it…
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The benefit of Meatless Mondays and quelling vegetarian myths
The Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) Senior Seminar, “Feminist Pedagogy in Action,” in collaboration with Greenhouse Food Committee and Vegan Club, is pushing an initiative for campus-wide participation in a Meatless Monday campaign. We are advocating the Meatless Monday as part of a national initiative aimed to reduce meat consumption in efforts to curb…
