Category: Viewpoints

An article in last week’s The Wooster Voice reported that two panels of k(no)w’s Sex Week Art Wall display — one of which was an exhibit on the clitoris — were removed at the order of the Campus Life Office. This is a literal example of the concept of censoring and policing the female body,…

Many people have probably heard about the issue of Peter Liang, a former New York City police officer, who also identifies as American-Chinese. He has been convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to up to 15 years in prison for shooting Akai Gurley, an African-American individual. I have no objection to Liang’s conviction because there is…

I have been disturbed. I have been disturbed by the state of inequality in our world, by the unbridled prevalence of injustice. In the United States, a country which prides itself on championing the values of justice and equality, the top one percent of Americans control an unprecedented amount of wealth in the United States…

Everyday, there are new articles about how cellphones have disconnected us as human beings and how the usage of language has deteriorated over time. We all use abbreviations we would not have imagined using a little more than a decade ago. As a writer, it certainly infuriates me when someone types, “U” instead of “you”…

Last week, James May published an article in the Voice highlighting many of Wooster’s musically talented students. The article did valuable work, exposing the public to eight individuals involved in the Wooster soundscape. To these ends, I agree. Wooster has a lot of student musicians that are worth recognizing. But what entitles us to say…

Last week, the prospective students invaded. There were hundreds of them. You’d think that this is hyperbole, but I kid you not — there were hundreds. A friend texted me so that I could prepare for the oncoming tsunami of tours and arrivals: “Prospies flooding Lowry. Long lines. Just a heads-up!” No offense to the…