Category: Viewpoints

  • Dougie disappoints after dark

    Ben Taylor The Party Monitor Policy has been commented and reported on by the Voice almost ad naseum. I recognize this, but I would still like to add to the mix a discussion on a very particular part of the policy that, as far as I know, has not been addressed to this point. Specifically,…

  • Administration must practice transparency

    R Taylor Grow Here’s a fact: our administration has begun to enforce policies previously unheard of at The College of Wooster. I am speaking primarily of policies in relation to our party culture, specifically the Party Monitor Policy. While members of the community have spoken out about the Party Monitor Policy — both formally, through…

  • Remembering the lessons of the Ferguson rally

    Tara Abhasakun On Sunday, Aug. 24 2014, students from The College of Wooster gathered with local residents at a vigil in solidarity with the residents of Ferguson, Missouri. Several faith leaders, including those who work at the College as well as those who work at nearby churches, delivered speeches about racism in the U.S. The…

  • The irony of diversity on campus

    Ngozi Cole African students  are on the move. According to the French Government’s Campus Agency,  La Mobilité des Étudiants d’Afrique Sub-Saharienne et duMaghreb, 380,376  African students studied abroad in 2010. France had the highest number of these students with 29.2 percent of the total. Next was South Africa  with 15 percent and the United Kingdom…

  • A Not-So-Warm Welcome Back to Wooster

    Margot Bruce This time last year, I was in a very different place, both physically and figuratively. I was sitting at home in Connecticut, trying to decide which history course was most likely to transfer back to Wooster and looking at pictures of all of my friends reuniting at school. I was under the impression…

  • Gender Neutral Bathrooms: Keeping the Project Alive

    Scott McLellan Seniors, juniors and sophomores may recall from last semester that Jacob Danko ’16, Cas Wain ’16, Angela Neely ’14 and I brought a discussion to the college regarding an effort to implement all-gender bathrooms on campus. While also considering issues of safe (and comforting) gender-segregated private spaces, our group worked with Christa Craven…