It’s always a delight to hear student compositions grace the stage at a Wooster Symphony Orchestra concert (though director Jeff Lindberg’s enthusiasm for spotlighting campus composers is certainly evident, both with the WSO and with the Wooster Jazz Ensemble). It’s the mark of a really …
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March 2011
Basketball wins NCAC tourney
The men’s basketball team has now won the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament as well as the regular season championship, defeating Ohio Wesleyan University on Friday and Wittenberg University on Saturday to earn the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament.
Ramsey’s Real Time: Islamophobes shouldn’t throw stones in a glass house
Last Friday, Bill Maher gave a diagnosis of the apparent misogyny present in Muslim and Arab cultures when discussing the horrific tragedy of Lara Logan, who was assaulted and sexually abused by an Egyptian crowd last week during the celebration of former President Hosni Mubarak’s …
College reacts to virtual protests regarding Internet: Panel of students and faculty convene
by Gina Christo, News Editor Last week, many Wooster students received an event request on Facebook titled “Petition for the College of Wooster to Fix the Internet.” Robin Hirtle ’11, had decided she was fed up with the slow Internet on campus and used the …
Libya’s revolution more violent than others
by Ramsey Kincannon, Senior Staff Writer The uprisings that occurred in Tunisia and Egypt were the inspiration for Libyan revolution started on Feb. 15, four days after Hosni Mubarak stepped down as the president of Egypt. What was initially planned to be a similarly peaceful …
Soldier begins writing career overseas
By Andy Tisdel, Staff Writer Matt Gallagher leans forward in his folding chair, eyes flicking through the crowd passing near his bookstand, then returning to his hands, clasped across his knee. A pile of literature lies jumbled on the table, copies of “Kaboom: Embracing the …