Campus honors fall of Berlin Wall
To commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago on Nov. 9, 1989, Wooster students have constructed wooden billboards to represent segments of the wall.† Twelve segments are currently scattered across the lawn between Lowry Center and the Oak Grove, purposefully placed apart from each other. Beth Muellner, assistant professor of German, organized the student groups, and Director of the Physical Plant Peter Schantz supplied materials.
Ohio man involved in high speed car chase
Adam† Shoemaker, 21, pleaded guilty in Ashland County Common Pleas Court to a felony count, failing to comply with order of a police officer. This felony was committed in a high speed car chase that took place on Aug. 24 of this year, leading State Highway Patrol troopers and deputies from Ashland and Wayne Counties from Route 89 to Old Lincoln Way, west of Wooster. There, Shoemaker veered off the road into a failed and attempted to bail and run, leaving his girlfriend Autumn Roskovich in the car and the car still rolling. Roskovich was questioned but not charged.