Last Monday, I attended the inaugural meeting of the Wooster Freethinkers Club (freethinkers being atheists, agnostics and so on) and left feeling what can only be described as elated and deeply relieved. It was an instance of not realizing how much I felt the Wooster …
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2009
Evolution is a fact, not a question
James Watson, one of two men to win the Nobel Prize for genetic research, said in 1965, ìToday, the theory of evolution is an accepted fact for everyone but a fundamentalist minority, whose objections are based not on reasoning but on doctrinaire adherence to religious …
The dilemma of todayís omnivore
Itís normal for meat-eating Wooster students to feel guilty about themselves and their decision to consume animals. This is a liberal arts institution, a cornerstone of costly guilt-building, which is probably relatively constructive in the breaking down of privilege and self-importance.
Basketball to honor Corey Cline in Kent State game
The Wooster basketball season kicks off with a bang tomorrow night, as the Fighting Scots take on the Kent State University Golden Flashes.† While this is not the first occasion Wooster has faced off against a Div. I program, the match-up will be historic. For …
Soccer drops season finale
The Wooster womenís soccer team suffered a disappointing end to their season on Saturday at the hands of the Denison University Big Red, as the Scots were forced to hang up their cleats with a 3-1 defeat. The Fighting Scots went into their last game …
Scots ready for rematch
Cruising on a 10-match NCAC win streak, the Wooster volleyball team gave Hiram College all it could handle last Friday. While the Scots mounted a 2-1 set lead over the Terriers on Halloween, Hiram regrouped and came back to win in five sets (25-27, 25-23, …