I’m pretty sure all of us can relate to this: we wake up in the morning for our morning class and start making the walk from our room to our classroom without realizing we have taken a “leap of faith.” We do not have any …
April 2016
A response to critiques of religion
This Viewpoint is a reply to the latest installment in an apparent series of Viewpoints, of progressively greater audacity, penned by the same author. In said Viewpoint, this author characterizes ALL religion as (1) a “comforting fable,” (2) willful self-deception, (3) a “resort” or retreat …
Japan is more than stereotypes
Last week, the Art Wall displayed drawings of stereotypical Japanese images in order to advertise the event “Woo-Con.” I personally found the appropriation in these images representing my culture to be incredibly offensive. My problem lies with the fetishization of Japanese culture presented on the …
On the limitations of sabermetrics in baseball
If you haven’t seen Money Ball, you ought to. It’s an extraordinary biographical film that traces the ascendance of Billy Beane, the present general manager of the Oakland Athletics, from player to his current occupation. He is recognized as one of the inaugurators and promulgators …
Coady, Nahas over par at All-Ohio
Ben Taylor Sports Editor The College of Wooster’s men’s and women’s track and field teams competed in the All-Ohio championships last Saturday. The women placed 10th while the men placed 17th in two 18-team fields. The high bar for Wooster was set by Hilary Coady …
Women’s golf rallies together for a fourth place finish at Invite
Isabel Abarca Senior Sports Writer The College of Wooster women’s golf team is nearing the end of the spring season with only two more weekends of competition. This past weekend, the women hosted 12 teams for the Wooster Spring Invitational at Mohican Hills Golf Course …