As a new year begins at The College of Wooster, it is the perfect time for students to make new school year resolutions and establish goals for what they want to accomplish in a semester. From trying to work out five days a week, or …
September 2017
Stop performative allyship
During my lifetime, I have constantly caught myself rolling my eyes at pretentious cishet [cisgender-heterosexual] white men who preach about how terrible neoliberalism is, older white women who have the white savior complex, Uncle Toms who betray other people of color, cishet folks invading queer …
College search policy merits revisiting
On the first day of school this year, College of Wooster Security decided to pay my group house a visit under the claim they smelled marijuana a block away. Ignoring the fact that this would be impossible since we just came from dinner thirty minutes …
Cautioning against American Arrogance
Our return to campus this Fall has been accompanied by multiple emails from the college administration about the need to maintain Wooster’s inclusive environment, as more and more hate groups gain traction around the country. Here, I use “hate groups” very broadly to refer to …
Own your college experience
It’s only the second week of college and I keep hearing what college is all about. “College is about the people you chose to be around,” “college is about exposing yourself to uncomfortable truths and growing as a person,” “college is about focusing on your …
Saint Motel’s House of Blues dance party runs wild
Katie Cameron A&E Editor I can only describe alt-rock band Saint Motel in one way: they are the high school band geeks that showed up at their 20th reunion with a gorgeous wife, incredible career and a glint in their eye — everyone’s surprised, and …