Meg Itoh Staff Writer In light of President Grant Cornwell’s impending departure for a position at Rollins College, the Board of Trustees has formed two search committees. The first will seek an interim leader for the 2015-16 school year, and the second will be dedicated …
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A moment to reflect on campus loss
Linda Morgan-Clement Dear College community, As we return from the places where we scattered for spring break, I want to offer some of my reflections on our recent experiences with tragic death. In 1996, as I was beginning to wonder what campus chaplaincy would …
The New Black needs further revision
Tyler Munn The idea of the New Black refers to the idea that black people should stop blaming other people for their problems and, in the words of hip-hop rapper Common, “extend a hand in love” to white people in order to erase the challenges …
A growing culture of complaint: either pitch in or stop bitchin’
Mariah Joyce I have noticed a worrying trend on the Wooster campus: too often, we as students complain about the status quo without actually making any attempt to engage and improve the situation. This trend was brought into stark focus for me several weeks ago …
Spectrum re-brands as Queer Student Union
Ben Taylor Features Editor Spring is nearly upon us, the time when a dead world is remade and the old becomes new. Similarly, Spectrum, a group for queer individuals and allies at The College of Wooster, is taking the opportunity to make itself anew, starting …
In Memoriam: Rhishav Choudhury
The College and campus community mourns the loss of Rhishav “Shiv” Choudhury, 22, a senior philosophy major from Guwahati, India. Shiv passed away while on a backpacking trip with Wooster’s outdoors club WOODS in Arizona’s Coconino National Forest. Shiv was a beloved friend, brother and …