Recently my best friend’s sister visited Wooster and sat in on a class. She observed a discussion where students offered diverse answers to the same question. Ultimately, the professor noted, all of our answers were valid. Later, she jokingly asked, “Why ask so many questions if there’s never a clear answer?” Continue reading Learning about shades of gray
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Confronting Our Identities
Every time I step into an art gallery, I feel a desperate urge to find the energy and meaning of the work displayed by an artist. Yes, the artist’s didactic helps explain the concept of what the artist had in mind when building the exhibition. But truly superior art exhibitions have a distinct layout that delivers their content in an engaging setup and allows spectators to freely roam about the gallery. Continue reading Confronting Our Identities
Community and Independent Study
Working in The College of Wooster Admissions Office over the past four years, I’ve faced the same question hundreds of times (or at least it feels like hundreds of times): “Why did you choose The College of Wooster?” And I’ve developed a standard answer: “Two reasons: Independent Study and the sense of community I felt on campus.” Continue reading Community and Independent Study
Baseball falls at NCAC tourney
After falling 3-2 to Wabash College (21-20, 12-5 NCAC) last week in its second game of the double-elimination North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament, the baseball team was upended by Ohio Wesleyan University (23-15, 11-5 NCAC) 10-2 and was forced to hope for an at-large bid to the national tournament this week. Continue reading Baseball falls at NCAC tourney
“Enemy of the nation” killed in firefight
by Ramsey Kincannon, Staff Writer
America experienced a historical moment late Sunday nights when Al Queda leader Osama Bin Laden was shot and killed by U.S. forces in Abbatabad, Pakistan. The announcement took place eight years after George W. Bush declared that the American mission in Iraq and Afghanistan was “accomplished,” and almost 10 years after the attacks on Sept. 11 took the lives of 2,572 people. Continue reading “Enemy of the nation” killed in firefight
Alumnus invention to change nature of Internet chatting
by Emily Ryan, Managing Editor
A Wooster alumnus is at the forefront of the creation of a new video conferencing website that promises to change the nature of online social networking.
Jack Briggs ’08, who works as the site manager for Woo Media, Inc., pitched the idea for MonsterChat, which allows for up to 24 people to simultaneously participate in any one of numerous video chat rooms, to the company several months ago. While Briggs’s initial idea called for 30-person chat rooms, the site’s developers decided the number was not feasible and aimed instead for 24 (which still represented a daunting task).† After a short development period, MonsterChat was launched at the beginning of April, and now boasts over 100,000 users. The site is accessible through both Facebook and Twitter accounts. Continue reading Alumnus invention to change nature of Internet chatting