Trent Patton Viewpoints Editor After spending four years at Wooster, I have learned something: The real “snowflake” is middle-aged Trumpies. Nothing gets their panties in a twist faster than my sheer existence as a visibly queer college student. Going into Walmart, I’d see these racist …
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Rethinking campus food waste initiatives
Sam Skuza Contributing Writer For many students, the convenience of the dining hall is something everyone learns to expect and rely on, but what about the food we thoughtlessly discard? The problem of food waste is present on many college campuses. The journal of the …
Stealing on campus
Amelia Crowley Contributing Writer While reading Amanda Crouse’s Viewpoint about theft on campus, primarily the two times her and her roommate’s pig statue was stolen in Holden, I found many of the things she talked about resonating in my own experiences this year. I live …
Bellgate!?
Symone Sewell-Richardson Copy Editor At the beginning of the school year, I remember the first day so clearly: Walking to my classes, catching up with friends and just settling back into the rhythm of campus life. But when I got home, something felt off, like …
Sabrina Carpenter: ignorant or just racially insensitive?
Trent Patton Viewpoints Editor On Friday, April 10, Sabrina Carpenter was performing at Coachella 2026 and had an interaction with a fan that left a sour taste in many people’s mouths. Carpenter was sitting at her piano and about to introduce her next song when …
Dealing with modern absurdity
Nico Rivera Features Editor We are living in absurd times. We’re living not just in absurd times, but in ahistorical times. What does this mean? To define “absurdity,” I’ll use Sartre (a bit cliché, I know), who understands absurdity to be a conflict between our …