Ian Benson News Editor On Friday, Nov. 15, the Poetry Club is kicking off their Ubuntu Poetry Weekend with the Ubuntu Poetry Slam. 15 Wooster poets will compete against one another in the Douglass Basement for a $50 prize. All forms of poetry are welcomed …
BITE-SIZED NEWS: 11/16/12
STATE Ohio executes man who stabbed Akron woman 138 times On Tuesday, Ohio executed Brett Hartman, a man accused of stabbing an Akron woman 138 times. He maintained his innocence until the end. Hartman was the 49th inmate put to death since the state resumed …
On the lighter side… 11/16/12
Cleveland woman forced to hold sign proclaiming herself an idiot A 32-year-old Cleveland woman was sentenced to hold a sign reading, “Only an idiot would drive on the sidewalk to avoid a school bus,” after she was caught on camera doing precisely that. The bus …
Marijuana election results do not affect Wooster
Emily Cherney Staff Writer On Nov. 1, four students in Douglass Hall were charged with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Rumors circulated henceforth that these students were expelled for possession of over a pound of marijuana. In light of the recent election that …
President, Republicans begin focusing on fiscal cliff
Ian Benson News Editor With the 2012 elections over, President Obama and Republican leaders will finally begin to start negotiations concerning the “fiscal cliff,” a group of tax hikes and spending cuts, the by-product of a series of laws expiring. The Congressional Budget Office estimates …
Wooster experiences noted increase in campus theft
Missing iPod, laptop and money are just a few items recently stolen from purses, rooms and wallets Anya Cohen News Editor Over the past few weeks, The College of Wooster has seen an abnormally large influx of crime on campus. “It’s been an increase …