Over the weekend, I made good on a tentative promise to my former high-school debate coach to judge the national-qualifying debate tournament for the Akron district. For those unfamiliar with high-school speech and debate, the tournaments can span from one to two days and stretch …
Women’s basketball overcomes Witt
Roger An Contributing Writer The Fighting Scots women’s basketball team stepped up their game this weekend in a victory over Wittenberg University on Senior Day. With this win, Wooster secured a berth in the conference tournament for the first time since the 2013-14 season. Rachel …
We need more women in sports journalism
As a senior in high school, I told my journalism teacher I thought I might like to be a sports journalist, and I was promptly shut down. “You’ll either be amazing, and people in this area won’t hire you because they know you’ll receive a …
Chadwick Smith receives Dorothy Reid Dalzell Award
Smith to be honored for his outstanding contributions to the College community through extracurricular activities Mariah Joyce Editor in Chief Senior Chadwick Smith has been awarded the Dorothy Reid Dalzell Award, which he will receive at the upcoming DeWald Recognition Banquet. The award is given …
Preserve funding for the NEH and NEA
On Jan 23, I received an unnerving email from the Society for American Archaeology alerting its members that the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) were proposed to be completely eliminated under the new federal budget plan. …
Asian Americans resisting oppression
On Feb 1, 10 days into the Trump presidency, a video entitled “Asian Americans offer advice to U.S. President Donald Trump” was posted on YouTube by the Asia Society, an organization describing itself as “the leading global and Pan-Asian organization working to strengthen relationships and …