I wanted to title this viewpoint “The Odyssey Online, and other downfalls of modern society,” but that doesn’t have a verb so, according to AP syle, I can’t use it as a headline. Instead, let me use it as a fun introduction to this rant. …
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Tristan Lopus
Encountering financial obstacles
So, you’re a Global and International Studies major! Congratulations! You’ve embarked on one of the most stereotypically-liberal-arts adventures that’s offered here at America’s Premier College for Mentored Undergraduate Research. Your well-rounded courseload is sure to guide you into a life of responsible global citizenship. Now …
NFL coaches are abysmal at math
It kills me to spend hours every Sunday watching a game where players sacrifice so much only for coaches to hurt their own chances of winning by failing to understand basic arithmetic. In the 2015 NFL season, point(s)-after-touchdown attempts (P.A.T.s) were set up to incentivize …
Women’s golf swings sixth at tourney
Aleksi Pelkonen Sports Editor The College of Wooster Fighting Scots women’s golf team took home a sixth-place finish at the Allegheny College Women’s Invitational on last Sunday and Monday. The Scots finished sixth out of 12 teams, and finished ahead of conference rival Allegheny College. …
Men’s frisbee team opens season at Air Strike tournament
Ashley Ferguson Contributing Writer Wooster’s RamJam ultimate frisbee team competed in its first tournament of the season last weekend at Wright State University in Versailles, Oh. The two teams placed 5th and 15th in the Air Strike men’s ultimate competition among a field of bigger …
Wooster’s longtime diving coach inducted into Hall of Fame
Megan Zerrer Sports Editor Rich Blough, The College of Wooster’s current assistant diving coach, was inducted into the International Masters Swimming Hall of Fame last Friday, Sept. 23 at a ceremony in Atlanta, Ga., He was the lone diver to be inducted into the International …