Chloe Burdette Contributing Writer The College of Wooster women’s tennis team went on a dominant five-match winning streak while on their spring break trip in Hilton Head Island, S.C. from March 13 to March 20. The Fighting Scots destroyed their competition, winning the five matches …
Scot Center renovations will upgrade athletic spaces
An architect’s rendering shows how Timken Gymnasium will look after both phases of renovations are completed in 2019 (Photo courtesy Doug Laditka). Laura Haley Chief Copy Editor A series of renovation efforts are underway in several areas within the Scot Center, including improvements to the …
Environmental geoscience major created with interdisciplinary courses
Claire Montgomery Contributing Writer Environmental geoscience has been launched as a new major at the College, incorporating classes that currently exist in the geology department with newly proposed courses. The new major will fall under the newly-named department of earth sciences. The new department also …
Selling students of color false hope in academia
As current high school seniors are going on campus visits and receiving acceptance letters, I am excited. I love seeing all the excited faces as high school students are walking around the campus and how they just look so eager to start college. It is …
Ignoring oppression only makes it worse
My boss at a summer camp I worked at made this analogy: taking care of your teeth is something you have to do every day. You can’t take a break from brushing your teeth every day, just like you can’t take a break from recognizing …
Singing the N-Word is no different than saying it
At a party I went to a couple of weeks ago, the song “Caroline” by the rapper Aminé began to play. The party was majority white and as the song played the part, “Freaky with the sticky-icky, baby give me kitty kitty/ Killa, westside nigga,” …