Marco Roccato Contributing Writer The Class of 2020 has been and is a group of incredible people. Students from the Class of 2020 have been scholars and community leaders: they created unique research projects, they led student organizations through years of changes, they stuck with …
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A quick-fix solution isn’t the way to plan commencement
Brandon Borges Contributing Writer The uncertainty of COVID-19 has severely impacted administrative planning across the world. International, national, state and even local administrators of all organizations are currently at the whims of the virus, with events of all types being postponed for an arbitrary date …
For first-gen college students, commencement symbolizes upward mobility
Margie Sosa Contributing Writer For first-generation college students, walking across the stage at commencement is something bigger than just us. It symbolizes a start to educational and intergenerational mobility, one of the many reasons why my family chose to immigrate to the U.S. and why I decided to …
Decisions are made by those who show up
Oria Daugherty Contributing Writer Over the last year, the College has started to undergo a lot of changes in a lot of different areas — we have begun the Master Planning process to plan for the next decade of Wooster’s future, the planning for the …
Bolton announces virtual commencement, senior celebrations during B&G Weekend
Waverly Hart Editor in Chief On Friday, April 10, President Sarah Bolton announced that The College of Wooster would be holding a virtual graduation ceremony to celebrate the class of 2020’s accomplishments and time at the College. Bolton announced this in an email sent to …
When will Wooster take student concerns over tuition seriously?
Zoe Kopp-Weber Contributing Writer C.O.W. tuition increased 4.6 percent in 2013. This was my junior year and I was anxious. The sticker price of our education exceeded $50,000 before additional expenses, and I was also shouldering bills for my family at the time. I advocated …