Sally Kershner Features Editor The College of Wooster’s improvisational comedy group Don’t Throw Shoes (DTS) competed at the College Improv Tournament on Jan. 28 in Columbus, Oh. Returning to the stage this school year, DTS competed once again against other improv troupes from the lower …
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New music ensemble celebrates African heritage through song
Lily Iserson Chief Copy Editor Western music departments and Western cultures, according to percussion instructor Professor Jeff Neitzke, are sometimes victims of their own ethnocentricity. “There’s a tendency to view music and almost everything else through personal experience,” said Neitzke. “Yet music around the world …
Model UN wins multiple awards at national conference
Sally Kershner Features Editor Over Thanksgiving Break, the College’s Model United Nations team (MUN) attended the annual fall conference for the American Model United Nations (AMUN) in Chicago, Ill. This year, the team represented the country of Senegal and earned multiple awards for their participation …
Bostdorff researches Trump rhetoric
Ellie Kahn Contributing Writer Professor Denise Bostdorff of the communications department is going to be conducting a research project in the coming semester regarding the rhetoric and language used by President-elect Donald Trump and the role it played in the 2016 presidential election. Bostdorff has …
It’s the final countdown
Daniel Sweat Features Editor With finals just around the corner, you’re probably wondering how you’re going to survive. By now, you’re spending significantly more time at the library than during those carefree days at the beginning of the semester. But just because the crushing pressure …
College of Wooster observes TDOR
Lily Iserson Viewpoints Editor Before Thanksgiving Break, in a small and intimate group setting, students gathered on the steps of Kauke Hall in honor of the international Transgender Day of Remembrance. Traditionally held in late November, the vigil acknowledges transgender lives lost as a consequence …