Helena Marten News Editor On Thursday, Feb. 19, guest lecturer Marquis Bey gave a talk called “Jailbreaking Our Imaginations: A Meditation on Blackness, Transness and Everything Else,” in Lowry’s Allen Commons. Bey, a professor of Black studies and gender & sexuality studies at Northwestern University. …
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Updates on ICE in Ohio: interview with immigration lawyer Brian Hoffman
Gianna Hayes Chief News Editor In an interview with the Voice, Founding Executive Director of the Ohio Center for Strategic Immigration Litigation and Outreach (OCSILiO) Brian Hoffman shed light on campus concerns over Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) presence on campus. OCSILiO is a nonprofit …
Black History Month address explores insurrectionist philosophy of Angela Davis
Gianna Hayes Chief News Editor The Office of Equity and Belonging hosted Wooster’s Lee A. McBride III, Frank Halliday Ferris chair of philosophy at the College, to give an address in honor of Black History Month. The talk, titled “Insurrectionist Ethics and Angela Davis,” took …
How does Ohio’s Governor affect our college classrooms? Ohio legislation and higher education with Professor John Rudisill
Helena Marten News Editor In March 2025, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed a law into effect to ban diversity efforts, regulate classroom discussion and eliminate faculty strikes in higher education. These changes directly restrict public institutions’ ability to educate students on topics such as climate …
Wooster community members protest in main square
Amanda Crouse News Editor Wooster locals lined the sidewalks along the intersection of Liberty St. and Main St. from 2-4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 14, for a Defending Democracy protest. Similar to the No Kings Day protests that began in June 2025 in cities across …
Michel Degraff gives talk on linguistics under fascism
Jensen Kugler Staff Writer On Monday, Feb. 16, Michel DeGraff, professor of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences, gave a talk titled “Liberatory Linguistics in A Time of Fascism.” After an introduction by Laura Burch, professor of …

