Amanda Crouse Arts and Entertainment Editor October and November comprise what is known in the Amanda Crouse community as “Prime Walking Season.” It’s during this season that the weather has calmed down from its late-July temperature highs, but isn’t yet so wintry as to prevent …
Viewpoints
The Viewpoints page features the opinions of the campus community. Viewpoints articles should be 350-700 words and be about any opinion, funny or serious, about campus or the world around us. Letters to the Editor, which also are on our page, should be no more than 150 words, usually responding to articles either in Viewpoints or elsewhere in the paper.
Those who wish to submit a Viewpoint can do so by emailing zperrier25@wooster.edu and lpatton26@wooster.edu.
Empathy epidemic & evil elections
Nemsie Gonzalez Managing Editor In the wake of the election, many are scrambling to understand what happened. Social media claims about the death of democracy, the end of America, the beginning of the end filling everyone with dread. But what I am more concerned about …
Protest guidelines sacrifice safety of the many for comfort of the few
Anna Whiting Contributing Writer Wooster has a long history of protest, both on and off campus. Administrators love to point towards the Galpin Takeover of 1989 as a point of pride at students’ civic engagement but now want to stifle our abilities to do similar …
Your intersectionality is a lie, and I am tired of being a strong Black woman.
Nwanne Eke and Shaunta Palmer Contributing Writers As Black women living in America, there is a conception that we must care for all and nurture those around us. However, unlike our white counterparts, we’re not allowed to be soft or fragile. Instead, we are expected …
Trump’s victory spells extreme concern
It’s showtime again for Trump. Graphic by Zach Perrier ’25. Voice Staff Editorial The entire student body here at Wooster has lived in the shadow of Donald Trump’s America for at least a third of their lives. Despite the past four years under the Biden …
The environmental significance of divestment
Chevron’s El Segundo, California oil refinery in 2007. Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Jensen Kugler Copy Editor As the Voice reported last March, the College’s investment portfolio is considered “intellectual property” and is not shared in-depth with the public. This makes it difficult for students to …