Alona Abufarha Contributing Writer The two things I find most important to my life are being Palestinian and tattoos. Hell, I even got Handala, a Palestinian freedom symbol, tattooed on my arm around two years ago. I knew someone would ask what it was, and …
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.
How our favorites define us
Daysia Hargrave Contributing Writer The best animal on the planet is the giant panda. It also just so happens to be my favorite animal. Perhaps that is irrelevant and entirely unnoteworthy. But if you’ve ever seen a panda eat bamboo in the rain, panda cubs …
Wear your mask!
by Gianna Hayes I’m sure any observant student, faculty or staff member has noticed the extreme uptick in COVID cases on campus recently. It seems like every day I hear of another friend who has tested positive. With each case I hear about, I get …
A case for hope on campus
by Atlas Dwyer It’s January 29 as I start to write this Viewpoint — I had to press “tab” to insert the date on my keyboard because I can’t keep the days straight. Every day seems to bleed into the same dreary gray, dripping from …
A case for non-carceral care
by Co Clark I’m sure many of you have seen a slew of posters around campus with the goal of assuring people with thoughts of self harm or suicide that they are “not alone” and that there are “resources available” for them. I don’t really …
The power of language
Elizabeth Heatwole ’26 Contributing Writer As kids, we all received the same cliché advice on bullying: don’t show that the bully’s actions affect you. Take the enjoyment out of their aggressions. What we didn’t realize is that by doing so, we removed the power from …