Alex Kaufmann I would like to preface this article by stating that I personally do not like the term “politically correct” or any variation of it. I think using this term to refer to using language that conveys a minimum amount of respect to other …
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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.
Dear White People: Why it’s important
Emerald Rutledge The first time I saw the film Dear White People, it was at the “I, Too, Am Harvard 2014 Blacktivism Conference” in October of 2014 at Harvard University. The attendees of the conference got to view the film a week before it premiered …
Greetings in the cold make us warmer
Skylar Ruprecht It’s around this time of year, when boots tread snow inside and leave the floors salt-stained, that winter turns me into an agoraphobic amnesiac. I can’t remember the colors of autumn, and I can’t quite picture the blossoms of spring. Present days are …
Cornwell downplays student debt
Alex Kaufman The fall edition of Wooster, the school’s alumni magazine, featured an article by President Grant Cornwell entitled “The Truth About Student Debt.” Cornwell argues that the national student debt crisis really isn’t a problem and cites a study claiming that only a …
Documenting your life: the importance of journaling
Melissa Griffith As a kid, I never really understood why people kept diaries. I tried to understand, and I made and attempt to keep one, but I never saw the significance of recounting my day in a book. Furthermore, I could never write entries with …
Understanding consent and communicating with your partner(s)
Victoria Horvath One of the many problems we have been discussing on campus is sexual assault. Fortunately, k(NO)w has taken on campus policies, but what else can we do to change the hearts of students, staff and faculty? My philosophy is that positive change happens …