Ben Taylor During the past few weeks, I attended two politically-oriented meetings, one from each side of the ideological spectrum. The first was the Planned Parenthood discussion “Rights Under Fire” hosted by the College of Wooster Democrats and the second event was the Wayne County …
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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.
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Justin Bieber’s self-promotion finally goes too far
Laura Merrell Oh, Justin Bieber, you’ve done it again! Thanks to his childish antics and the criticism they have inspired, Bieber seems to be making headlines every week. One of my favorite recent mis-biebhaviors occured when he came under fire for wearing overalls to meet …
An Examination of School Vouchers
Bryce Benefield Let me paint a picture for you to clear up some misunderstandings about human equality of opportunity: education. Recently, I have read and heard invalid arguments against voucher based educational finance. First, let me describe how we currently finance education. We mandate that …
15 Woo memories I want to forget
Dan Grantham Here are the 15 things I want to forget about Wooster as soon as possible. An article regarding the15 memories I want to keep a little longer is forthcoming. 1. Scholarly articles. Who knew that entry into the academic elite meant writing papers …
Let’s fully update safety in dorms
Laura Merrell Wooster has been making considerable progress this year towards reducing its use of coal and ending the sale of plastic water bottles at various locations. More recently, outcry from the Wooster community has, for the moment, prevented the outsourcing of Dining Services to …
Thatcher celebrations wrong
Ian Benson On Monday, former United Kingdom Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher passed away after suffering a stroke. Thatcher was never a figure that I particularly admired. In my mind, she served as a distaff counterpart to Ronald Reagan. For whatever benefits Thatcherism brought to the …