Last week on Jeopardy, Watson, the modern-day Deep Blue IBM computer designed to answer Alex Trebek’s questions, dominated his human contestants Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. At the end of the three-day run, Jennings said that he “welcomes our new computer overlords.”† While he was …
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Letter to the Editors
Dear Editors, In response to Ryan Neff’s assessment of President Obama’s State of the Union message, I can only shake my head. Obama loves to talk and make many promises. He promised C-SPAN would cover the Health Care reform debate, which it did not. Every …
Meal Plan should extend off-campus
I don’t know how many times I’ve looked up the menu at Lowry with high hopes for a delicious dinner. However, is it not unusual† for my optimism to come crashing down around me with yet another day of Gorky chicken, krabby patties and fried …
Reevaluate Israel: Imperial Zionism
In recent years, as well as throughout its history, the state of Israel has committed atrocities against the Palestinian people that vastly transcend the acceptable bounds of legitimate national defense. The continuing war against the people of Gaza in the name of fighting Hamas, marked …
Senior Dilemma: I.S. versus Job Hunt
The first time a prospective student sets foot on The College of Wooster’s campus, he or she are told about the Independent Study program, walked through Gault library to look at the carrels and explained the importance of the Tootsie Roll to seniors. Even if …
My Lilly Experience
Bazmail and Kareem, two young children from an impoverished neighborhood in inner-city Lahore in Pakistan, leave their home early every morning to collect paper waste wherever they can find it. They spend up to six hours searching for paper or cardboard in parks, streets, public …