The past two months have been an eventful chapter in The College of Wooster’s anthology, a section I would call “The Fall of Etiquette.” Despite the College’s legitimization of emptying our wallets with the $30 million Scot Center or aesthetic restoration of living spaces to …
Viewpoints
Pennies are outdated and useless
For a long time, I have considered myself to be a fairly happy person.† I don’t hold many grudges, I detest bullying and meanness and I hope to smile more than I frown.† Try as I might, though, there are three things that truly get …
Bullying comes in many forms
As of late, there has been heightened national awareness to the increased instances of bullying and violence in response to Rutgers student Tyler Clementi’s as well as several other students’ suicides. In fact, it is suspected that suicide is the second leading cause of death …
Entrepreneurship: the other option
Personally I believe that education should not be viewed as a means to an end; rather, it should be considered an end in itself. Not many people share that view with me. The typical answer to “why did you decide to attend college?” is that …
Students deserve class variety
I’ve spent much of my free time these past few weeks researching internships for the upcoming summer ó it seems premature, I know, but many applications are actually due in November. Surprise! The barrier I keep butting up against for these internships is not that …
What’s in Style? Denial.
I’m pretty big on keeping up with the latest trends and fads. For example, I saw the current legging trend coming in 1992 when I sported my first pair of florally-adorned stretchy pants. As someone who is fully enveloped by the now, I can tell …