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 …
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.
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 …
Revoke the Death Penalty now
According to USA Today, 10 of Ohio’s Catholic leaders, including Cincinnati’s Archbishop Dennis Schnurr and Columbus’s Bishop Frederick Campbell, have signed a statement calling for the end of the death penalty in Ohio. Ohio Supreme Court Justice Paul Pfeifer and former director of the state …