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Education in the United States of America is not as standard as you might think. When I was in eighth grade, my U.S. history teacher, Park Gilmore, informed the class one day that the U.S. Constitution does not mention anything about education. No fear though, …

I have a friend who always challenges my knowledge of so-called “classic” or “meaningful” movies and books. He was appalled, for example, when I was unaware of the theme of Machiavelli’s “The Prince” or just which movies Tom Hanks has starred in. Even worse, I …

This summer, a man named George Sodini walked into a womenís exercise class. He set down his gym bag, pulled out a pair of handguns, and proceeded to shoot 11 women, and killing three of them, before finally turning one of the guns on himself.† …

Last week, Laney Austin í11 wrote about how awkward everyone on this campus is.† Iím not going to argue with her ó there are a lot of awkward people at Wooster.† And sometimes they can be hard to deal with.† Even I, as a somewhat …

Before Jan. 12, 2010, Haiti was already one of the poorest countries in the world, struggling with political instability, environmental degradation, and health crises. After the magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck, the nation lost as many as 200,000 lives, leaving more than one million homeless and …