Viewpoints

Last Monday, I attended the inaugural meeting of the Wooster Freethinkers Club (freethinkers being atheists, agnostics and so on) and left feeling what can only be described as elated and deeply relieved. It was an instance of not realizing how much I felt the Wooster …

James Watson, one of two men to win the Nobel Prize for genetic research, said in 1965, ìToday, the theory of evolution is an accepted fact for everyone but a fundamentalist minority, whose objections are based not on reasoning but on doctrinaire adherence to religious …

Itís normal for meat-eating Wooster students to feel guilty about themselves and their decision to consume animals. This is a liberal arts institution, a cornerstone of costly guilt-building, which is probably relatively constructive in the breaking down of privilege and self-importance.

Prior to a class on Tuesday evening, some friends and I stood in the hallway discussing Stephen Colbertís persona.† In high school, I thought the Democratís caricature of a right-wing conservative was sincere. It was during this discussion concerning the intersection of entertainment and politics …

On Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9:30 a.m., Iím on the third floor of Morgan, wide awake and engaged in a compelling discussion ó African-American literature. The readings and discussions have made me incredibly aware of two things ó the progress we have made as a …