Immediately after President Barack Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize on Oct. 9, a hurricane of media criticism exploded. The dominant attitude was that Obama did not deserve the award, due to insufficient activity in peace processes. But the rationale for selection is much deeper …
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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.
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Wrong timing for Obamaís prize
Donít get me wrong ó Iím not going to knock President Obama for accepting the Nobel Peace Prize. In keeping with his usual elegance, he humbly spun the win into an affirmation of his administrationís goals. To pundits who suggest he should have declined the …
Wooster bubble is a lie
Coming into The College of Wooster, we were warned of it: students rarely leave campus because everything we need is on campus. This, of course, is not true. The only thing that kept me permanently on campus last year was a lack of a car. …
Former Poet Laureate inspires
I grabbed a cookie outside of Kauke 237 and found a seat two chairs over from the ex-Poet Laureate of The United States of America. I leaned to my left trying to inconspicuously eavesdrop on what she was saying to Professor Tom Prendergast. ìÖ Iíve …
Krstof is wise but dodges the question
Iíll admit it ó while attending Nicholas Kristofís speech last week in McGaw, I was moved. The fact that a man of his success cared so much for other people, to me, seemed rare. It was clear that he has the very best intentions and …
G-20 protests effective in long run
Before the G-20 summit this past week in Pittsburgh, President Barack Obama made clear that any affinity he might have had previously for mass protests was now gone. In an interview with the Toledo Blade, he regarded anticipated protests in Pittsburgh to be aimed at …