If you ask a random college student whether or not he or she thinks the law should permit 18-year-olds to purchase and consume alcohol, youíll probably get the answer youíre expecting: ìHell yes.” The enthusiasm with which this imaginary student reacts might even convince you …
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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.
Drinking age is 21 for a reason
The serious consequences of alcohol abuse, especially among college students, have been widely documented.† Did you know that almost 700,000 American students in 2005 between the ages of 18 and 24 were victims of abuse by a fellow student who was intoxicated, and 97,000 students …
Notice the angel statue
There’s one particularly beautiful moment near the end of J.R.R. Tolkienís The Two Towers where Frodo, Sam, and Gollum come upon a crumbling, defaced statue of a king where none has ruled for countless years. Itís fallen head on the ground beside has now sprouted …
Keep your ears open
Last week I wrote an editorial weighing the pros and cons of all the new technology we are lucky enough to have. But let me just say: for all of their advanced forms of communication we have literally at our fingertips, we are sorely lacking …
CAMPUS VOICES
What do you think about the new Soup & Bread Program? ìIím glad that they kept the program around even though Kittredge is closed.† Itís definitely worth the walk to know that youíre helping a good cause.” -††††††††† Sarah Manning í10
Program houses deserve sprucing up and students can do it
Program houses are one of my favorite things about the College. Since I was fortunate enough to be placed in Westminster Cottage as a first-year, I have managed to live in a program house for my entire tenure here at Wooster (save one summer in …