Gus Thomas Contributing Writer Last Sunday, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) came under scrutiny after detaining and deporting over 2,000 Haitian refugees seeking Temporary Protected Status at the Texas border. Following the recent catastrophic earthquake in the country, as well as the …
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.
The Disenchantment of Reality
Matthew Prill Contributing Writer Your phone buzzes angrily—it’s the fire alarm option that you picked last night in order to give you that extra oomph to boost you out of your slumber. It’s Tuesday morning, early. Or is it Wednesday? It doesn’t matter, because …
Being a Black Woman in a Predominantly White Institution
Byera Kashangaki Contributing Writers I come from a country that is predominantly Black. I am from Kenya, a country in the Eastern part of Africa. I have never felt like an outsider because everyone I was surrounded by looked like me and spoke like …
Free Speech On Campus: Reconsidering Wooster’s Bias Related Harassment Policy
Bobby Ramkissoon Dylynn Lasky Contributing Writers The state of free speech in higher education is a topic of discussion that has always occupied national attention. In recent years, incidents of free speech violations on campuses have proliferated across the country, as has the debate …
Navigating Wooster: A Runner’s Perspective
Geoffrey Allen Viewpoints Co-Editor The time is 7:30 am. You waited for this moment. Yesterday your friends were wondering why you couldn’t make it to the Friday party, but you told them because tomorrow is Saturday. You know every Saturday you have to go …
To Be On The Outside Always Looking In
Malachi Mungoshi Viewpoints Co-Editor As an international student, traveling during a pandemic was very difficult to do. I know that every individual’s experience is different, but there are certain commonalities to be found: TSA checkpoints, immigration documents, visa interviews, being away from home, etc. …