Malachi Mungoshi Viewpoints Editor Lately, I’ve been watching a lot of those Tik Toks on “this is what a memory sounds like…” with that cover of Hans Zimmer’s “Cornfield Chase ” playing over it. Like, hyperfixation watching. I am completely enamored by …
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. Submissions exceeding 700 words will be condensed to fit within this word limit in the print editions, the uncondensed version will be published in its entirety digitally. 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 mpillai27@wooster.edu and pgrzybowski30@wooster.edu.
The Limits of Self-Love
Michael Curran Contributing Writer Self-love is something that’s often brought up in the context of someone being heartbroken or having poor self-esteem. It is supposed to be the thing that helps them recover and shape who they are. Of course, there is truth to …
We Need Optimism in These Turbulent Times
Tobin Chin Contributing Writer At some points in my life, it has felt as if the world is slowly descending into a pool of cloudy uncertainty, a feeling which no form of escapism or distraction can lift me from. To me, it felt …
Why a Word’s Context is Important
Bobby Ramkissoon Contributing Writer Dylynn Lasky Contributing Writer Recently, President Bolton issued an email regarding a “racial bias incident” in which the head coach of the Wooster men’s lacrosse team uttered the n-word. In a moment of righteous indignation, President Bolton declared that “this …
Platonic Love Always Wins
Shelby Jones Contributing Writer In the spring of my freshman year here, I suffered a huge loss. My mom passed away incredibly suddenly and I was sent into a tailspin. I didn’t know what to do and felt the worst I’ve ever felt, even …
A Different Version of True Love
Aspen Rush Editor-in-Chief When we talk about love, our brains have been trained to jump to the romantic. From childhood, we have been told to search for “the one.” At ten, I was amongst thousands of young readers who picked up Twilight for the …
