It’s now been over a week since the Presidential election, and as elections go, you expect jubilation on one end and disappointment on the other. That’s the process, and in the days and months that follow, the nation unites behind the President-elect. But this election …
Illuminating a ‘deplorable’ perspective
The American college institution has become a place where the line is too often blurred between being taught how to think and what to think. Students here spend their days surrounded by liberal media, peers and educators. The propaganda that many of our professors attempt …
The benefit of Meatless Mondays and quelling vegetarian myths
The Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) Senior Seminar, “Feminist Pedagogy in Action,” in collaboration with Greenhouse Food Committee and Vegan Club, is pushing an initiative for campus-wide participation in a Meatless Monday campaign. We are advocating the Meatless Monday as part of a national …
Female leaders face double standards
For the past year and a half, I have served as one of the editors in chief of this paper. In the grand scheme of things, this leadership role is very small: no one beyond the confines of this College cares who heads The Wooster …
Election as educational opportunity
If you were within 10 feet of me on Election Night, you probably heard me tell a lot of people to go fuck themselves: Gary Johnson, third-party voters, the white-cis-heterosexual population, the electoral college, etc. I blamed a lot of people for why a candidate …
Transitioning with Trump
Donald Trump’s election as President of the United States has clearly upset many people on campus. It is understandable to be upset by the loss of your preferred candidate; however, it is neither understandable nor acceptable to attempt to delegitimize the person who won the …