It’s two weeks into the NFL season and I have not yet watched a single game. Over the past year, I have wrestled with my position on football. Faced with an increasingly unanimous body of evidence that determines football to have deeply troubling and severe …
Field hockey poses a challenge to rival
Aleksi Pelkonen Sports Editor The College of Wooster Field Hockey team succumbed to a late comeback by the Tigers of DePauw University (4-2, 2-0 NCAC) on Saturday to lose 6-5. The Scots (3-4, 1-2 NCAC) led 5-4 at halftime thanks to goals from Kerry O’Connor …
Men’s soccer comes up short against Earlham in the second half
Megan Zerrer Sports Editor The Fighting Scots men’s soccer team came out strong in their first home match of the season against Earlham College. The Scots took the lead against the Quakers when Manny Burton ’20 found Mouhamet Ndiaye ’18 open on the left flank. …
Women’s cross country team earns tenth out of nineteen
Shelley Grostefon Senior Sports Writer Last Saturday, Sept. 17, the women’s cross country team had a strong showing at the Otterbein Invitational in Westerville, Oh. The women’s team placed 10th out of 19 teams competing, composed of a pool of undeniably tough DI, II and …
Obstructionism harming U.S.
Back in February, when Justice of the Supreme Court Antonin Scalia suddenly passed away, one of the first promises to come out of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s mouth was not the promise to help the country’s highest court to stay complete, not the promise …
Tackling respectability politics
As a Black womyn, on a journey to being liberated in all aspects and “gainfully employed” in academia (as my close friend Jah would say), I find myself wrestling with what is appropriate for me to write, share and retweet on my personal social media …