I sometimes joke that my freshman year at The College of Wooster was my “experimenting with engagement” year. My year proved to be hectic yet incredibly fulfilling due to my involvement on campus. The only problem with this story is that it is a unique …
Students stretching across divides
This summer I took part in the Wooster In Presidential Elections class, through which I had the opportunity to travel to Cleveland and Philadelphia for both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions. I was able to expand my viewpoints, have them challenged, and got to …
Working on the Voice has been a highlight of my college career
In my first semester as a student at The College of Wooster, an acquaintance of mine, Madeleine O’Neill, convinced me to come copy-edit for the Voice, playing on my pedantic disposition toward grammar. During the second semester, acquaintance Dominic Piacentini invited me to write a …
Wooster is what students choose to make of it
My first request for a donation from the Alumni Association arrived in my mailbox this week, so I guess I am officially leaving Wooster soon. I will not be sending in $5, or any money, at least for a while. For one thing, I’m about …
Wooster is weird and frustrating — but unique
With just a couple more weeks remaining in the semester, I’ve begun to do a lot of reflecting on my experience here at the College. There are a lot of things I wish I could have done and said, but unfortunately there just isn’t enough …
Working for the Voice helped me become a Squirrel
As some of you may know, I am the author of the on-campus underground comedy publication, the Squirrel. Now I realize probably most of you have never heard of it and of those that have, I’m sure only a handful of you have actually read …