Brandon Bell Contributing Writer Three seniors had the opportunity to present their Independent Study projects at the 76th annual meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in Vancouver in early April. Kathryn Foster, Paris Nahas and Leah Penner ’16 each presented their research in a panel …
Student-run Spring Dance Concert to show in amphitheater
Ann Wilkinson Contributing Writer Coming up in Wooster’s busy extracurricular calendar is the Spring Dance Concert, presented by The Goliard. By sponsoring the dance concert, the literary magazine highlights their goal of increasing their presence and supporting all performing and visual arts on the College’s …
Take leaps of faith
I’m pretty sure all of us can relate to this: we wake up in the morning for our morning class and start making the walk from our room to our classroom without realizing we have taken a “leap of faith.” We do not have any …
A response to critiques of religion
This Viewpoint is a reply to the latest installment in an apparent series of Viewpoints, of progressively greater audacity, penned by the same author. In said Viewpoint, this author characterizes ALL religion as (1) a “comforting fable,” (2) willful self-deception, (3) a “resort” or retreat …
Japan is more than stereotypes
Last week, the Art Wall displayed drawings of stereotypical Japanese images in order to advertise the event “Woo-Con.” I personally found the appropriation in these images representing my culture to be incredibly offensive. My problem lies with the fetishization of Japanese culture presented on the …
On the limitations of sabermetrics in baseball
If you haven’t seen Money Ball, you ought to. It’s an extraordinary biographical film that traces the ascendance of Billy Beane, the present general manager of the Oakland Athletics, from player to his current occupation. He is recognized as one of the inaugurators and promulgators …