Main Street Wooster, Inc. announced plans last Thursday to renovate homes surrounding the business district of downtown Wooster. Those behind the Howey House project plan to purchase ìthree to four houses in the 400-500 blocks of North Buckeye Street for the purposes of renovation and …
Campus
Campus honors fall of Berlin Wall To commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago on Nov. 9, 1989, Wooster students have constructed wooden billboards to represent segments of the wall.† Twelve segments are currently scattered across the lawn between Lowry Center and …
National
Mormon church now† supports LGBT rights For the first time, a Mormon church announced its support of gay rights legislation in Salt Lake City, which contributed towards unanimous approval for laws banning discrimination against gays in housing and employment. With the backing of this congregation, …
World
Attack on Taliban group in Pakistan U.S helicopter gunships bombarded militant hide-outs in northwestern Pakistan Wednesday morning, killing 10 fighters after gunmen murdered two paramilitary soldiers at a checkpoint in the same area, according to officials.† Gunmen also injured three soldiers soldiers when they attacked …
Your brain on television
I wonít lie ó I spent the majority of my childhood and young adult life under the false impression that television watching actually ó through reasons inexplicable even by science ó decreased brain cell count. Or was it actual brain size?
The real facts on Cornwellís salary
I, like many people in the last few weeks, recently saw the figure online from Cleveland Plain Dealer that ranked Ohioís private school presidents in terms of salary. Then I saw that our president, Grant Cornwell, was ranked fifth at $373,880 per year in compensation, …