Only a little over a year since the historic election of the nation’s first African American president, the annual tradition of celebrating Black History Month continues to see great changes. Since 1976, the United States has recognized the month of February as a time to acknowledge and remember the contributions made by many famous African Americans throughout history. With February coming to a close, the 2010 black history month saw a monumental new beginning for one of the nation’s most important groups. (more…)

Published Friday, February 26th, 2010 in News, Top Stories | No Comments »

With spring break a week away, there’s only one thing on the minds of all the Wooster seniors — turning in their I.S. As students schedule their last meetings with advisors, work on finishing their final chapters and begin proofreading, the process surrounding binding, copying and turning in I.S. has kicked off into full swing. (more…)

Published Friday, February 26th, 2010 in Featured, News | No Comments »

Although Professor of Anthropology at the University of Louisville John Hale’s lecture on the Viking longships, held Tuesday morning at 11 a.m. in Scovel Hall, was billed as illustrated, the brightness of the morning and the snow outside rendered his slides all but useless.  Even without the illustrations, however, Hale’s lecture, entitled “Dragons of the North: The World of Viking Longships,” was quite animated. (more…)

Published Friday, February 19th, 2010 in Featured, News | No Comments »

Do not be alarmed if you are in Cleveland next week and see over 50 women smashing scales with sledge hammers, bowling balls and baseball bats in the middle of a field.  The “scale smashing” is the kickoff to a series of events open to the public hosted by The Eating Disorder Advocates of Ohio for National Eating Disorder Awareness Week. (more…)

Published Friday, February 19th, 2010 in Featured, News | No Comments »

Professor Gregory Shaya of the history department presented “Man Bites Dog and Other News Fantasies: Sensationalism in Late 19th and Early 20th Century France” as the first Faculty at Large Lecture of the Spring semester on Tuesday, Feb. 16 in Lean Lecture Hall. (more…)

Published Friday, February 19th, 2010 in News | No Comments »

With wins this past week over Wabash College and Hiram College, the Wooster basketball team sewed up its sixth straight conference title and clinched home-court advantage throughout the NCAC Tournament. However, the Scots will have plenty to play for when the arch-rival, Wittenberg University Tigers visit the Timken Gymnasium to renew one of the fiercest rivalries in Div. III. (more…)

Published Friday, February 12th, 2010 in News, Top Stories | No Comments »

Valerie Smith, the Woodrow Wilson Professor of Literature and African American Studies at Princeton University, presented a lecture entitled “Civil Rights Cold Cases” Wednesday, Feb. 10.

Before she relocated,   Smith taught at UCLA from 1994 until 2001, when she took up her present position at Princeton University in New Jersey.  She has been the fortunate recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship in 2005-2006 and the Alphonse G. Fletcher, Sr. Fellowship in 2006-2007. (more…)

Published Friday, February 12th, 2010 in Featured, News | No Comments »

Every year, usually around late January and early February, the college tuition that each student pays to their education, runs out.  The tuition and fees that are paid towards the College only cover 60 percent of the cost of a Wooster Education. Now, in its second year, the campus will be hosting Tuition Freedom Day this coming Monday, Feb. 15, to celebrate those gifts from alumni along with the donations from the Wooster Fund, that have helped cover the costs for the rest of the year. (more…)

Published Friday, February 12th, 2010 in News | No Comments »

Beginning next fall semester, Gender-Neutral Housing will be available to students on campus.  This student initiated accommodation’s main goal is to give students a secure living environment in which they have no obligation to identify with the preconceived, culturally formed gender identities of our society. (more…)

Published Friday, February 12th, 2010 in News | No Comments »

The  College of Wooster’s Entrepreneurship Group is hosting a live stream of the TED2010  conference at the Center for Entrepreneurship until Feb. 13. (more…)

Published Friday, February 12th, 2010 in News | No Comments »