Letter to the Editor: Leadership training leads to elitism
Leadership training has been going on in Wooster City Schools for as long as I can remember, but I have started to notice a lack of inclusion of people from every school group. Isn’t...
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Dress code provokes editorial discussion
During the first two weeks of school, administrators have begun a stricter crackdown on the dress code than we have seen in previous years. Many students were caught off guard by this stricter code,...
Student reflects on the psychological impacts of social media use
With the ever-growing usage of social media networks, society has often failed to realize just how much such a new technology can affect our psychological standpoint. According to a new eMarketer report...
Column: School dance policies have evolved over time
As generations have passed and different lifestyles and subcultures have evolved, so too has the conception of social interaction and the execution of school dances. Based on past editions of The Wooster...
Editorial: Standardized testing offers new challenges
As the controversial Bush-era No Child Left Behind education law emerges for renewal on Capitol Hill, the debate over education policy has been reignited nationwide. Senate Education Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander proposed...
American Sniper causes student to question the film’s intentions
Directed by Clint Eastwood, American Sniper is a beautifully made film that has generated a decent amount of controversy over its historical inaccuracies and tainted depiction of the Iraq War. However, the most noticeable...
Opinion: Greed pollutes American values
Question: who has two thumbs and has greed that is slowly crushing American culture? The answer: almost every American man, woman and child. Some may ask, why such a brash generalization? Brash?...
Loss of sports broadcaster impacts entire community
They are on our televisions and our radios; however: the face behind the voice commonly goes unnoticed. On Jan.4, the world of sportscasters lost a legend in Stuart Scott, at the age of...
“Selfitis” negatively affects one’s social media presence
“Selfitis” is diagnosed by the taking and posting of copious amounts of selfies, and can be defined as the inflammation of one’s ego, according to an article entitled “Selfies, Facebook, and Narcissism: What’s the...
Student supports the use of hydraulic-fracturing
Read Shiyuan Wang’s column against hydraulic-fracturing here. Fracking land for oil is certainly one of the most controversial issues that we hear about on an almost daily basis, but there are many energy-saving benefits...