Category Archives: ScotBlogs Contributed

This is another fossil that has sat in a display case for decades in Scovel before I really examined it. Unlike last week’s specimen, though, it has no identifying label on its reverse. This is always a serious disappointment for … Continue reading →
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RICHMOND, INDIANA–This is the first day of what upper midwesterners hilariously call “spring break”, so it is time to get some students in the field. I can’t say this is the first Wooster geology fieldwork of the year because that … Continue reading →
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Big Picture: The Next 4 YEARS While looking at a school for its academic purpose is necessary, stepping back and looking at the town/city and culture of the campus as your HOME for the next four years makes a huge … Continue reading →
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The College of Wooster, as you may have seen, has built a community of Independent minds, working together. This unique community is composed of student life, athletics and academics. Every year the senior class leaves unified by the completion of … Continue reading →
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I long thought of this beautiful specimen as more rock than fossil. It is a scleractinian coral that has had its outer skeleton replaced by the silicate material agate and its interior skeleton completely hollowed out. The result is a … Continue reading →
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This beautifully polished fossil looks like half of an antique bowling ball. Normally I hate polished fossils because the external details have been erased, but in this case the smooth surface reveals details about the organisms and their relationship. We … Continue reading →
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I’m in the middle of writing my final draft of my Independent Study, and I’m getting to that stage where it’s so easy to procrastinate! For your enjoyment, I thought I’d share some humorous images I’ve come across. -Angela   Continue reading →

Let’s not talk about how many days are left but rather THE DAY. I thought before we begin our 30 day countdown to IS Monday, we should enlighten some of our less familiar Wooster readers about the day itself.  So … Continue reading →
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By Samantha McNelly As a first year college student, I only had a general idea of what I wanted my major to be and what I wanted to do after college. I just knew that eventually, I wanted to work … Continue reading →
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GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA — The 10th North American Paleontological Convention here is sponsored by the Florida Museum of Natural History. (The meeting is excellent, by the way, and very well organized. Congratulations to the paleontological team that put it together.) Since … Continue reading →
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