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To what extent did the winds of democratization sweeping across North Africa and the Middle East affect the long standing efforts to end, at last, the era of military involvement in African politics? Prof. Pita Agbese, an expert of civil-military … Continue reading →

Last week the ENVS 230 “Sustainable Agriculture” class had a chance to visit one of the few 100% grassfed, rotationally grazing beef farms in the county:  Green Vista farms, operated by Jonathan Berger and his family (I know, convenient name, … Continue reading →

It’s that time of year again — the time when the leaf-blower army appears on campus. I’m still unconvinced about the merits of leaf-blowers.  Obviously, there are environmental costs associated with the engines; though ours are pretty efficient, they still … Continue reading →

Have you ever been curious about Social Entrepreneurship(SE) at Wooster?  Have you ever wondered about what students do in SE?  Here is your opportunity to find out.  Our five Local SE teams will be presenting their plans for social change … Continue reading →

Here’s the great thing about the library – if people want to bother me and I don’t want to deal with them, I can just hunker down and look studious until I guilt them into going away. It’s rather pleasant … Continue reading →

I have literally spent this entire weekend cleaning. For me, it is a slow going process. In fact, it was a stroke of luck that Celeste was not here, because I am very self-conscious about a.) my tendency to make … Continue reading →

MacArthur Fellowship Award winner, Lateefah Simon, will visit campus for a series of lectures, workshops and classroom visits from November 7 – 11, 2011. Ms. Simon is the Executive Director of the Rosenberg Foundation, and former Executive Director of the … Continue reading →

This week’s fossil is a beautiful little gastropod (snail) scientifically known as Diodora italica (Defrance, 1820), and commonly as the Italian Keyhole Limpet. I collected it with Steve Dornbos (’97) during the 1996 Keck Geology Expedition to Cyprus, where it … Continue reading →

Which means, “I want to sleep, but I have too much Chinese homework.” (I think I wrote it correctly.) I just thought that – while taking a break from Chinese handwriting sheets so that my hand doesn’t fall off – … Continue reading →

The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has just issued a 63 page study, titled “Trends in the Distribution of Household Income Between 1979 and 2007.”