Site-Wide Activity

John M. Thurston’s speech, titled “We Must Act!” is a heart-wrenching cry for humanitarianism. Calling upon the spirit of his dead wife, who, one can only assume, died after interacting with the conditions of the […]

Learn how Wooster alumna Sarah Coffin’s career took a different path than planned, how she’s overcome being a young female in a male dominate industry, and how she’s moving her career forward.
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For my research project, I am going to be focusing on the mass-mobilization of university students in Chile and its effect on public policy. Chile’s university students have historically been at the forefront of […]

when we first got to Johnson woods I was very underwhelmed. In class, there were mentions of how it was a nature park so I pictured something much larger. I was really saddened when we pulled up and it was a small […]

When approaching Johnson Woods on the bus, one quote that stuck out to me was one that Professor Bourne mentioned which was on the lines of “straight ahead you will see a forest on the left and on the other s […]

During our visit to Johnsons Woods, the fallen trees were what stuck out to me most. There were some that had clearly fallen naturally, and their roots were sticking up from the ground, while others looked as if […]

The sky appears to be engulfed in darkness as the starlings swirl around. One moment it is beautiful as the birds weave a pattern across the sky; however, just moments later that same delicate pattern disappears, […]

Once the ruler of the world, nature must confront a new rival. An eternal battle has emerged between man and nature as their visions of earth’s future collide. They fight as if there is a war and race in hopes o […]

For me I was a little surprised when we first got to Johnson’s Woods because it wasn’t necessarily what I had expected. One of the first things I noticed was that there was not very much wildlife around, except […]

At this point it’s hard to see humans totally disentangling themselves from nature. Like McKibben says, the frontiers are all gone, there isn’t anywhere the boot of man has yet to tread. With that in mind, pla […]

While walking through the Johnson Woods it was impossible to miss the countless numbers of fallen trees. While most of these trees lay on the forest floor undisturbed decaying from decomposers, there were some […]

I greatly enjoyed our trip to Johnson’s Woods. Even though the trees were bare and there was hardly any vegetation other than the dead leaves on the ground, I still got the sense that Johnson’s Woods was a pla […]

When we first walked into the forest, one of my first thoughts was, “I would like this so much better in the spring.” Something about bare trees and overcast skies typically makes me long for warmth and fol […]

Brazil’s far-right government has implemented a new program in an effort to combat the country’s high pregnancy rate and H.I.V. infections: abstinence. Damares Alves, the minister of human rights and fami […]

For the purpose of this week’s blog post, I choose to read and review the Wikipedia article, “History of Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States”. Before delving into the content and structure of the a […]