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Issue #8 May 8th, 2024
Volume LVI
Students Protest for Palestine During Honors Convocation
Shortly before Honors Convocation at 5PM, about a dozen students gathered in the Dimple, Some wore red, green, and white (the colors of the Palestinian flag), and held signs that read “Free Gaza,” “Ceasefire Now,”…
The Most Important Student Printer is Gone
The removal of the Meneely printer left most students in a playwriting class unable to submit their first assignment, leaving their professor aghast to start the spring semester. Playwriting students arrived empty handed for their second class of the semester, expecting…
The Wheaton College Dance Company’s ‘Dimensions’ Showcase
The Wheaton College Dance Company dazzled audiences with its annual performance, titled “Dimensions,” which ran from Thursday, April 18 to Saturday, April 20. Directed by Cheryl Mrozowski and artistically directed by Andrea Taylor-Blenis, this year’s spring show presented an array of…
Reflections with Interim Provost Karen McCormack
By Emma Kiernan and Moira Sankey As this academic year comes to a close, Provost Karen McCormack is finishing her one-year interim provost position. After spending the past three years working in higher education administration as an associate provost and interim…
Wheaton Soccer wins the Cushing Cup
The Wheaton College men’s soccer team won the fourth annual Cushing Cup, defeating RogerWilliams University 1-0 in the final game of the tournament on Saturday, April 13. The tournament takes place on the Diane Nordin field, consisting of four teams who…
Phazed and Confused: An Exclusive Wheaton Woodstock Interview
How about Wheaton Woodstock, huh? Wasn’t that just a flurry of good vibes and excitement? If you’ve ever thought to yourself, “Wow! Those music people are just the coolest! I wonder what they’re like off the stage?” Then look no further.…
Norton’s Old Library – New Beginnings
The Old Library, previously Norton’s only library, was sold and is being renovated – and will hopefully be a business boom. In 1886, Eliza B. Wheaton, whom our school is named after, announced to the town of Norton that she’d be…
My Salute to Emma Hayes, a Gem on and off the Pitch
Similar to your time at Wheaton, all good times do, eventually, in some way or another come to an end. Whether you like it or not. Serena Williams’ dominance in the sport of tennis did. The USWNT’s run at the pinnacle…
Wheaton’s Thirty-Third Annual Head of the Peacock
By Emma Kiernan and Joshua Nangle On Friday, April 26 Wheaton held the thirty-third annual Head of the Peacock as part of Spring Weekend celebrations. The Head of the Peacock is a boat race featuring different theme houses, clubs, and student…
The Lost Story of Blafan: The Creative Process of a Short Film
My creative process is in fact, messy. My photography professor has described my work as “organized chaos.” I make photographic work, I make short films, and recently have involved myself in the process of producing and creating music. For the purposes…
An Interview with President Whelan
By Emma Kiernan and Moira Sankey The end of this semester marks two years since President Michaele Whelan joined the Wheaton community, bringing with her years of experience in liberal arts administration. There has been a sense of confusion among Wheaton…
On Birding and Paying Attention
On a humid and gray day in late April, one of the sections of Jessie Knowlton’s ornithology class stands crowded around the edge of a pond in Caratunk Wildlife Refuge in Seekonk, MA. Most people’s binoculars are pointed towards a tree…