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Letter from the Editor Week 3 Spring 2013

I’m all for a business major at Wheaton College. I understand that, like most things, a new department will only be successful if the entire process is done correctly. I’m not worried about that, though. One thing Wheaton has consistently excelled at since I’ve been here is providing excellent academic programs. In the haze of […]

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Arts and Culture

Tenth annual New Plays Festival showcases student talent

In just a few weeks, the tenth annual New Plays Festival will showcase Wheaton students’ talents in playwriting, directing and acting. The festival will take place over the first weekend in March, and will include nine plays. Professor of Theater David Fox said that the plays are a good way to “showcase the words of […]

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Opinion

Honda ’14: The forgotten, innate eloquence of handwritten letters

The letter is undeniably becoming a relic of the past, a trend that has been confirmed by the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) announcement on February 7 that first class mail delivery services will be reduced to five days per week in an effort to scale back the agency’s losses. Like e-books versus physical books, […]

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News Opinion

J Street U. facilitates nationwide student movement for peace in the Middle East

The arts have constantly been a reflective motive on the zeitgeist of humanity. When there is political turmoil in our world, be it revolution, social changes, elections, etc., humans have always used the arts as an element of political persuasion, a type of progressive push towards equality and harmony. Harmony; one of the key structures […]

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BSA, SAIL collaborate on Black History Month programming

February is Black History Month, and all around the country, celebrations are beginning. Here at Wheaton, the Office of Student Activities, Involvement & Leadership (SAIL), along with the Black Student Association, has put together multiple events to recognize and spread awareness about African-American history in our country. “It is important for Black History Month to […]

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Sports

Men’s basketball sees a season of ups and downs

The Wheaton College Men’s Basketball team suffered a brutal stretch from December into late January, over which they won just one of ten games and deflated a promising 5-0 start back in November. Despite an overall losing record, the Lyons have the talent to become a contender in the New England Men’s and Women’s Athletic […]

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Sports

Patriots prepared for a critical offseason

There was no trip to The Big Easy. There were no celebratory Mardi Gras beads around the neck of Tom Brady. There was no third-quarter blackout delay for the New England Patriots. Instead, Brady, coach Bill Belichick, and the rest of the Patriots organization watched Super Bowl XLVII from their couches, as they agonizingly observed […]

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Arts and Culture

Student curated show highlights Wheaton’s history

Since its foundation in 1834, Wheaton has undergone significant changes, most notably converting from a female seminary to a college when it was granted its charter in 1912. The exhibit “100 Years, 100 Objects” at the Beard and Weil Galleries celebrates this milestone in Wheaton’s history and showcases not only stories of the college’s past, […]

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Arts and Culture

Professor Stephanie B. Daniels shines in one woman play

A diverse audience of all ages gathered in Kresge Experimental Theater on Thurs, Feb. 7 to see Stephanie Burlington Daniels perform in the play “Birth Breath Bride Elizabeth.” Although some were prepared for Daniels’ theatrics, many were unsuspecting of the exact format of the ensuing drama as they settled in and looked at the minimal […]

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Features

Anagrams nag a ram: all about Comp Sci

The Computer Science department is seeking fun college students who aren’t afraid to walk on the wild-side by mixing together, that’s right, math and science. Anyone with an interest in staying up all night just snuggling and messing around on Python, or creating intricate algorithms to easily find anagrams to talk about over a romantic […]