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Issue #6 April 4th, 2024 Volume LVI
Thank you, Viola Davis, for explaining ‘opportunity’
Viola Davis accepts her Emmy. Photo courtesy of Iowa State Daily The only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity”, said Emmy Award winner Viola Davis last Sunday…
Linda Eisenmann will step down as provost in June
On Sept. 16, President Dennis Hanno sent out an email informing the Wheaton community that Provost Linda Eisenmann would serve as provost until June 30, 2016 and following a sabbatical, would assume a faculty position at the start of the 2017-18…
Shonda Rhimes changes TV
Photo courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter If you google “Shonda Rhimes memes,” the results are endless. Scrutinized for killing off a major character in one of her hit dramas, Grey’s Anatomy, last spring, this writer/director/producer is a…
Disclosure’s new album is okay
Photo courtesy of okayplayer.com In their highly anticipated follow-up to 2013’s Settle, the British brothers largely stick to the same formula that made them famous, although they don’t execute it quite as well. 90s house-influenced dance songs…
Natale ’16: Don’t defund Planned Parenthood
Photo courtesy of opposingviews.com Defunding Planned Parenthood is a political game and if House Republicans were successful, we’d all be losers. On Thursday, the Senate voted to reject a bill to defund Planned Parenthood. Shortly after, John…
Hannah Zack ’18 writes about living with a disability for Huffington Post
Photo courtesy of The Huffington Post Hannah Zack ’18 recently had her work published in the well-known online news aggregator, The Huffington Post. Her article, “Why We Need to Reshape What It Means To Be A Person…
Beard and Weil Galleries tackle difficult subject
Photo courtesy of Alivia Cross ’19 Beard and Weil galleries in the Watson Fine Arts Center are currently home to three exhibitions entitled “Unsettled: One Hundred Years of War and Resistance,” “Johannesburg in Print” and “The Planetarium…
#IStandWithAhmed
A fourteen-year-old boy brought a homemade clock to school and hours later the Texas teen was accused of creating a hoax bomb and arrested on sight. After a brief investigation, no charges were filed and the case was closed, but it…
In a town hall, talk of the DOJ investigation here at Wheaton
On Sept. 15, the administration at Wheaton held a meeting open to students to discuss the details of the Department of Justice’s investigation of a supposed breach in Title IX on campus regarding sexual assault policies. Title IX warrants that all…
Speak About It brings real talk about sex to Wheaton students
“We are Speak About It and we are passionate about sex!” So began a night of discourse on sex, consent and healthy relationships hosted by the Bowdoin-based group Speak About It last Monday night. The group consisted of five students who…