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Public Safety Log 3/3/2014 through 3/17/2014

The Public Safety Log from 3/3/2014 through 3/17/2014, courtesy of Charles Furgal, Director of Public Safety, can be found here: 03.03._03.17.14 .

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Sports

World-class display of hockey at the Sochi games

The Sochi Olympic games were potentially the last time National Hockey League (NHL) players will participate in the Olympics. Concerns with injuries and scheduling have led to some rumblings that the league will not permit players to compete in 2018. If Sochi is indeed the swan song of the NHL’s participation in Olympic hockey, it […]

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Arts and Culture

TRYBE builds community through dance at “Versus” gala

Students packed into Weber Theater to watch  TRYBE, Wheaton College’s Multicultural Dance Company and first student-run dance group, present their annual gala. Titled “Versus,” the show ran  Thursday, Feb. 20 through Saturday, Feb. 22. TRYBE is made up of Wheaton students who not only respect each other’s cultural knowledge and differences, but also come together […]

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Arts and Culture

New Plays Festival showcases raw acting and playwrighting talent

One mark of a good play is its ability to touch the audience even when its trimmings – save for chair and a handful of props – are stripped away, leaving only space, people, and words. Students participating in Wheaton’s New Plays Festival on Feb. 22 and 23 did not have the luxury to hide […]

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Features

SAIL’s involvement in GATRA’s new stop

Mansfield Crossing is a popular weekend shopping destination for many people on campus because it has retailers such as L.L. Bean, Best Buy and Kohl’s. It is one of the few accessible shopping spots in the surrounding area, the next closest being Target in Easton the Emerald Square Mall in Attleboro, and the Wrentham Outlets. […]

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Arts and Culture

Keeping up with Jessica Kuszaj

If you were to look at Wheaton’s Art Calendar at this very moment, you would quickly see a pattern. Under almost every event listed, you’ll see “Contact: Jessica Kuszaj.” Kuszaj is Wheaton’s Arts Events and Publicity Manager. She said that her primary focus is the Evelyn Danzig Haas ’39 Visiting Artists Program. Of the program, […]

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News Opinion

Examining coexistence of sports and academics

I’m a NARP, a non-athletic regular person.  It’s not something that I thought would really be considered as a defining characteristic in college. After all, though our majors may vary across diverse fields, we are here in a common pursuit of higher education.  However, I have realized that Wheaton, like many other small colleges, is […]

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News

Review: “The Vagina Monologues” are crucial and captivating

Have you ever stopped to look at a vagina? Have you ever spoken to it? Have you ever put it in a sundress or a beret? These were some of the many questions that were proposed at Friday and Saturday night’s run of  “The Vagina Monologues.” “The Vagina Monologues” is a play featuring monologues from […]

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Opinion

The TRYBE Gala and what its success means for the Wheaton community

Jammed into Weber Theatre like a monstrous pack of a hundred sardines, the anticipation of Wheaton’s annual gala show run by TRYBE, hosted from Thursday, Feb 20 through Saturday, Feb 22, left the audience stirring in their seats. I was glad that we had arrived early, as there were many people waiting or searching for […]

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From the Editor

Letter from the editor 3/5/2014

Should I talk about President-Elect Hanno? You’ve probably read the interviews, you probably listened to him speak last week. You’ve read the torrent of praise from Babson’s end, you’ve seen the tweets-a-plenty active social media presence. If you’re reading this letter, you have almost certainly read our coverage in the Wire. So, do I talk […]