The theater department of Wheaton will be showcasing the one-act musical “Once on This Island”, book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, with music by Stephen Flaherty. The show follows Ti Moune, an orphan girl raised by peasants in sea-swept, post-revolution Carribean village. “The whole story surrounds Ti Moune seeking the gods who rule her island,” […]
Month: March 2019
On Feb. 21 in the Ellison Lecture Hall, the 11th annual Mary L. Heuser lecture in art history took place. The talk featured Christa Clarke, Ph.D., the Board President of the Association of Art Museum Curators (AAMC) and the AAMC foundation. Clarke is an associate with Harvard’s Hutchins Center for African & African American Research […]
Studying Abroad at Wheaton
Culture shock, a foreign language, and you still have to go to class? The prospect of studying abroad can be daunting for many students. After all, college life is already stressful enough, even when accompanied by a carefully cultivated routine. Could completely uprooting one’s self just for a change of scenery really be worth it? […]
From Feb. 21-25, the 53 members of Wheaton’s swimming and diving teams took to the water in their single most important competition of the year: the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference Championship (NEWMAC). NEWMAC was held at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, roughly an hour away from Wheaton College. The event consisted of four exhilarating […]
This Year’s Celtics Column
There are few more compelling thought experiments in the current professional sports world than figuring out what’s going on with the Boston Celtics. Pre-season expectations were exorbitant. The team had their top dogs back in Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward, both of whom had their seasons cut short the previous year. Young studs on the […]
Just Star Stuff
Gimme a minute, Billy Porter knocked me down with that perfect fashion moment. Here are some weird March holidays for you to celebrate. Scorpio | Oct. 23 to Nov. 21 National Frozen Food Month – finally, I can celebrate Totino’s the way I’ve always wanted! Sagittarius | Nov. 22 to Dec. 21 National Celery Month […]
The month of Feb. is a big month for advertising. With winter continually dragging people down into the dumps and big awards shows occurring, such as the Oscars, there’s no better time to show off new products; not to mention the magnum opus of advertising: the Super Bowl. Despite the game itself being quite lackluster, […]
Improving Accessibility on Campus
WheAccess calls upon Wheaton College students for support of the club’s mission to improve accessibility across campus. The club is currently working with the campus administration to improve the many flaws in the infrastructure of the college. According to the accessibility coordinator on campus, Autumn Grant, Wheaton College follows regulations put in place by the […]
On Feb. 28, at 5:30 p.m., the second annual faculty speaker series continued with Dr. Touba Ghadessi’s talk in the Mary Lyon Holman Room. Ghadessi, an associate professor of art history and associate provost for academic administration and faculty affairs here at Wheaton, spoke about her new book, “Portraits of Human Monsters in the Renaissance.” […]
FAW Brings Change
As an affiliate of Planned Parenthood’s Generation Action program, The Feminist Association of Wheaton (FAW) has been given a Campus Campaign Grant this year to enact change in the name of Reproductive Justice at Wheaton. Initially, FAW was asked by Planned Parenthood to brainstorm areas for improvement on campus. Through this process and conversations with […]