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Astrology

Count Your Lucky Stars Volume Six

We’re in the weird liminal space known as November. Scorpio  •  Oct. 23 to Nov. 21 Halloween may be over, but nothing is scarier than daylight savings time. Turn on all your lights. Sagittarius   •  Nov. 22 to Dec. 21 Just because you’re in a huge rut right now doesn’t mean you can’t have […]

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Arts and Culture

In the Mood for Love: Frames within Frames

Everyone lives within their own reality, their own frame. Sometimes that frame becomes a fantasy. Wong Kar-Wai’s In the Mood for Love is an exploration of what happens when that frame, that fantasy is perverse. The film takes place in an overcrowded 1960’s Hong Kong. It tells the story of Mr. Chau and Mrs. Chan […]

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Features

Meet our new Wheaton employees

In the midst of the Great Resignation, Wheaton has gained a number of new employees.  Here are three new faces to recognize around campus this year. Leigh Kozak (she/they) Hometown: Sudbury, Massachusetts Position at Wheaton and what they do: I am the Area Coordinator for the YMC quad–Young, McIntire, and Clark.  I live in the […]

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Astrology

Count your lucky stars volume five

Will your horoscope be a trick or a treat? Libra  •  Sept. 23 to Oct. 22 You’re a Reese’s Cup in a sea of Smarties.  Scorpio  •  Oct. 23 to Nov. 21 Ghosting that person isn’t enough—you need to go full poltergeist. Sagittarius   •  Nov. 22 to Dec. 21 This week you will be […]

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News

Briefs by Ben volume two

Wheaton Campus gets ready for Halloween and sees some large shake-ups Author’s Note: Skipping a week gives you more events to choose from. *Taps forehead* Wheaton’s Colleges Against Cancer group hosted a pumpkin carving event on The Dimple from 1 P.M. to 2 P.M. on Oct. 22. Julianna Bauer, ‘22, noted that they were raising […]

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Arts and Culture

Claudia Rankine’s Citizen: horror & humiliation, hypervisibility, and invisibility

Have you ever seen yourself through another’s eyes? What did it look like? Was it ugly, terrible, horrifying? Claudia Rankine’s book Citizen: An American Lyric, among other things, illustrates how a lens of horror descends during a microaggression. In other words, the victim sees a horrific image of themselves. Citizen features a collection of microaggressions […]

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Sports

Bridgewater State beats Wheaton in close season opener

The Wheaton Ultimate Frisbee (WULF) team lost fairly narrowly by a score of 12-15 in their season opener against Bridgewater State University (BSU). The game occured on Friday, Oct. 22 at the Diane C. Nordin field from 8 P.M. to just after 10 P.M. This game was also BSU’s first game of the season. In […]

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podcast

The Wire Podcast Ep. 1: Can We Say That?

You didn’t ask us for it, but here you go. The Wire Podcast Episode 1 is now live! Join Delaney and myself, Abram, as we chat about everything that matters to YOU from Chase Dining to parking on campus. Please enjoy it (or don’t)!

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Astrology

Horoscopes for the Week of 4/11-4/17

Aries (March 21 – April 19) You’re hot and you know it. Bring that energy to what matters to you. Taurus (April 20 – May 20) Feelings aren’t easy, you’re allowed to ask for help. Gemini (May 21 – June 20) Practice what you preach. Cancer (June 21 – July 22) Let yourself take a […]