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Arts and Culture

Show Review: The Umbrella Academy

“The Umbrella Academy” dives into its odd and twisting universe swiftly with the adoption of seven out of 43 mysteriously born children, by the eccentric, if not abusive, billionaire Sir Reginald Hargreeves. Based on the comic book of the same name written by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá, the series was created by Jeremy Slater […]

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Features

Study Away in Boston

Every semester, students travel across the world to places like Spain, Ireland, Bhutan, and many more. But what about the students who cannot afford to go abroad, who don’t feel comfortable traveling that far, or who want a more local experience? For myself and others, the answer was the Semester in the City (SITC) program. […]

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Arts and Culture

The Death of a Style Icon and Revolutionary

Karl Lagerfeld, veteran and pioneer of the fashion industry, passed away at age 85 on Feb. 19, 2019. Rumors about Lagerfeld’s health had been swirling for weeks after he had missed a series of events, one of them being Chanel’s Spring/Summer show last month. Lagerfeld was the Creative Director for CHANEL since 1983, but he […]

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News

Updates to SGA

This semester, there have been some changes in the student government representatives. There are three new senators: Joe Perez ’20, Christopher Orndoff ’21 and Emily Dionne ’21. James Clancy ’20, the vice education council chair, has moved up to the education council chair. Mateo Espinosa ’19, a former senator-at-large, is now the vice president and […]

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Arts and Culture

Greedy Video Game Companies

From the beginning, early video game consoles, such as the Atari and the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), were marketed purely and simply as toys and sold as such. Since that time, video games have evolved by leaps and bounds and have made advancements that were previously unimaginable. Not only has the technology behind video games […]

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Opinion

How the Assumptions of Teachers Hurt Students

Anyone who has taken a class at Wheaton knows that supplies are outrageously priced. By supplies I mean books, lab costs, paints and other items needed for certain classes. In all honesty, I’ve been rather lucky as an English major; I can get most of my books from the library. But what about the students […]

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Opinion

The Rocky Road to the Oscars

To say that the road to the Oscars has been rocky this year would be an understatement. This season brings the usual criticisms. Six of the eight films nominated for Best Picture are historical dramas, and while not technically one, “A Star is Born” has been remade enough times to give it an honorary status. […]

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From the Editor

Letter From the Editor (Issue 9)

At this time a year ago, Wheaton was plunged into darkness. In its second blackout of the year, students flooded the Library and Science Center. Now as emails are sent out warning of high winds and anything from hard rain to a full snow storm is around the corner, I hope that we can prepare […]

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Astrology

Just Star Stuff (Issue 9)

Whoops, y’all. I went and became a senior? I’m graduating? When did that happen? Someone build a time machine please, take me back. Scorpio | Oct. 23 to Nov. 21     You’re beautiful. Sagittarius | Nov. 22 to Dec. 21 Everyone desserts a cheesecake.     Haha. Capricorn | Dec. 22 to Jan. 19      You look […]

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Sports

Preseason Preview: Lacrosse

Jan. 27, marked the beginning of a crucial period of time in the men’s lacrosse program at Wheaton College. It was the start of preseason. Over the course of this three-week stretch, head coach Kyle Hart, in his fourth year of coaching the Lyons, must systematically integrate, develop, and prepare his squad for the physically […]