On Sept. 20, the world witnessed the end of a marital union which contributed greatly to the definition of “true love” in pop culture: Brangelina. Looking back at how the tabloids depicted the relationship of both movie-actors, this Hollywood sensational romance had become, for most of us, the embodiment of what a perfect couple looks […]
Author: Audrey Dubois
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The Turkish coup: A play?
On July 15., a sudden military coup d’état took place in Turkey while the President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was on holiday. The Peace at Home Council, one of the many factions of the Turkish military army, led this coup by trying to seize many different key areas in Turkey, including Ankara and Istanbul. Turkey received […]
“It was very bittersweet. It has been a dream of mine to win an Emmy but it was for a film about someone who lost their life in the most brutal and public way,” said George Kunhardt ’09. Kunhardt won a 2016 Primetime Emmy Award for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking for “Jim: The James […]
Dr. Travis J. Bristol, an Assistant Professor at Boston University hosted a talk on campus last Wednesday afternoon in Mary Lyon. His talk, titled “The Urgency of Teacher Racial/Ethnic Diversity in an Increasingly Diverse Society”, gave the audience an idea of how critical teacher diversity is in American schools. Bristol started off the talk by […]
President Dennis Hanno, Dean Kate Kenny, and Director of Title IX Rachael Pauze addressed the Wheaton community regarding Wheaton’s new sexual assault and gender-based misconduct policy during the town hall meeting in Hindle Auditorium last Wednesday. The meeting was prompted by the recently published Boston Globe article regarding the college’s response to reported sexual assault […]
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Wheaton Tennis looks to improve this year
The new season began for Wheaton Women’s Tennis at with an unfortunate opening loss to Mount Holyoke, 7-2. The Lyons came back to secure their first win later in the week. Coach Pauri Pandian set up an extensive practice to help them win, 5-4, against Springfield. He wanted to reinstate his teamwork ethics of “team culture and player development” […]
The NFL kicked off its season on Thursday, Sept. 8 with a rematch between the two Super Bowl 50 competitors. The New England Patriots had a fantastic showing in their season opener against the highly ranked Arizona Cardinals, on Sunday, Sept. 11, despite not having Tom Brady at quarterback. Jimmy Garoppolo will do a decent-enough […]
The Beard and Weil Galleries are now welcoming pieces from artist Judy Pfaff. “Drawings Thick and Thin” is an installation where the breathtaking variety of Pfaff’s work can be found. The London-born Pfaff has had her work exposed in important art museums and galleries, some of which include The Whitney Museum of American Art, MoMA, […]
There are unending factors contributing to the success of any theatrical mainstage production. Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, written by Christopher Durang and chosen as the fall 2016 mainstage production here at Wheaton, is no exception. As Stage Manager Alivia Cross ’19 revealed, “The week before the show we do a ten-to-ten, so […]
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The new bees of ARTHive
As a result of revived leadership, Wheaton’s only student-run art history club has begun to make a name for itself on campus. Most famous for their bus trip to The Met, Cooper-Hewitt, and the Guggenheim Museums last spring, ARTHive appears ready to continue the momentum this fall. As President Maddy Cook-Comey ’19 put it, the […]