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Kendrick Lamar restores ‘realness’ to modern rap

Recently, the hip-hop charts have been dominated by albums like Watch the Throne. They rap about Bentleys and Hublots, ditching poor chicks in mall bathrooms. It’s enough to make you forget where hip-hop came from. Its roots are dirtier, wrapped in a history of drug deals and drive-bys while trying to survive in the ghetto. […]

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Preview day offers accepted students a glimpse into Wheaton life

Last Friday began the first of four spring semester open houses for accepted students of the Class of 2017. Over 200 students arrived on campus, with around 80 students spending the night. Overnight visits allow prospective students to shadow current Wheaton students, to show what the living, academic and social situation is like. With additional […]

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Commencement speaker announced

Wheaton College has announced that the commencement speaker for the Class of 2013 will be former Federal District Court of Massachusetts Judge Nancy Gertner. Judge Gertner is described by Professor of Biology John Kricher, a close friend of the recently announced speaker, as a true “representative of Wheaton values.” Judge Gertner attended Barnard College and […]

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FAW kicks off Women’s History Month with Feminist Panel

March is Women’s History Month, and to kick it off, the Feminist Association of Wheaton sponsored a Feminist Panel on Monday, Feb. 25, where a panel of six feminists presented their views on the subject. The panel, held in Meneely 102, consisted of Rasheeda Abdul-Musawwir ’13, Judith Gil ’14, Joe Nelson ’14, Assistant Professor of […]

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Trivia take-down: how to win Loft trivia nights

Here’s a trivia question for you: how can you win more Lyon’s bucks? You may have noticed some of the fliers around the Emerson area advertising Trivia Night at the Loft, where the prize for the winning team is 100 Lyon’s bucks. Unfortunately, my team only secured second place. However, Trivia Monday is shaping up […]

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Morton ’14: PlayStation 4 announcement signals the future of video-gaming

Earlier in January Sony released a mysterious trailer containing symbols commonly associated with the PlayStation gaming controller.  For three weeks this speculation flared on the internet regarding Sony progressing to the next generation of video gaming. This  could only mean one thing: PlayStation 4 was going to be announced soon!  Sure enough on February 20th […]

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Obama urges fiscal action in State of the Union Address

In his State of the Union address on Feb. 12, President Barack Obama urged Congress to look past party lines to push the nation further on the road to recovery. Obama started his speech by invoking one of American politics’ most iconic figures: “Fifty-one years ago,” said the President, “John F. Kennedy declared to this Chamber […]

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Asian American Coalition celebrates Lunar New Year

If you wandered through the Balfour-Hood Center on Feb. 15 at 7 p.m.you may have been hit by lettuce streaming from the mouth of a dragon. It is apparent that Wheaton’s Asian American Coalition (AAC) pulled out all the stops to celebrate the Lunar New Year. Lunar New Year is a more encompassing name for […]

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Sports

Play ball! Top ranked Lyons kick off season

Last spring, the Lyons marched all the way to the NCAA Division III College World Series game, and this year the team finds itself in a similar position across the landscape of the sport: the very top. Wheaton’s baseball team is ranked first overall according to multiple preseason polls, making them early favorites to capture […]

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Festival of Dance, Trybe Gala wow Wheaton students

For the past two weeks, Wheaton has had the privilege of hosting two on-campus dance group performances: The Festival of Dance and the annual Trybe Gala. Featuring the latin dance group Paraiso Latino, tap dance group Tap Out Loud and the multi-faceted dance ensemble Trybe, both events were impressive and memorable. Perhaps the most impressive […]