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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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Most Wheaton students can relate to feeling a strong yearning for a nice plate of General Tso’s chicken. Luckily, if Chinese cuisine is what you seek, you do not have to roam far to satisfy your craving. In fact, the array of options for Chinese food in Norton can be overwhelming. Jade City, Tsang’s Chinese […]
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Relentless Celtics go on without Rondo
When the final whistle blew at the TD Garden on Jan. 27, all star forward Paul Pierce, the rest of the Boston Celtics organization, and fans across New England were in sheer ecstasy. The Celtics had just upset the defending champion Miami Heat 100-98 in a double overtime thriller. Kevin Garnett and the other Celtic […]
After four years of sorting through the financial wreckage left behind from the housing bubble, the Department of Justice has decided to bring a five billion dollar civil suit against McGraw-Hill because their rating department, Standard and Poor (S&P), allegedly defrauded investors by giving nearly perfect ratings to subprime mortgage bundles destined to default. In […]
After years of living under a rock, I’m pleased to announce that the Wire is now on the internet at www.wheatonwire.wpengine.com. Hallelujah. The website was designed with David Caldwell, a former employee at the Wheaton College Communications Office, with sites like the Wheaton Quarterly in mind. Like the Quarterly, it features a nifty picture widget […]