The Oscars is easily the most glamorous night in Hollywood. The most successful people of the year in the film industry come together under the Dolby Theatre roof to celebrate the achievements of both familiar and foreign names. This year, controversy surrounded the 88th ceremony. When Oscar nominations were announced in January, the Hollywood community […]
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Wheaton’s 14th annual New Plays Festival began on February 27 at 1 p.m. with shows performed periodically throughout the weekend. The festival showcases long plays written by students in Professor of English Charlotte Meehan’s Advanced Playwriting class. These plays are then performed by students in the Theatre Department. Meehan first started the New Plays Festival […]
Martin Luther King (MLK), Jr. Day is celebrated on the third Monday of January- usually when Wheaton College is on winter break. Last year, former Black Student Association (BSA) President Ezeanne Fonge ’16 along with other members spoke with President Dennis Hanno about organizing Wheaton’s first ever MLK Legacy Celebrations. This event was realized on […]
For the second year now, Wheaton has hosted a group of Bhutanese students and staff members from Royal Thimphu College (RTC). Four students and two staff members visited Wheaton from February 8 to the 21. Through our partnership with RTC, 10 groups of Wheaton students have had the chance to participate in the semester abroad […]
Kanye West posted photos on Instagram and Twitter of a Youtube browser playing Sufjan Stevens song “Death with Dignity” from his latest album with the caption “Day 3.” However, in taking the photo, several tabs were open on his desktop, including one on the music torrent website The Pirate Bay. Other tabs included a ripper […]
Boston Calling recently released its official May 2016 lineup and schedule for the second show of the year on February 18. The festival will be featuring 23 artists, including Sia, Robyn, Disclosure, Janelle Monáe, Sufjan Stevens and Haim from May 27 to 29 in Boston’s City Hall Plaza. Although the three-day schedule was not released […]
A man was struck and killed by a northbound high-speed Amtrak train at the Mansfield train station on March 2 at 2:44 p.m. He has not yet been identified. The train was heading to Boston and hit the pedestrian between the platform of the train station and the Mansfield chocolate factory. Witnesses confirm that a […]
Ashlee “Lola” Haze who is a spoken word artist from Atlanta, Georgia performed for Live at Wheaton on February 25. Her message to the Wheaton community was, “Listen more than you speak. Read more than you write. Check your privilege if you have it. Create more spaces for people of color and make sure those […]
Most students view the time between fall and spring semesters as a period to catch up on sleep, see old friends and unwind for a whole month while their studies are temporarily put on hold. However, some Wheaton students choose to take on the task of completing winter internships while they are away from school. […]
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Inequity in America: Whose fault is it?
“Pull yourself up by your bootstraps” is a dead narrative, and Donald Trump has put the nails in its coffin. For decades, the phrase has been used to patronize oppressed and marginalized peoples and paint them as being responsible for their own suffering and disadvantaged positions in society. If these people just worked hard enough, […]