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Issue #6 April 4th, 2024 Volume LVI
Arts schedule promises wide range of performers
Dance performances kick off Arts at Wheaton’s spring 2015 lineup this weekend with the annual Trybe Gala and the 2015 Dance Festival. The annual Trybe Gala will kick off the semester this week on Feb.…
Wheaton’s Chapter of Roosevelt Institute to Receive Share of Award Funding
The Roosevelt Institute Campus Network announced early this month that it has won the 2015 MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Solutions to help fund its chapters across the country. Wheaton College’s Roosevelt chapter will receive some of these funds to…
Wheaton celebrates Black History Month
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”- Martin Luther King, “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” This was just…
Chatterjee ’18: On Kanye, Grammys incident, God-complex
I am a God” – perhaps the boldest statement you could make in society today. Kanye West, however, seems to have a penchant for the bold; he proudly proclaims his status as a deity on his most recent studio album, “Yeezus.”…
Update on Wheaton’s Endowment Fund reveals no significant changes
An integral part of any college’s financial support is its endowment fund and Wheaton is no exception. The endowment fund at Wheaton impacts the financial aspect of nearly every operation on campus and is run primarily, if not exclusively, on donations.…
‘Between the Lines’ kicks off semester-long group dialogue
The Between the Lines Intergroup Dialogue had its kick off session on Feb. 13 at 12:30 p.m. at the Marshall Center. This semester long dialogue is divided into two issues; one on socio economic status facilitated by Muneeba Syed ’17 and…
Trinidad journey offers firsthand insight for music class
Over the winter break, twelve students in Julie Searles’s MUSC 204 class, Innovative Music Traditions of Trinidad and Tobago, were able to spend eleven days in Trinidad and Tobago. This was Searles’s sixth time bringing students to Trinidad. While on the…
Faculty approves credit cap on initial course registration times
As a freshman or sophomore, course selection week at Wheaton can feel like the Hunger Games. Some classes, particularly in the natural and social sciences, are in high demand. Underclassmen must often race for the few spots that remain open to…
Fahoum ’18: The problem with the Middle East
Being an Arab is a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, being an Arab ensures having a beautiful language, a diverse religious community and never ending art, music and literature. On the other hand, being an Arab living in…
A cappella groups induct new members
A new semester means campus groups have been seeking new members, and Wheaton’s various a cappella groups are no exception. Having temporarily lost some members due to various study abroad experiences, each group was left with spots to fill. Thus, the…