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Issue #6 April 4th, 2024 Volume LVI
As Giants win the Series, should the Royals have sent Alex Gordon?
In a World Series largely filled with blowouts and slugfests, Game 7 came down to precise pitching and timely hitting. It’s a style of play the Royals have excelled at all season, embracing sacrifice flies…
Wheaton Words event recruits aspiring writers, performers
You may have seen some of the emails or flyers or Facebook posts seeking student submissions for Wheaton Words. Directors Jonathan Korns ’15 and Milana Meytes ’15 and stage managers Audrey Dubois ’17 and Sarah Estrela ’15 have hit the ground…
Senior English major sees work published
Colby Ornell ’15 recently published her first creative writing piece, “The Rambler,” in the September edition of the Cobalt Review. The story is about a young girl who follows her loneliness though the desert of Arizona and New Mexico. “It focuses…
Toilography: a new appreciation of restrooms through the viewfinder
Some photographers choose to dedicate their talents to capturing the beauty of the world. Others choose to dedicate their talents to capturing the toilets of the world in all their lavatorial glory. Dan Schaumann has used a lot of toilets in…
Connecting with WCCS, Wheaton radio station
Many student clubs serve as creative outlets for students who need to relieve some of the stress of academic life. The Wheaton College radio, WCCS, is one such club. However, while other clubs on campus are openly planning and advertising for…
Sidell ’15 cultivates community with campus farm
Ciara Sidell ’15 has made a large impact on the Wheaton community during her time here, an impact that will be felt beyond her graduation this May. During her freshman year, Sidell joined the club Aftertaste. There had been talk of…
The USA: Land of the incarcerated, home of the private prison industry
The fact that we have, by far, the most prisoners out of any country in the world is a problem. We incarcerate more people than huge autocratic nations like China, have more than double the amount of the strict Putin-led Russia,…
Cuba and the United States’ relationship during the Ebola crisis
The United States of America seems to have accepted the notion of working closely with Cuba in an attempt to globally manage the Ebola epidemic. An official of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention attended a summit in Havana earlier…
Letter from the Editor
Today I woke up and it was snowing. It must be November. Thankfully, we were blessed with a beautiful week leading up to Halloween and a plethora of exciting Halloween programming thanks to the fact that, gloriously, October 31st fell on…
“King of Pink” competition culminates in Hanno’s “caking”
President Hanno and Student Government Association President JP Carando, both dressed in all pink, were ceremoniously caked in the face in front of the chapel on Friday. The caking was the culmination of a competition called the “King of Pink.” The…