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Issue #6 April 4th, 2024 Volume LVI
Moroccan art lecture delivered by visiting Boston University professor
Thursday afternoon, Associate Professor of History of Art & Architecture Cynthia Becker from Boston University visited Wheaton’s Art History course “Resistance, Memory and Hope in African Arts” to deliver her lecture on contemporary Moroccan art.…
Chance the Rapper and Chiddy Bang: A transition in hype
To say the least, we were all well informed that Chance the Rapper was unable to appear at Wheaton this past Spring Weekend. With his lack of appearance came the slow downward trickle of the hype that surrounded the raper on…
Letter from the Editor
This is it—my last letter as Editor-in-Chief of the Wire. Whoa. First off, I am thrilled to introduce Alex Butcher-Nesbitt as the next Editor-in-Chief of our paper. Alex will helm the Wire after three years of experience as a writer and…
Spring Weekend 2014: Out of this World
On Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, Wheaton students were giddy with excitement as they traversed the campus in shorts, t-shirts, and rain jackets. Even as a steady mist fell on the Dimple, people excitedly traversed from food in Emerson, to food…
The Public Safety Log from 4/21/2014 through 4/28/2014
The Public Safety Log from 4/21/2014 through 4/28/2014, courtesy of Charles Furgal, Director of Public Safety, can be found here: 04.21._04.28.14
Better together, appreciating community at Wheaton College
To paraphrase Kid President, “What are you going to do to make Wheaton more awesome?” The Wheaton College Better Together Festival, B2G, celebrated on Thursday, April 10, proved that the Wheaton Community is only what we make it. The festival was…
The Lorde has risen: A monumental contribution to modern music
Young artists, especially musicians and actors/actresses, have begun to exponentially rattle the expectations of quality, artistic content throughout the past few decades by questioning where it must come from. As is constantly relevant in the mainstream music industry, independent skill and…
Natale ’16: Let’s talk about the Honor Code
This past week, for the Violence Against Women Symposium, I organized a review of the sexual assault and misconduct policy. During our conversations, we began to realize that the sexual assault policy and the Honor Code had something in common: it…
Wheaton hosts Sister Outsider
Most people don’t want to be an outsider, but for Dominique Christina and Denice Frohman, it seems to have worked out pretty well. The two, who happen to be two of the top three female slam poets in the world, make…
Interview with Men’s Lacrosse Patrick Crane
I had the chance to talk to Senior Long Stick Midfielder Patrick Crane’14 about Wheaton Men’s Lacrosse team’s season so far. The Lyons have gone 4-8 as of April 18th, in what’s been a season of breathtaking wins and close losses. The…