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Issue #6 April 4th, 2024 Volume LVI
Is a new dorm in Wheaton’s future?
For the past few years, Wheaton has gradually increased the number of students accepted to its incoming classes. As many students have already experienced, housing, for first year students especially, has become slightly overcrowded as…
Sex and the Dimple: The Bystander Effect
When we go to parties, we’re responsible not only for our own safety, but also for the safety of those around us. That isn’t to say that when you go out you need to be on constant watch for date rape.…
Skehan ’15: Nearing Sandy Hook anniversary, school violence and mass shootings are once again in the news
It is becoming difficult to get through a month, or even a week, without seeing some sort of tragedy break on the front pages. Even as I write this on Friday evening, I’m seeing reports about a shooting in the Los…
The Lyon’s Den hosts internationally acclaimed monologues
In the dimly lit Lyon’s Den on Sunday, Oct. 27, students and faculty cupped mugs of coffee and tea, ate the always-popular chocolate chip cookies (warmed, of course), and settled in a comfy couch. However, this was not a typical Sunday…
Wheaton crowns “King of Pink” to end Breast Cancer Awareness Month
October’s Breast Cancer Awareness month concluded Thursday Oct. 31 with the “King of Pink” event in the Balfour-Hood Center from 12 to 2 p.m. Students wrote names of victims or survivors on cutouts of pink ribbons and placed them on the…
Letter From the Editor Week 9
All, It’s funny how being busier than ever can be a therapeutic experience if you fall into the right places. With club participation declining across the board, it’s a truth that bears mention. I’m a pretty good example, I think. It’s…
The Wire interviews General Michael Hayden
On Oct. 25, alongside journalists from six collegiate newspapers, the Wire participated in a roundtable interview with former National Security Agency (NSA) and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Michael Hayden. The interview, which was conducted in Washington D.C, focused on government…
Red Soxes Win the World Series
The 2013 Boston Red Sox are World Series Champions. They are the first franchise to win three World Series titles in the new century after winning their eleventh postseason game in the sixth of their best-of-seven game series with the St.…
The time is now for the Celtics to trade Rajon Rondo
Rajon Rondo is one of the most talented players to have ever worn the Boston green, and could be developing into one of the greatest point guards of all time. But the Celtics aren’t bringing home another championship banner anytime soon.…
Cross Country captain Kruskal ’14 leads the charge
The Women’s Cross Country team has had an extremely strong beginning season, finishing in first place as a team in three out of the five meets they’ve raced. Led by captain Shoshana Kruskal ’14, the Lyons are a tight-knit team who…