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Issue #6 April 4th, 2024 Volume LVI
24 documented hours in the quarantine dorm
The requirement to stay in Chapin is a circumstance feared by many on campus. To ease curious minds, the following is a documentation of my time in a 24-hour symptom-induced quarantine Thursday, September 9th 1:00…
What Could Have Been…One Hell of a Ride
On Friday, Oct. 22, the 2021 Boston Red Sox season came to a close to the hands of the Astros in six games. After six months full of Red Sox baseball, all the ups, downs, and emotions, we wait till 2022…
True Crime: A Deadly Obsession
If you were to hop on either Spotify or Apple podcasts and look at the charts displaying the most listened to podcasts you would see that on both charts within the top ten there is a common theme: true crime. Whether…
(Political) (Not-so-Brief) Briefs by Ben
Last week on Nov. 2, 2021, it was my favorite day of the year, Election Day! Here are some particularly consequential races from near Wheaton College. These numbers are mostly based on hand-calculated/preliminary/unofficial election results, so some numbers may be slightly…
Count Your Lucky Stars Volume Six
We’re in the weird liminal space known as November. Scorpio • Oct. 23 to Nov. 21 Halloween may be over, but nothing is scarier than daylight savings time. Turn on all your lights. Sagittarius • Nov. 22 to Dec. 21…
In the Mood for Love: Frames within Frames
Everyone lives within their own reality, their own frame. Sometimes that frame becomes a fantasy. Wong Kar-Wai’s In the Mood for Love is an exploration of what happens when that frame, that fantasy is perverse. The film takes place in an…
Meet our new Wheaton employees
In the midst of the Great Resignation, Wheaton has gained a number of new employees. Here are three new faces to recognize around campus this year. Leigh Kozak (she/they) Hometown: Sudbury, Massachusetts Position at Wheaton and what they do: I am…
Count your lucky stars volume five
Will your horoscope be a trick or a treat? Libra • Sept. 23 to Oct. 22 You’re a Reese’s Cup in a sea of Smarties. Scorpio • Oct. 23 to Nov. 21 Ghosting that person isn’t enough—you need to go full…
Briefs by Ben volume two
Wheaton Campus gets ready for Halloween and sees some large shake-ups Author’s Note: Skipping a week gives you more events to choose from. *Taps forehead* Wheaton’s Colleges Against Cancer group hosted a pumpkin carving event on The Dimple from 1 P.M.…
Striketober explained
What do Alabama coal miners, Massachusetts nurses, Hollywood assistants, and Kellogg’s employees all have in common? If you said that they’re all-American workers who are striking in a collective effort to better their working conditions known as “Striketober”, you’d be correct!…