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Issue #6 April 4th, 2024 Volume LVI
Claudia Rankine’s Citizen: horror & humiliation, hypervisibility, and invisibility
Have you ever seen yourself through another’s eyes? What did it look like? Was it ugly, terrible, horrifying? Claudia Rankine’s book Citizen: An American Lyric, among other things, illustrates how a lens of horror descends…
Bridgewater State beats Wheaton in close season opener
The Wheaton Ultimate Frisbee (WULF) team lost fairly narrowly by a score of 12-15 in their season opener against Bridgewater State University (BSU). The game occured on Friday, Oct. 22 at the Diane C. Nordin field from 8 P.M. to just…
The Velvet Underground: How we Remember the Dead
Memoir-turned-film Prozac Nation shows the story of Elizabeth Wurtzel during her college days, a girl clinically depressed, and perpetually obsessed with Lou Reed. The book is based on Wurtzel’s real experiences, and as I write my review on the Velvet Underground…
The Wire Podcast Ep. 1: Can We Say That?
You didn’t ask us for it, but here you go. The Wire Podcast Episode 1 is now live! Join Delaney and myself, Abram, as we chat about everything that matters to YOU from Chase Dining to parking on campus. Please enjoy…
Essential Skills for College Students
Source: Pixabay College students today are in a high-stress environment and under pressure 24/7. Though there are many ways college students learn to cope with the active campus life and course load, some lack understanding of the essential skills college students…
Essential Skills for College Students
Source: Pixabay College students today are in a high-stress environment and under pressure 24/7. Though there are many ways college students learn to cope with the active campus life and course load, some lack understanding of the essential skills college students…
Wheaton Wire Wake Up
~ A Weekly Morning Podcast ~ It’s time to wake up with The Wire! Modeled after the likes of Up First and The Daily, listen to our new weekly, early morning podcast covering everything from campus-wide news stories to global, national,…
Students Struggle to Learn With a Time Difference
Source: Flickr.com The COVID-19 pandemic forced many college students across the world to switch to online learning. This online education model gave students the ability to go to classes from the comfort of their own homes, yet it also resulted in…
Fluctuating College Drinking Habits Due to COVID-19
Source: pixabay College life looked very different for students this 2020-21 academic year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many colleges transitioned to online learning, resulting in students falling into a world of social isolation and distancing. About half of the current…
Wheaton Wire Wake Up
~ A Weekly Morning Podcast ~ It’s time to wake up with The Wire! Modeled after the likes of Up First and The Daily, listen to our new weekly, early morning podcast covering everything from campus-wide news stories to global, national,…