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Issue #6 April 4th, 2024 Volume LVI
SGA repeals ranked-choice voting after realizing it never passed
In a meeting on the evening of Feb. 20, Wheaton’s Student Government Association (SGA) voted to repeal the use of ranked-choice voting in future SGA elections. The move comes just one and a half years…
Wheaton’s new Machines Wash Away Laundry Problems
When Emmett Anderson ‘24 walked downstairs into the basement of his residential hall after spring break, his jaw dropped. He had spent the weeks before toiling with the laundry machines: a faulty washer meant that his clothes had been locked in…
Macdonald Makes History
First year artistic swimmer Olivia Macdonald captured the National Collegiate Championship with her solo routine this past weekend, becoming the first-ever Wheaton Artistic swimmer to do so. The Toronto native made Wheaton Athletics history with a monumental victory in the solo…
From the mat to the boards: Coughlin-Doyle is making her mark on Wheaton’s diving program
Norton, Mass – Fueled by tofu, pineapple, and ice cream, junior Morgen Coughlin-Doyle (Topsham, Maine) has confidently become the standard of the Wheaton Diving program. Just a few years ago, the gymnastics standout from northern New England decided to trade the…
Brief Thoughts On The 2024 Election
I was asked to write something about Super Tuesday and the current Presidential race, and I’m afraid I don’t exactly have anything helpful to say. I was asked to write something because I served as the official Norton vote reporter for…
The Story of the American Woodcock that captured Wheaton’s Heart (or maybe just mine)
Birds About Town: an occasional column If you have ever been out at night walking by parking lot 4 or if you are living (or trying to sleep) in Meadows, you have probably heard a strange noise. This noise comes from…
Wheaton’s Secret Doors and Hidden Passageways
As a first-year at Wheaton, I’m not nearly as familiar with this campus as I would like to be yet. Even in the second half of this spring semester, I’ll find a beautiful walkway, a plaque I haven’t read, or a…
All Too Familiar Actors
When was the last time you watched a movie and said “Oh god, this guy again? Is there anything he isn’t in?” It feels like that happens to me more and more these days. I am constantly thinking about why certain…
So you like Science Fiction? A couple SciFi stories for your next read
Theodore Sturgeon’s Microcosmic God. The book is the second volume of a series of six short stories. Courtesy of The Internet Speculative Fiction Database website. 1. Microcosmic God, Theodore Sturgeon Sturgen’s Microcosmic God is a short story that follows a scientist…
The Crisis of Meaning: Singleness is not ‘Empowering’
Gen Z is very, very, single. 41% of younger Americans are not in a relationship, and compared to previous generations, people our age simply don’t date. Despite beliefs that loneliness increases with old age, it is the younger generations who are…