One of the fortunate survivors of the devastating 2014 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone declared, “Love is not afraid of death.” The 2018 Verite documentary “Survivors” provides audience members a candid glimpse at the frontlines of the fight to end the spread of Ebola throughout the small African country. On September 12th, Lansana Mansaray (Barmmy […]
The new art exhibit, recently installed in Watson Fine Arts, is worth seeing! From Sept. 3 to Oct. 11, by visiting the Art Center’s Beard and Weil Galleries, everyone in the Wheaton community has the opportunity to explore and witness the divine union of potent art, history, and politics. The exhibit “For the Record: Political/Personal/Historical” […]
For the class of 2023, stepping into the “college experience” can be a drastic change in life. Between balancing life on their own, the start of classes, and making friends, a lot of freshmen are probably feeling anxious and overwhelmed. If you’re feeling similarly, you’re not alone. “The moving in process was fine, but settling […]
I love tarot cards and doing readings, so for this issue, I want to give each sign a reading! Don’t @ me, this is for fun…. Scorpio | Oct. 23 to Nov. 21 Tarot Card: The Lovers Interpretation: Love is in the air! Embrace your relationships, whether that be romantic, platonic, or something in between! […]
“There’s something called the sad clown paradox in the stand-up comedy world, which means that those who make a living making people laugh often struggle with depression and other mental health challenges that are anything but funny… It can be perhaps be theorized that humor provides the comedian with a feeling of control over a […]
“Shazam” is the first DC movie in a long time that is pure and simple fun. After an onslaught of dark, brooding and completely misguided failures, DC has finally scaled it back and made just a light-hearted, entertaining superhero romp. The story follows Billy Batson, a young orphaned boy who gains superhuman abilities when he […]
This past weekend, students at Wheaton College put on an exciting and creative Ten-Minute Play Festival. Each play was a concise and original production, written, directed, and performed by students. The plays were written carefully and with a clear purpose, and the students only had one hour to direct and rehearsal before the big reveal. […]
Their voices echoed through the silent chapel, bounced off the walls, and left the audience stunned with the immense power and meaning of the stories. This past week, Wheaton students took part in the Wheaton Words event and recited various monologues to students, faculty, and local community members. The monologues were performed on three different […]
The concert began with a composition written by John Harbison. The text was selected from 1 Samuel 3:3-21 of the King James Version of the Bible. “Harbison’s setting of the piece is ultimately an exploration of how we react to the mysterious call of the Divine, which may call to us at times and places […]
Once on This Island, directed by associate professor of theater design Clinton O’Dell, opens at Weber Theater on Thursday, April 4 and continues to run Thursdays through Saturdays until April 13. The musical features a cast of fifteen Wheaton students as well as Alivia Cross ‘19 as stage manager and Ian Hamilton ‘21 as assistant […]