It may seem ridiculous now, but before our digital age of streaming and the internet, media used to exist in a physical format. Sure, you remember your parent’s CD collection, or an old VHS player with their clunky tapes. And for those audiophiles out there, you may even have a vintage vinyl collection that you […]
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 actors are reused again and again and some are fantastic in one film and […]
1. Microcosmic God, Theodore Sturgeon Sturgen’s Microcosmic God is a short story that follows a scientist named Kidder, and the microscopic beings he has created called the Neoterics. Kidder’s island, on which he lives by himself, is inhabited by a higher authority, Conant, as he builds a large power source. Although Kidder is a genius, […]
I have always had an utmost appreciation for films that facilitate meaningful conversations after viewing. Nearly all of my favorite films hold this trait. I love showing someone a film that I feel strongly about and afterward having that “what did YOU think” conversation. From what I’ve heard, Frank Herbert’s Dune is one of those […]
Human eyes/Caged despair and ticket stubs/Many things can be wrong and more all at once/Something was made to hang/Between two windows/To gather dust/And be the object of the piece of writing that isn’t much anyway/Many things can be human/Reflected by a wall of glass/An animal became human/A girl became a caged animal/Both are lonelier than […]
Located on the first floor of Balfour-Hood, tucked in between Pappas Fitness Center and the Lyon’s Den, lies The Vlad, the on-air radio studio for the Wheaton College Communications Station (WCCS). As a WCCS Executive Member and self-appointed custodian of The Vlad, I’m in charge of training new radio hosts on how to use the […]
Momentum saw big numbers, with over one thousand people who came to show support for the five groups performing this past weekend.
A playlist for the frigid winter months at Wheaton – Brought to you by WCCS, your campus radio station.
A short snapshot of Wheaton students on the first snow day of the year
Let’s talk about the atrocious phenomenon in Hollywood where a studio will fund a movie, write, direct, and edit it, and then delete the entire thing, erasing all of the work put into the project and spitting in the faces of those who contributed. I hate this. Why do they do this? Well, it’s movie […]