Category: Arts and Culture
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Midnight Ramblings: A Case for Xianxia
Set in pseudo-historic China—think Journey to the West, but with more swords and far fewer monkeys—xianxia, literally “immortal heroes,” is a fantastical roast of social, economic, and political life. Rooted in Daoist and Buddhist myth, the genre throws readers into sprawling, mythic worlds where power, morality, and destiny are constantly tested, all through distinctly Chinese…
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Arts in Ireland and Norton
Students enrolled in Wheaton’s “Arts in Ireland” program over this past summer received recognition on Friday, Oct. 17, during an hour long showcase in the Wheaton Mars Arts and Humanities building. The art and writing selections, created during their trip to Ireland, are still hanging in Meneely and available for the campus community to view….
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New Exhibit on Display at Beard and Weil Galleries: CTRL + DELETE
Censorship has been a long and winding process within American literature, dating back to the 1900s and earlier, with restrictions on publications from new American colony leaders (William Penn promoting peace, and dissenting against England’s violent claim of Native American land) causing him to be imprisoned for his writings, up until what we see today,…
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An Interview with All-Freshman Band Crown Chakra
Newly formed band ‘Crown Chakra’ performed as the closing act at the ‘Demon Daze Open Mic Night’ this October, taking the stage and making their debut performance in a packed, sweaty Lyon’s Den. An all-freshmen band and new to the Wheaton music scene, Crown Chakra was introduced to the crowd as a “group to watch…
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An Icon, a Legend, and the Moment: Who is Moo Deng?
In September 2024, videos of a baby pygmy hippopotamus named ‘Moo Deng’ started going viral all across the internet- but just who is this sensation? Moo Deng was born on July 10, 2024, in the Khao Kheow Zoo in Thailand, and is currently living in an enclosure with her mother and two sisters. After her…
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Wheaton College Professor Assists Europa Clipper Mission
On October 14, 2024, the Europa Clipper; the largest interplanetary spacecraft built so far, successfully launched from the Kennedy Space Center. Over the next six years, it will travel to Europa, Jupiter’s fourth-largest moon and the most promising moon for extraterrestrial life. The clipper should arrive in 2030 and immediately begin data collection on Europa…
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Drug Addiction: Real People, Real Stories, Massachusetts
On Tuesday August 27, classes for the Wheaton fall 2024 semester began- but so did something else. A new visiting art exhibit in Beard Gallery opened to the public and Wheaton students, called Drug Addiction, Real People, Real Stories, Massachusetts and covering an ever relevant topic: addiction. Entrance of exhibit As of 2023, the Center…
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WCCS Winter Playlist
A playlist for the frigid winter months at Wheaton – Brought to you by WCCS, your campus radio station.
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The Making of a Poetry Festival
The Many Voices, Many American Poetries Festival took place this past weekend, marking the first event of its kind on Wheaton’s campus. The festival included round table discussions held by visiting poets, a showcase that featured undergraduate students from the Boston area and Wheaton alum, as well as a poetry reading by a local arts…
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Abroad Blog: Becca Shin ’17, India and Denmark
My experience from studying abroad for a year in two different countries: As I’m getting ready to go back to the United States and face responsibilities such as applying for law school, working a job, applying for fellowships, and seeing myself in the near future where I no longer will be in college, I am…