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Abroad Blog #2: Victoria Domagalski ’17; England

I’ve only been in Brighton, England for a week, but already I can tell I’m going to love it here. From the coastal views to the quaint shops and cafes to the ever-exciting nightlife, Brighton has something for everyone. With London being only an hour away I’m sure I’ll be visiting often. As one might […]

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Abroad Blog #1: Sam Hickson ’17; Spain

The biggest, fattest “¿¿hola, qué tal??” from Granada, Spain! I have been in Granada, Spain for my semester abroad for a total of two weeks now. In this short amount of time, we’ve already completed multiple excursions and trips in and around Granada’s center. Everyone that I’ve met so far, both students and professors through […]

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Students on campus celebrate Rosh Hashanah this weekend

The Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah took place today and the Jewish community of Wheaton has planned some unifying services to help celebrate the Jewish New Year. The group Hillel, along with other students on campus, either attended a service tonight at 6:30 p.m. or will attend one tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. The Jewish New Year […]

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McDonald ’17: Album suggestions to get you hyped for summer fun

The Beach Boys – Greatest Hits What’s summer without The Beach Boys? This album, released in 2012, is a compilation of hits from The Beach Boys’ glory days. If you feel like listening to the sounds of the 60s then this album is for you. Including classics like Kokomo, Good Vibrations, and Don’t Worry Baby, […]

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“Working Title” showcases senior artwork

Last Thursday, April 23, Beard and Weil Galleries held a gallery opening and reception, displaying unique artworks created by senior Art majors. Seniors have been working hard all semester on these pieces as part of their Studio Art senior seminar. Their artwork represents their talent as artists and the techniques they have acquired as Art […]

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Hoo: Lumes, a new student band on the rise

Hoo: Lumes, a funky new student band, has recently captured the attention of Wheaton’s student body. Band members include singer/songwriter Sophia Darby ’17, bassist Drew Sencabaugh ’17, tenor saxophonist Asher Trout ’17 and drummer Andrew Quinlan ’18 on drums. The band is influenced by a number of artits, but draws most of its inspiration from […]

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SEGA holds first annual Trashion Show

As the saying goes, ‘one man’s trash is another man’s treasure’, or in the case of Students Engaged in Green Activism (SEGA), one man’s trash is another man’s high-end fashion. In honor of Earth Month and in order to raise awareness for environmental issues, SEGA, a Wheaton environmental club, put on its first annual Trashion […]

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An exciting semester for WCCS, Wheaton’s student-run radio station

Many say that radio is dying, if not already dead. This is not the case, however, for Wheaton’s radio station, WCCS, thanks to the vision and leadership of acting manager, Liam Grace-Flood ’17. WCCS was founded in 1978 and has been providing the Wheaton community with a wide variety of music ever since. Recently, however, […]

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A closer look: The inspirational works of playwright Charlotte Meehan

Resident playwright and professor Charlotte Meehan, with the aid of her students, will witness their hard work coming to fruition with this weekend’s showings of the spring main stage production, What Happens When. What Happens When has been in production since January 2013, when Wheaton was first awarded a grant from the Department of Justice […]

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Reviewing “What Happens When”: An aesthetically beautiful, morally necessary production

An original play several years in the making took the stage at long last this weekend in Weber Theater. And while forty-five minutes is hardly what you expect from a main stage theatre show, that is what audiences got at last weekend’s premiere of “What Happens When,” an original play written by Professor of Creative […]