When we think of Rastafarianism, we usually tend to think of that black, red, and green image of Bob Marley smoking what is presumably marijuana. On Friday February 21st at 4 pm, ICB hosted Rastafarian members to educate the Wheaton community about the religion and its common misconceptions. “I think I read about Rastafarianism once, […]
Category: Arts and Culture
Unhindered by the looming snowstorm or the copious amounts of chocolate potentially consumed on Valentine’s day or the day after for 75% off, the tappers of Tap Out Loud and the Latin dancers of Paraiso Latino took the stage for the third annual Festival of Dance. On February 14th and 15th, they showed Weber Theater […]
One night, Carrie Slayton took the chance with Lauren Robinson to consciously steal a seat to a sold out concert of Arctic Monkeys so the two could be together in the audience and successfully tracked back to Wheaton in the snow at 1:30. The Arctic Monkeys have been a Rock ’n Roll sensation for almost a […]
Starting on Jan. 20 and continuing until Feb. 26, the clean, bright, minimal Beard and Weil Galleries in Watson Fine Arts will be crawling with microbes. The galleries’ current exhibition, entitled Inner and Outer Space, is an exploration of the human desire to magnify that which we are too large to see, and to touch […]
Daft Punk. Lorde. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. Imagine Dragons. What do these artists have in common? They all won at least one Grammy last Sunday, January 26. The televised award show, complete with performances by favorites Beyonce, Katy Perry, Kendrick Lamar, and more, aired on CBS to millions of excited viewers. Wheaton students scrambled to […]
Thirteen nervous and excited performers filled the Lyon’s Den with energy on Saturday, November 2, at 7:00 p.m. at the Wheaton College Poetry Slam, hosted by iSpeak. Five winners earned a spot on the Wheaton College 2014 slam team that will compete at Colleges and Universities Poetry Slam Invitational, CUPSI, March 12 thru March 15, […]
Ask any woman you know if she’s experienced street harassment and unfortunately, chances are she will say yes. Street harassment is a pervasive problem that underscores the idea that men own and dominate public spaces, and women’s bodies are there for their enjoyment and entertainment. While street harassment can be incredibly frustrating and disheartening, women […]
They’re back! “The Vagina Monologues” and “Wheaton Words,” formerly known as “Wheaton Monologues,” will be making appearances at Wheaton once again in the upcoming spring semester. Emily Bergmann ’16 and Kate Gannon ’16 are the producers of “The Vagina Monologues,” with Gannon as the director, and Blair Davis ’14, Emily Stoddard ’14 and Sophie Howard […]
The Loft was packed the night of Oct. 10. Perhaps it was the draw of free pizza that brought in the crowd, but as likely as that possibility may be, it may have also been that night’s performer: one Wilson Sadowski. Name ring a bell? That might be because he just so happens to be […]
Come one come all to Wheaton College’s MakerSpace, the WHALE Lab, located in the Science Center room 1340! Wheaton’s MakerSpace is full of equipment for projects and prototyping, from designing intelligent robots, to making chainmaille, and building the next Facebook! The WHALE Lab, which is an acryonym for Wheaton Autonomous Learning Lab, is full of […]