Students on campus may have heard that Wheaton is in the middle of reviewing their curriculum. Meaning some of the requirements may be done away with, or, at the very least, changed […]
Midterm Elections: Complicated Success
I have spent every day since election night writing, deleting, and then re-writing this article, as I have attempted to determine what the proper takeaway from 2018 politics was. There is very […]
Just Star Stuff
Aries; March 21 – April 19 Look up, look down, now turn it all around. Congratulations, you’ve now finished my incantation to summon an astral projection of you into my living room. […]
Be Counted: The State of Voting
One of the foundational myths of the United States is that to be a citizen is to be counted by the State. The truth is that the only formal way the population […]
An Oxford Education isn’t Enough, But Neither is Liberal Arts
In light of Wheaton’s current curriculum review, I’d like to offer an alternative to our current class structure by advocating the incorporation of the tutorial system. 36 essays. 36 tutorials. 24 weeks. […]
Just Star Stuff: Vine Edition
Aries; March 21 – April 19 Your Vine Quote: “I don’t need no degree to be a clothing hanger” Taurus; April 20 – May 20 Your Vine Quote: “Hurry, we’re going to […]
A Republican Declaration of Conscience
“I would like to speak briefly and simply about a national condition. It is a national feeling of fear and frustration of everything that we Americans hold dear. It is a condition […]
Not My President, Not My Religion, Not My Country
It is one of my sincerest wishes that as a Jew, I don’t have to have an opinion on Israel. After all, I ascribe to the belief that the State of Israel […]
Your genetic ancestry doesn’t matter, unless you want it to
You’ve probably seen that Ancestry.com commercial — the one where Kyle, who grew up thinking he was German, takes a DNA test and discovers that his ancestry is mostly Scottish, and trades […]
In Defense of the Western
In 1987, a group of Stanford students held a protest against the University’s Western Culture requirement. As they marched they chanted, “Hey hey, ho ho, Western culture’s gotta go.” Jesse Jackson happened […]