Category: Student (Misc)
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Joy ’17: Robin Thicke’s never-ending problematic behaviors
Robin Thicke’s past year, to state it in the kindest way possible, has been pretty rough. Last Monday during a discussion with his lawyers, he admitted to being “drunk and high” every time he stepped into the recording studio. He also admitted to lying in interviews about his participation in the writing of “Blurred Lines,”…
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Joy ’17: The Pros and Cons of Living on Lower and Upper Campus
In starting the new year and becoming acquainted yet again with the looming heralds of trees, I am always reminded with crisp clarity that “I am here to love and to work and to love what I work”. Wheaton has had a profound impact on the way that I view individuality and the importance of…
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Joan Rivers: Feminist Icon or Pioneering Woman?
They’re not the same. Early this week various feminist news outlets broke the news of Joan Rivers’ death. Many celebrated her life, and the gains she made as a female comedian in a traditionally male dominated field. The comments sections of these articles were … conflicted, to say the least. I don’t mean to understate…
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Meal Plan Discussions: Where is the Student Voice?
The ongoing discussions involving the dining halls and meal plan have created quite the buzz already on campus this Fall. With the coming renovations of Chase round and square, one can only hope that improvements are on the way. But what does this mean for students that have already become disenchanted with dining services on…
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President Hanno on Wheaton: “It’s Great to Be Here!”
While my first semester at Wheaton has barely begun, I feel like I’ve met so many people and learned so much about this great campus already. I know I have so many more people to meet and so much more to learn, and I hope that you will continue to help me with this. Everyone…
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SGA President J.P. Carando on goals for new academic year
Hey everyone! I hope you are all settling in well as we start off the year. I’m pleased to report that your Student Government Association (SGA) Executive Board has been meeting since early August as a group and with administrative officials, such as President Hanno and Dean McCaffrey, about what we wish to accomplish this…
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Chance the Rapper and Chiddy Bang: A transition in hype
To say the least, we were all well informed that Chance the Rapper was unable to appear at Wheaton this past Spring Weekend. With his lack of appearance came the slow downward trickle of the hype that surrounded the rapper on campus. The quick replacement of Chance with Chiddy Bang was both impressive and necessary…
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Recent campus vandalism is not worthy of the title “graffiti”
I must say I was little confused when I first spotted the red spray paint scrawled across a column of the gazebo in the number “413.” It looked like the sort of haphazard marking systems used by construction companies to remind you to call before you dig. It was not nearly the caliber of expression that…
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Chance the Rapper and Chiddy Bang: A transition in hype
To say the least, we were all well informed that Chance the Rapper was unable to appear at Wheaton this past Spring Weekend. With his lack of appearance came the slow downward trickle of the hype that surrounded the raper on campus. The quick replacement of Chance with Chiddy Bang was both impressive and necessary…
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The Lorde has risen: A monumental contribution to modern music
Young artists, especially musicians and actors/actresses, have begun to exponentially rattle the expectations of quality, artistic content throughout the past few decades by questioning where it must come from. As is constantly relevant in the mainstream music industry, independent skill and originality isn’t exactly the main selling point for many producers. I have heard the…