Students struggle and work together to move their cars from Lot 3 after the snowstorm.
Welcome back Lyons! The year and the semester are off to a hectic start with lots of news and campus events, so gear up and sit back.
In athletics at Wheaton, a big piece of news is the first home game ever for the Men’s Volleyball team. Being athletes ourselves, we have spent a lot of time at Haas Athletic Center recently and have noticed repairs and maintenance throughout the building. Noticeably, some doors have been replaced on the pool deck and leaks were spotted in the field house/by the roof, with large ice accumulating.
Unplowed Lot 3 after students were instructed to move their cars.
On Jan. 25 a snow storm hit all parts of the US, with Norton receiving nearly 18 inches of snow. Due to the storm, all sports events were canceled for that Sunday, leaving some teams to scramble for last minute practices instead of meets or games. With the snow, campus had asynchronous classes on Jan. 26, as well as an uproar about parking and plowing, which took longer than many anticipated.
Even more exciting than a snow day is the Patriots going to the Super Bowl against the Seattle Seahawks on Feb. 8. This comes after a remarkable season with a 14-3. However the Pats didn’t keep up the momentum and sadly lost the superbowl with a final score of 29-13. Additionally, the halftime show caused quite a stir when Bad Bunny was first announced as the performer and he did not disappoint. His large-scale performance with multiple sets and celebrity appearances was nothing less than a spectacle. But he made it more than a performance with the symbolism and representation.
The winter hasn’t just been cold and snowy it has also been full of ICE (Immigrations and Custom Enforcement). Prevalent in the media and the minds of Americans have been the increase in ICE raids and arrests leading to more protests. ICE has also gotten more violent, shown by the murders of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minnesota. Protests have sparked across the country leading students to organize walkouts on Jan. 30. Additionally, a federal judge in Portland, Oregon has ruled to ban “teargas or projectile munitions at protesters,” says the Guardian, after ICE agents fired teargas, pepper balls, and rubber bullets into a crowd of thousands of protestors which included children.
Student stands atop a pile of snow.
The first few days of February were garnered in by the Grammys and Groundhog Day. This year’s Grammy awards was filled with outspoken speeches pertaining to ICE and the power of immigrants. Bad Bunny made history with his win of Album of the Year, the first to be made entirely in Spanish. The next morning Punxsutawney Phil made his annual weather report where he saw his shadow, forecasting six more weeks of winter.
I didn’t really see any big content issues with the article, but I did rearrange the paragraphs a little bit in order to make the piece more chronological. I also liked the way the piece ended having the groundhog bit. I removed the part about the ICE protest organized by Wheaton students because it didn’t end up happening.