SGA’s New Budgeting System for Clubs – Good or Bad?

For the upcoming 2023-24 school year, the Wheaton College Student Government Association (SGA) made a big change to how they fund clubs.  In previous years, SGA had clubs petition for funds. This included filling out a detailed budget proposal of events they have planned for the upcoming year, and how much money those events would …

Film Recommendations for Women’s History Month

March is Women’s History Month, both a time of celebration and awareness of the ongoing struggles that women around the world face. One of the ways we can learn about these struggles and experiences is by looking at art created by women. To celebrate this month, I created a small list of films centered around …

Ticketmaster and the Tale of the Hidden Fees

If you have been to a live concert, comedy show, or performance of any kind recently, odds are you bought your ticket from Ticketmaster. I find that when I want to go to a show, I always buy a ticket from them. Other websites aren’t as reputable as Ticketmaster, and I don’t want to be …

Eggs Are Too Expensive. So Are All Groceries.

The economy in the United States right now isn’t great for the middle and lower class, and you just have to look around to notice. Even though wages have been increasing (albeit very slowly), the prices of living has gone up significantly, especially food. One food item that has been hit the hardest are eggs. …

Editorial – Sensationalism and Desensitization

Editorial for the week of 2/20 by Samar El-Taha, Violet Russell, Davina Sienkiewicz, and Abby Sinistore In class we, the editors as a group, presented ideas to the class about events that happened this week that were important in the news or just interesting topics to write about. We came up with a few big …