We had a pretty busy weekend here at Wheaton!
Friday night was the Halloween dance party in Balfour. Most everybody dressed in some sort of costume, many vying for the prize of best costume! I dressed up as a lumberjack (the best idea I’ve had in years) and some of my friends dressed up as the cat in the hat, a queen, a proctologist, Enrique Iglesias, a nun, a nudist on strike, and Pippy Longstockings. It was an eventful night that finally culminated in Balfour.
The next day, my friends and I drove to Wellesley to watch my friend and suitemate Maya play her last official tennis match of her college career! Some of my friends who graduated last year and who also played for the tennis team came up for a reunion. It was the first time I had seen them since going abroad, and they spent the night in our suite.
Sunday was, of course, the world series! Unfortunately I had a 10 page paper due the next day, so I spent all but the last 2 innings writing my paper. When the Red Sox finally won, I think my friends and I had another “full circle moment” remembering our freshman year when the Sox won for the first time. A bunch of students gathered around Peacock Pond shouting, making noise and trying to get our friends to jump in! Having already been in the pond, I was able to get at least 3 of my friends to jump in! It is one of many traditions for every student at Wheaton to go in the pond at least once in their 4 years, and I can’t think of a better time to make the jump!

The Asian American Coalition (AAC) challenged the typical college student’s notion of Ramen, the ever popular late night food of college students across the nation.
We presented 8 different types of Ramen from China, Japan, and Korea in a variety of flavors from vegetarian tofu to Kimchi. In addition, we provided tea, and gave away prizes of ramen, bowls, tea cups, and chopsticks.The event was held in the Balfour atrium and to our delight was widely attended! People took the chance to sit down and have some tea and chat on a Friday afternoon.
In the midst of the hustle and bustle of preparation and serving, the club members managed to find some time of our own to have some fun and eat some ramen.

For the past several years, it has taken place in Boston, but for a change and a cheaper ticket price, the senior class council decided on the Providence Renaissance Hotel in Rhode Island. The Bash is hosted by the senior class and is semi-formal event that takes place usually in every November. All members of the student body are invited for a night of dancing and food/drinks with their fellow classmates!
This Bash was particularly important for me and my friends because it was our last one! We decided to go all out, and stayed in a hotel room for the night so that we could enjoy Providence and spend more time together. Buses are provided for everyone who is planning on going back to campus, and this year students were lucky enough to even be entered in a raffle for a digital camera just by taking the bus! The senior class council put a lot of hard work and effort into this event, and sure enough it was worth it! All in all, it has to be one of the highlights of the year thus far!

The Asian American Coalition sponsored the popular spoken word group called Yellow Rage this year in the Cole Memorial Chapel. This event was 7 months in the making, and we were glad too see the huge turnout! They came with great enthusiasm, and we were all inspired by their knowledge and powerful performance.
Never heard of Yellow Rage? Michelle and Catzie make up this duo of Philly-based Asian American female spoken word poets. Yellow Rage hopes to provide an awareness that is not often heard, exploring topics from fetishes to cultural appropriation to ethnic pride, they challenge mainstream misconceptions of Asianness. Yellow Rage has appeared on Def Poetry Jam and have performed all over the country.
AAC was inspired to put on this event after hearing about them from the AAC’s ever popular Professor Kim. Their words were powerful and put words to the commonalities of our collective experiences. I think that for the AAC, seeing the hard work come to fruition made all the effort worthwhile!
In addition to Yellow Rage, the campus’s spoken word group, ispeak, performed their pieces with conviction, enthusiasm, and bravery which made for a powerful and emotional night for both the performers and the audience.