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Creativity in Culmination: Senior Art Exhibit & Reception

On Saturday, April 11, the Wittenberg Art Department hosted its senior art exhibit reception in the Ann Miller and Thompson Galleries to great public approval, with over 50 attendees at the gathering. The exhibition “Prologue to Somewhere”  featured the works of nine art seniors with a variety ...

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Oil for Our Lanterns: Elizabeth Brady Book Reading

Elizabeth Brady—the wife of Wittenberg’s current President, Christian Brady, and an associate teaching professor for Penn State—read last Thursday, March 19, from her 2024 book of essays, “Oil for Your Lantern: Sharing Light After the Death of a Child,” sharing her journey of grief with attending ...

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The Ups and Downs of Performative Luxury

The Sunseeker Resort Florida Gulf Coast, Curio Collection by Hilton (yes, that is its full name) of Port Charlotte is perched right on the waterfront. It’s an extraordinary structure, tall and white and gleaming, practically on top of Charlotte Harbor. The land used to be unremarkable here, a little ...

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Turn Off the Dark: Portrait of a Young Freelance Artist

3 a.m. in Smyrna, Tennessee. It’s raining, and Twenty One Pilots is playing quietly. Dalyn Bentley is hunched over his drawing tablet, undoing and redrawing a line for the umpteenth time while his mom, stepdad, and older sister sleep. He rolls his stylus restlessly between his fingers. The heavy outline ...

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Opinion

Witt Theater and Dance Review: "Ride the Cyclone"

From October 30th to November 2nd, Wittenberg’s Theater and Dance department debuted their mainstage show of the fall semester: the dark-comedy musical “Ride the Cyclone,” written by Brooke Maxwell and Jacob Richmond and directed by Witt’s own Adrienne Oehlers. By the fact that all four performances ...

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Spotlights, On!: Abby Lanhart in “Ride the Cyclone”

Wittenberg’s fall theater performance, “Ride the Cyclone,” has already sold out, and senior Theater Performance and Psychology double-major Abby Lanhart can’t wait to see the full production come to fruition—especially as one of the stars! “Ride the Cyclone” is a dark comedy about six ...

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