On Fri., April 5, Wheaton held its tenth annual Relay For Life event, a relay sponsored by the American Cancer Society to raise money for cancer research and awareness, as well as to provide programs and support for cancer patients and their families. The event brings the Wheaton community together to raise money and collective […]
Month: April 2013
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Armstrong’14 sets sights on NFL Draft
I’m not an expert. I don’t get paid thousands of dollars to study and assess college players. I read and watch as much as I can about the draft. I have a pretty good idea how prospects are viewed. If the draft were a science, then players would be selected in descending order of talent. […]
“Well, well, well. Welcome to detention. I want to congratulate you for being on time. I see some familiar faces and some less familiar. You have exactly one hour to think about what you did”, Anastasia Tammen ’16 lectured the audience as they took their seats in the Hindle Auditiorum between April 4 and April […]
Over the course of two weekends, Wheaton students will be performing the play Rumors, a farce about an upper-class dinner party celebrating the host couple’s tenth wedding anniversary. However, when the guests arrive, the host is found in his study with a bullet through his ear, and the hostess has mysteriously gone missing. The play […]
James Garrity’s job involves flipping, singing and dancing. Is he a circus performer? No. Professional gymnast? Nope. Acrobat? Guess again. Widely praised by his patrons as the best barista in New England, “Jay,” 42, of North Attleboro, Mass., can be found tossing cups into the air, pouring coffee without looking, singing to the radio and […]
Wheaton Confessions, Wheat Confess and Wheaton Crushes – what will be next? Why do we need to have groups on Facebook that define who we are? Is Facebook really an appropriate place to do this? Especially in today’s society, people are hiding more and more behind their technology. What does anyone have to gain from […]
As we approach the summer months, many of us make plans to secure jobs and internships with which to occupy ourselves for the few months following the end of the semester. In some cases, these plans are philanthropic in nature and are exceptional opportunities to bring about change in less fortunate areas of the world. […]
The future of the liberal arts has become a popular discussion recently. The rising cost of tuition, combined with decreasing family income, has forced many to put an emphasis on the “value” of a college degree: making sure that students get the most for what they are paying for. Others have pointed to the significant […]
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Wheaton to pilot summer academic session
Wheaton will introduce an intensive four-week summer session this year, open for enrollment to all Wheaton students, according to a recent campus-wide email from Associate Provost and Professor of Psychology Gail Sahar. The college will be offering four classes, in addition to one brand-new online class: Intensive Review of Basic Spanish, Statistics, Religion and Sexuality […]
This week, I’m going to give most of this space to Darrell Legace ’02, who wrote a letter to the editor last week. Mr. Legace wrote: “I just wanted to write and say that it is nice to see how the Wheaton Wire has grown and improved since I was a student and section editor. […]