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Students react to “Punch Nazis” poster controversy

Posters labeled “PUNCH NAZIS IN THE FACE” reappeared on campus after previously being removed by Public Safety and The Office of Residential Life. In an email to the Wheaton community on Saturday, Dean of Students Kate Kenny asserted that the posters were “inappropriate and intimidating” and that violent threats “had no place on our campus.” […]

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“PUNCH NAZIS IN THE FACE” poster resurfaces on campus

Posters labeled “PUNCH NAZIS IN THE FACE” have reappeared on campus after previously being removed by Public Safety and The Office of Residential Life. In an email to the Wheaton community on Saturday, Dean of Students Kate Kenny asserted that the posters were “inappropriate and intimidating” and that violent threats “had no place on our […]

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Boston moves closer to dethroning New York as “best sports city ever”

After the Patriots’ victory in Super Bowl LI, Boston earned its tenth major pro sport championship in 16 years. The decade-and-a-half of sports dominance in Boston is largely unprecedented and also invites questions about where Boston ranks among the sports cities in America, especially against Boston’s sports rival: New York. New York and Boston have […]

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Boston Bruins fire head coach Claude Julien

The Boston Bruins fired Claude Julien as head coach on Feb. 7 during the Patriots’ Super Bowl parade and replaced him with Assistant Coach Bruce Cassidy. The firing followed the Bruins’ failure to make the playoffs over the past two seasons. The Bruins’ rival, the Montreal Canadiens, picked Julien up as their new head coach. […]

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Work, work, work it out: a go-to gym playlist

1. Feeling Myself by Nicki Minaj ft. Beyonce Let’s start this playlist off right, with the Queen B and Nicki. This song is inherently powerful – it’s about being into yourself, and when you’re working out you better be getting into it. Your body’s a temple so treat it right, and treat your ears right […]

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Teaching political science in the year of Trump

Political science professors have strong opinions about the outcome of the presidential election and hold unique ideas about how politics should be taught. Professors struggle to remain objective and to teach both sides of controversial topics, despite their own political preferences. Teaching politics is never easy; however, teaching political science in the age of Trump […]

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Coffee with Michael Ivory ’17

Michael Ivory grew up with heroes and heroines like the Invisible Woman and Thor. He’d spend his free time collecting comic books, flipping through their pages and admiring the bright colors and stories that each one had to offer. Now at Wheaton, he looks to comic books with an appreciation for what they represented in […]

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Third cholera vaccination being developed in Bangladesh

It took 35 years for researchers in Bangladesh and other countries to develop an effective cholera vaccine. The International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research, (icddr,b) in Dhaka, Bangladesh was at the center of researching and developing a treatment protocol that saves 99.9 percent of cholera patients. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that this protocol […]

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Valentine’s Day at Wheaton

Whether bitterly single or happily taken, Valentine’s Day turned into a week’s worth of events and activities on campus. Valentines were made, books were sold and songs were sung in order to raise funds for several student-run clubs in commemoration of the romantic holiday. iSpeak hosted a Love Week last Tuesday through Friday in order […]

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National Security Advisor Flynn resigns from Trump Cabinet

National Security Advisor Mike Flynn officially resigned from his post on Feb. 13 after admitting to have misled Vice President Mike Pence about discussing sanctions with Russia. The New York Times reported that Flynn apologized in his resignation letter, writing, “Unfortunately, because of the fast pace of events, I inadvertently briefed the vice president-elect and […]