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Humans of Wheaton – Catalina McCarter ’20

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Sports

Lyons volleyball makes stand, falls to MIT to end playoff run

The Wheaton volleyball team’s first competitive playoff appearance in three years ended in heartbreak on Saturday, Nov. 4, as they faced defeat at the hands of top-seeded MIT with a score of 3-2. It was a bitter ending to the season for a group of NEWMAC championship hopefuls, with the program boasting its best record […]

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Lyons finish strong, spoil Springfield’s undefeated season

On Oct. 28, Wheaton’s men’s soccer team finished their season in impressive fashion, handing Springfield College their first loss in a two-to-one victory at Keefe Field. The game served as a curtain call for seven seniors, who were honored in a pregame ceremony and flanked by their families and loved ones. Two of these individuals, […]

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Opinion

Gun control: let’s talk statistics

(Note: This article was written before the Sutherland Springs, Texas church shooting.) On Oct. 1, 2017, the deadliest mass shooting in modern United States history was committed by 64-year-old Stephen Paddock. There was no apparent motive behind the attack, the only explanation being that Paddock was mentally deranged. This has led to an important debate […]

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Wheaton college’s expanding curriculum

A handful of new courses are joining the Wheaton curriculum this coming spring, including a course taught by Professor Dorweiler on “Popular Culture and World Politics.” As the name suggests, the class focuses on the interactions between popular culture and politics, especially on the pressures and influences popular culture can exert on political actors. The […]

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Wheaton College Conservatives club event rescheduled

The Wheaton Conservatives’ first guest speaker event was scheduled for Monday, Oct. 30, but was canceled due to the power outage on campus. The event was meant to feature Massachusetts State Senator and Minority Whip Patrick O’Connor. O’Connor serves as the district representative for Plymouth and Norfolk county, representing nine different cities in the region. […]

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Students to partake in faculty-led trips this January

This coming January, a few Wheaton students will leave American shores behind, traveling and researching with professors in Ghana, South Africa and Trinidad. Professors Hyun Kim and James Freeman will be hosting the trip to South Africa, President Hanno will be leading the trip to Ghana and Professor Julie Searles will be conducting the trip […]

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Wheaton joins together to discuss cultural appropriation

On November 9, Wheaton faculty hosted a Teach-in on cultural appropriation, after a series of recent club events sparked by the Halloween blackface incident. The Teach-in covered four topics: the history of blackface, privilege, intersectionality, and the ongoing topic of cultural appropriation. The event was held in the chapel, with every bench packed to capacity. […]

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Free Textbooks? SGA looks towards open source

Members of SGA have started working with Wallace Library staff this year in the hopes of making textbooks more affordable for Wheaton students. Textbooks are one of the main expenses that college students incur during their time at Wheaton. Since 2007, SGA has funnelled $5,000 a year to the library for a program that purchases […]

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Features

Let’s Talk about Women of Color

If a woman of color needs a place to vent, to feel safe or to simply be surrounded by like-minded women of color, one of the many places she can go on Wheaton’s campus is to the club Distinguished Women of Color Collective (DWOCC). DWOCC is a student-led organization where women of color—though everyone is […]