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Issue #6 April 4th, 2024 Volume LVI
“Words that hurt” posters don’t address the problem at hand
Within the past week, the flyers found on doors in Meadows West have caused the topic of hate crime to be an important conversation on Wheaton’s campus. These flyers contained hateful and dehumanizing language,…
Lexomics Research Group receives third grant for summer research
The Lexomics Research Group at Wheaton has received its third grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. This year’s grant totals $60,000 and will allow the group to continue using computational techniques to detect discrepancies in digitized literary texts. The…
Education Council brings back Flash Seminars
With Wheaton having more than 150 faculty members teaching a variety of courses, it is impossible to take every one that seems appealing. With this in mind, Kim Nash ’12 and Thomas Bruemmer ’12 created the ‘Flash Seminar’ in 2012. This…
Trebisacci of Global Ed leaves lasting impact on students
If you’ve been to the Center for Global Education at any time in the last two and a half years, you’ve met Ashley Trebisacci. She’s soft-spoken, incredibly bubbly, clever beyond her years, and for some inexplicable reason, always knows exactly what…
The Wire’s 10 Tips For Surviving Finals Week
1. Create a To-Do List. Burn it after you see the amount of work left to do. 2. Visit Professors During Office Hours. Ask them to explain everything you missed when you didn’t go to class. Do this as much as…
Renowned chef and writer Jay Weinstein visits campus to promote sustainability
On Monday April 20th, just two days before Earth Day, the Students Engaged in Green Activism (SEGA) hosted a talk on sustainable food and the ethical issues surrounding it. The guest speaker was Jay Weinstein, a renowned culinary instructor and writer/journalist.…
McDonald ’17: Album suggestions to get you hyped for summer fun
The Beach Boys – Greatest Hits What’s summer without The Beach Boys? This album, released in 2012, is a compilation of hits from The Beach Boys’ glory days. If you feel like listening to the sounds of the 60s then this…
Sollner: Heimatgefühl (a sense of home)
On the news that I would be going to Wheaton, my best friends’ dad Rudi Bernklau sent me a Bee Gees song and some wise words: “All of us went to places that weren’t first choices. All of us had the…
Letter from the Editor
Readers, Let me just get this out of the way: this is the year’s last issue of The Wheaton Wire. Consequently, it is also my last issue of the Wire and also my last letter from the editor. It has been…
Men’s lacrosse looks to compete in first NEWMAC champs
After a tremendous 9-3 start, the Lyons find themselves with a 10-6 overall record and a 4-3 record in conference action. In recent competitions, a close game against Roger Williams was followed by a win against Coast Guard and three tough…