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Issue #6 April 4th, 2024 Volume LVI
Heart and S.O.L.E. in step: Leana Laraque ’17 gives insight to team’s success
In the midst of free food, warm lounges on Chapel field and Peacock Pond boat races, Wheaton’s step team S.O.L.E. kicked off the Friday of this year’s Spring Weekend with their third annual STOMP OUT.…
Porter Cleveland Fellows announced for this summer
’Tis the season for students finding out whether or not they have been selected to receive some highly coveted funding for their summer endeavors. The latest slew of winners has been announced for the Porter Cleveland Fellows Program. This year’s fellows…
Two Wheatons Collide at Larycia Hawkins Visit
Students, staff and faculty filled the Cole Memorial Chapel on April 13 to attend a talk by Professor of Political Science, Dr. Larycia Hawkins, titled “Embodied Solidarity and the Other Wheaton.” Hawkins is from the University of Virginia and formerly of…
Great Woods Chamber Orchestra visits Smith
Wheaton’s Great Woods Chamber Orchestra traveled to Smith College to perform in Celestial Melodies on April 16. The program featured Gordeli’s “Concertino for Flute and Orchestra, Op. 8,” Gould’s “American Salute” and Holst’s “The Planets, Op. 32. “ As well as…
Got Milk? An Issue of Feminism, says Kimberly Williams
Is drinking milk an issue of feminism? Yes, according to posters around campus that say ‘cows used by the dairy industry are intensively confined, continually impregnated and bred for high production with little concern for their well-being.’ One such poster urges…
VanPatten on Problems of Second Language Acquisition
Have you ever struggled with learning a second language from a textbook? Bill VanPatten, director of language instruction in the Department of Romance and Classical Studies at Michigan State University, discussed these issues during a talk titled ‘Against Rules: Second Language…
Water Filters to be Installed in 11 Locations Around Campus
For those living in the Wheaton bubble, discolored water from the hydrant flushing is a bi-annual reminder of our inclusion in the greater Norton community. In a campus-wide email on April 13, Wheaton’s Student Government Association (SGA) announced plans to install…
Wheaton women’s soccer takes their talents to Buenos Aires, Argentina
Over Spring Break, Wheaton Women’s Soccer took a trip to Buenos Aires to play some of the top teams in the Argentine Women’s Soccer League. This was the first time that the Wheaton Women’s Soccer program had traveled to South America.…
Becca Rozenzweig ’19 Wins Project For Peace
Projects for Peace, a foundation established by Kathyrn Wasserman Davis, is intended to encourage students to create plans for upholding peace and provides winners with $10,000 to implement a plan of their own design. This year, Becca Rosenzweig ’19 won the…
Renowned journalist Rami George Khouri is keynote speaker at Middle East Week
Wheaton’s Middle East Club organized a five-day long Middle East Week from Monday, April 4 to Friday, April 8. Other Wheaton institutions, including the Educational Council, the Intercultural Board, the Speaker Fund, the Senate Fund, the Venture Fund, the Marshall…