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What Dennis Hanno hopefully brings to the table as president

On Saturday, Feb. 22, Dennis Hanno was appointed the eighth president of Wheaton College, being officially welcomed by the community for the first time on Tuesday Feb 25 in Cole Memorial Chapel. This is, I’m sure, something only few of you have heard about. Not only is the Wheaton website plastered with information and news […]

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Wheaton Welcomes President-Elect Dennis Hanno

The Wheaton community congregated in the Chapel Tuesday afternoon to welcome Wheaton’s President-Elect, Dennis Hanno. President Crutcher opened the ceremony, recalling his own Presidential Welcome. He emphasized his pride for Wheaton’s “warm, welcoming, and friendly” community. Nancy Pearlstine Conger, the chair of the Presidential Search expressed her excitement for Dennis Hanno to take office. The […]

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TWAP elects new house President in Juwan Mimes

On the same date as the announcement of Wheaton’s President-Elect Dennis Hanno, Together We All Prosper (TWAP) House also elected Juwan Mimes ‘15 as president. TWAP is an all-male theme house at Wheaton whose “primary goal as a house is to build strong, educated men for the future”  and “hope to develop a mutually-beneficial relationship […]

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Sports

UEFA Champions League is back with round of 16 play

The UEFA Champions League round of 16 has kicked off this past week with largely anticipated contests between some of the best European soccer clubs of our time. Every remaining team in the tournament has the same goal: to be crowned the best team in Europe at the tournament final in Lisbon, Portugal come May. […]

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Arts and Culture

Intercultural Board event de-mystifies Rastafarianism

When we think of Rastafarianism, we usually tend to think of that black, red, and green image of Bob Marley smoking what is presumably marijuana. On Friday February 21st at 4 pm, ICB hosted Rastafarian members to educate the Wheaton community about the religion and its common misconceptions. “I think I read about Rastafarianism once, […]

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Arts and Culture

Wheaton dance groups stun at third annual Festival of Dance

Unhindered by the looming snowstorm or the copious amounts of chocolate potentially consumed on Valentine’s day or the day after for 75% off, the tappers of Tap Out Loud and the Latin dancers of Paraiso Latino took the stage for the third annual Festival of Dance. On February 14th and 15th, they showed Weber Theater […]

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Features

Communication with Public Safety: a new house theme

Without a doubt, all students experience the effects on alcohol on campus, regardless of whether they drink or not. We all know the different types of weekenders: the hot mess, the silent drunk, the faker, the lightweight, etc. But what most of us do not know are the school’s policies regarding alcohol. It’s easy to […]

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News

Fifty years later: Wheaties still trying to find something to do on weekends

Sitting in the Gebbie Special Collections and Archives, I leafed my way through the issues of the Wheaton News (the predecessor of the Wire) from the school year 1963-1964. I thought about how, in our brief four years here, we believe it is safe to assume that institutions such as Wheaton are static. However, as […]

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Opinion

Ellen Page: Why coming out is a big deal and why we should care

Standing at a podium in front of hundreds of people with trembling fingers and a wavering yet passionate voice, actress Ellen Page gave both us and herself something far more memorable than chocolates and teddy bears for this past Valentine’s Day. On Friday, February 14th, Page came out as gay at the Human Rights Campaign […]

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You Know He’s Right

Midterm elections are boring, especially compared to presidential elections. Rather than one nation-wide election between two well known candidates, midterms revolve around several state and district-wide elections between candidates most Americans don’t know. But despite being boring, midterm elections are usually important, since they decide which party controls the legislative branch of government. The upcoming […]