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Opinion

Wheaton Credit Requirements and the Struggle to Stay Relevant

As with many liberal arts colleges, Wheaton claims a specific pride of allowing its students “expand their horizons” and limit course requirements in order to fulfill intensive major and minor requirements. This was something that I had taken completely to heart. I believed the title of a liberal arts school would cure all of my […]

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Sports

After a successful run as a competitor, Spence transitions to coach

Wheaton College, 6:30 am—The smell of chlorine permeates the air as you arrive in the Evelyn Danzig Haas Athletic Center. As you approach the balcony and look down at the brightly lit track below, the sound of Ellie Goulding’s “Burn” is clearly audible. There are runners running, throwers throwing, and jumpers jumping, while more athletes […]

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Arts and Culture

Talent on Display: Wheaton’s Gallery Director does it all

She is an artist, a carpenter, an administrator, a writer, and a teacher. Michele L’Heureux does all of these things as the Gallery Director of the Wheaton Beard and Weil Galleries. Her skill set is perfect for a job that she describes as having no typical days. On any given day L’Heureux could be installing […]

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News

The new Chase, Emerson, Cafe

Anyone who regularly eats at Chase and Emerson, which is most of the student body, knows the plight of on-campus cuisine. We’ve all complained, or at least have heard our friends complain, about the limited choices, or the problematic dining hours or the overall blandness of the dining experience. We accept this because this is […]

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Features

#prezHANNO and Hanno himself

If you were to go online and search Dennis Hanno, Wheaton’s president-elect, there would be a number of articles describing the wonderful things he has done for Babson College. If you dug a little more, you would unearth an old Facebook campaign run by Babson College alumni and students to have him elected as Babson’s […]

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News

Trio of authors visit Wheaton for reading and discussion

The Creative Writing Program is at it again, having hosted yet another successful Readings by the Writers event last week. Sponsored by the Evelyn Danzig Haas ’39 Visiting Artists Program, the event held a focus on contemporary African American writing over a two-day symposium. The initial readings by the writers on Tuesday evening yielded a […]

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News

Flourishing German Department hosts German Consul General

On Wednesday, March 26, Wheaton hosted Rolf Schütte, the German Consul General for the New England States, to discuss the growing role of Germany in both the European Union, as well as the international community. The event had to be relocated to the Holman Room in Mary Lyon after the May Room reached well beyond […]

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News

In the spotlight: Sex Week 2014

In the Balfour Hood café, students are standing behind a table handing out free condoms and pamphlets on sexual health. “It’s sex week!” they say as you walk by. What exactly is sex week? It’s not what you may think. Twice a year, Wheaton’s Sexual Health Advocates Group (SHAG), dedicates a week to educating students […]

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Opinion

Kowal ’16: Athletics enrich the Wheaton experience, not hinder it

There we were at 5:00 am, groggy, hungry, and cold. We all met at Peacock Pond before the sun had come up to get the waters and equipment ready before our departure for lacrosse practice, because as every athlete knows, early is on-time. The seven of us freshmen hardly said a word as we each […]

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News

Together We All Prosper (TWAP) House: Past, present, and future

As the fall semester was coming to an end, finals weren’t the only concerns for members of Together We All Prosper (TWAP) house. They received an email from Dean of Students Lee Williams, which led them to wonder if the final weeks of the semester would also be the final weeks of TWAP. “I’ve received […]