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In Hong Kong, students lead reform push

Students have been leading a huge and well-organized campaign of peaceful protest in Hong Kong, threatening to take over government buildings and calling for the resignation of C.Y. Leung, the Beijing-appointed chief executive of the city. Protesters blocked 3,000 government workers from going to work in the city’s executive office building on Friday, according to […]

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Business lecture series kicks off with first guest

Some of the country’s biggest businesses have been born in college dorm rooms and garages, from the minds of students.  To help tap into that potential, and to provide help and information to students here at Wheaton looking to enter the business world, Professor of Business and Management Brad Sago created the Business and Management […]

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Opinion

Gilman ’15: Why Domestic Violence Awareness Month matters

Trigger Warning: This article discusses forms of domestic violence that may be triggering for some readers. Read at your discretion. October is Domestic Violence Awareness month, so it’s important for the Wheaton community to learn about this issue and work to end partner violence on our campus and beyond. Domestic violence is defined by the […]

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Opinion

Joy ’17: Derek Jeter’s amazing career and the mark he left on baseball

Last week, five-time World Series champion and fourteen-time All-Star Derek Jeter retired from his twenty-year baseball career as shortstop with the New York Yankees. Being drafted directly out of high school, Jeter wasted no time in building his success, being selected as “Rookie of the Year” at the end of his first active season. Famously […]

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From the Editor

Letter from the Editor: Conversation on Hong Kong

Last year in Oxford I met a student from Hong Kong who has been active these past several weeks in the protests there. I got in touch with her to see if she would be willing to comment for our story on the protests (p.5). Our conversation was absurdly normal. There was no indication, for […]

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Newest Brown/Wheaton Faculty Fellows enhance teaching bona fides

Over the course of ten years, Wheaton has helped dozens of Brown University graduate students acclimate to teaching. This year is no exception, as the Brown/Wheaton Faculty Fellows Program has expanded to allow four Brown graduate students to teach at Wheaton this year. Three of them will teach this semester. Gail Sahar, Associate Provost and […]

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Public Safety Log Sept. 21 through Sept. 28

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Sports

Off-field issues plague NFL season

A few weeks into what has been an entertaining NFL season, the focus hasn’t been on the games. Instead a maelstrom of controversy has made its way around the league all the way up to the commissioner’s office. In particular, the domestic violence incidents associated with star running backs Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson have caused […]

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Wheaton Cross Country clears a path for advancement

Cross Country season is back and relocated to Haas Athletic Center! And yes, the team now practices out of Wheaton’s main athletic center as opposed to the Clark Center, just one among many changes in the 2014 season. Currently, both the men’s and women’s teams are preparing for their third meet of the season, the […]

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Arts and Culture

Chinese immersion course inspires creativity

The appreciation of art took on a whole new meaning to eight students who traveled to China this past summer with Professor Tong as part of a three week long class, “Appreciation of Chinese Culture Through the Arts.” The students immersed themselves in various Chinese art practices, such as costume and makeup design from the […]