It’s that time of year again. Our Spring Weekend artist has been announced and the campus is buzzing. One of the biggest questions is, how did we decide on Sammy Adams? Programming Council (PC) works with a budget of $25,000-$30,000 specifically to pay our Spring Weekend headliner. This budget does not, however, include our other […]
Month: March 2015
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Wheaton celebrates Women’s History Month
Since it’s founding in 1834 by Mary Lyon, Wheaton has a long history of cultivating women’s education and women scholars. Wheaton’s early years were devoted to offering a liberal arts education that could compare to men’s colleges of the time. Internationally, the first International Women’s Day was observed in 1911 and 70 years later, the […]
When at the Activities Fair at the beginning of the semester, there are endless clubs and organizations to get involved with on campus. One of the most fun groups is one everyone on campus recognizes: The Dimple Divers. This improv comedy troupe is consistently entertaining, but there’s more to the group then just the surface […]
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Letter from the editor
Readers, Welcome back! Here we are on the final sprint to the end of the semester. With the end of spring break came the end of Chase — at least for me. I will never sit in Chase Dining Complex again as a student (though, thanks to Dining Services, I have kept a piece of […]
Building off a 2014 NEWMAC Championship and a run in the NCAA Tournament that reached the second round, the Wheaton women’s lacrosse team is hoping to continue with both their conference success and NCAA success this 2015 season. The Lyons concluded their last season with a deserving first seed in the NEWMAC tournament that lead […]
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Gebbie leaks lead to student room relocation
Even as spring begins to arrive to the Wheaton campus, some effects of the harsh winter still linger. One such effect occurred earlier this semester to roommates Matisse Baumann ’16, Jeffrey Sanborn ’16 and Michael Cronin ’16. They were moved out of their room in Gebbie and relocated, presumably because the freezing pipes and a […]
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Fahoum ’18: On Benjamin Netanyahu’s win
Change seemed realistic when polls showed that Benjamin Netanyahu would lose to his main opponent, Isaac Herzog, of the Zionist Union. Yet the results of the recent Israeli Knesset Elections, which took place last Tuesday, showed the close, but clear victory of HaLikud, Netanyahu’s right-wing political party. Netanyahu’s campaign used the ‘Iranian threat’ and the […]
In 1919, Wheaton College conferred its first Honorary Degree at commencement to alumna Kate Upson Clark ’69. Throughout the years, Wheaton has conferred Honorary Degrees to many distinguished and talented individuals. Recently, the process of recipient selection has gone through changes and become more inclusive to community input. President Dennis Hanno said that this year, […]
The Abu Ghraib detention facility, located near Baghdad, Iraq, served as a United States prison for captured Iraqis from 2003-2006, during the Iraq War. The 3,800-detainee prison was the site of numerous human rights abuses during its time of operation; some of which were photographed and became public. The horrifying, outrageous acts of torture committed […]
Wheaton continues to have more student applications with each passing year and this has caused the Admissions Office to revamp its ambassador program. Among the changes are two new student volunteer positions that have been created. The first is the entirely new position of panelist, while the second is a change to the tour guide […]