While every student has a major, not everyone knows what they want to do with it. But for most Education majors, the answer is simple: they will teach. The Education major, though currently the newest major on campus, is an important one. It provides students with the ability to get licensure to teach when they […]
Month: April 2015
One of the newest initiatives in a series of events, SWEATworking is a fresh approach to traditional networking in a stuffy formal setting. Instead, this new event series brings alumnae/i and students together through fun and physical activities like Zumba, hiking, or, in the case of SWEATworking, yoga. The second half of the program then […]
SafeZone intern, Sam Hammond, directed the Transgender 101 Workshop that took place on Friday, April 10. This talk placed emphasis on how students on campus can become more inclusive and understanding of the struggles of the transgender community. “Actions that may seem small, like remembering to use someone’s preferred name or pronouns, will go a […]
In an effort for the Wheaton community to become more environmentally conscious, Emerson dining hall will be selling reusable to-go containers in collaboration with AfterTaste. The containers will be sold during Friday Farmer’s Markets in Balfour from 11-2 p.m. and Thursdays from 12:30-2:30 p.m. Containers will cost $3 and are completely BPA free according to […]
On Saturday, April 11th, the Computer Science Theme House hosted their Alumni Talk in the Hindle Auditorium. This event invited recent alums to provide computer science students with some insight regarding career paths and higher education options after Wheaton. Kamran Noorian ’17 said, “During college, many students try to forecast what their life path will […]
The Wheaton ‘Better Together Day’ took place on Saturday, 11th April. This day was hosted by the colleges’ Better Together club and consisted of various activities with different clubs that both students and professors could attend. Better Together is not a new club, as it was created two years ago under the title Inter-Faith Alliance. […]
To understand the situation in Yemen, we should understand the historical and geographical facts about the country and the region. Yemen is located at the south end of the Arabian Peninsula where it shares most of its borders with Saudi Arabia. Until 1990, Yemen was divided into two countries; north Yemen, the Yemen Arab Republic, […]
When the United States decided to evacuate its embassy and military personnel in Yemen, but not its citizens in the wake of the current conflict, eyebrows were raised. Several human rights groups have gone so far as to sue the state department over abandoning up to 4,000 American citizens in the conflict-torn country. China and […]
Letter from the Editor
Readers, Last week, the Wire dipped its toes in the waters of campus programming for the first time in (recent) memory. I was delighted to see nearly 50 people in Ellison Lecture last Wednesday, at which we hosted veteran journalists Bill Kole and Ted Nesi for a panel on contemporary dilemmas in the news media. […]
On Saturday, April 11, the Wheaton’s chapter of Colleges Against Cancer held its annual Relay For Life fundraising event. While the club has not yet reached this year’s goal of $20,000, the event brought in donations and received good feedback from those who attended and walked the track. Rebecca Smith ’17 and Kaitlyn Solano ’16 […]