Judy Purdy, the Director of Admission, has been working at Wheaton for 34 years. Purdy said she tackles the big picture of the Wheaton admissions process and described herself as an energized individual. With a Fitbit on her wrist, she strives to get her 10,000 steps in by parking as far away from the admissions […]
Last week, the largest ever class of freshmen to walk the Wheaton campus elected Shamar Mahon ‘20 as its president to lead the charge into the 2016-2017 academic year. Mahon says he is not your typical politician. “I’m not someone who is going to sugarcoat things. I am not someone who is going to kiss […]
Congress overrode President Obama’s veto concerning a bill that would allow the families of victims of terrorism to sue foreign governments last Wednesday. The first veto override in President Obama’s eight-year administration will allow families affected by 9/11 to sue the Saudi Arabian government on claims of financial support of Al-Queda. Saudi government officials strongly […]
The first presidential debate of the 2016 election cycle occurred on Sept. 26 at 9 p.m. and lasted approximately 90 minutes; NBC Nightly News journalist, Lester Holt, moderated. American people around the country were sitting at their television, interested in hearing the two candidates pitch why they believe that they have the country’s best interest in […]
Wheaton alumni Judith Gil ’13 and Raul Gil ’12 came to Wheaton on Sept. 21 to discuss their experiences in the modern practice of Santeria with Wheaton students in the Woolley Room of Mary Lyon. In honor of Hispanic Studies month, TRYBE, Latin Students Association, and Paraiso Latino all collaborated in order to bring the […]
Third Party Presidential candidate Jill Stein came to speak at Wheaton on September 18. She addressed a variety of issues pertaining to her platform that span from college debt to the inequalities amongst low-income families to underrepresented groups. As she spoke, students listened, but they also seemed to be laughing at what she was saying. […]
On Sept. 20, the world witnessed the end of a marital union which contributed greatly to the definition of “true love” in pop culture: Brangelina. Looking back at how the tabloids depicted the relationship of both movie-actors, this Hollywood sensational romance had become, for most of us, the embodiment of what a perfect couple looks […]
On July 15., a sudden military coup d’état took place in Turkey while the President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was on holiday. The Peace at Home Council, one of the many factions of the Turkish military army, led this coup by trying to seize many different key areas in Turkey, including Ankara and Istanbul. Turkey received […]
“It was very bittersweet. It has been a dream of mine to win an Emmy but it was for a film about someone who lost their life in the most brutal and public way,” said George Kunhardt ’09. Kunhardt won a 2016 Primetime Emmy Award for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking for “Jim: The James […]
Dr. Travis J. Bristol, an Assistant Professor at Boston University hosted a talk on campus last Wednesday afternoon in Mary Lyon. His talk, titled “The Urgency of Teacher Racial/Ethnic Diversity in an Increasingly Diverse Society”, gave the audience an idea of how critical teacher diversity is in American schools. Bristol started off the talk by […]