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Ban of refugees and visas leading to oppositions around the U.S. and at Wheaton

On Holocaust Remembrance Day, airports overflowed with tension. President Donald Trump signed an executive order suspending refugees from entering the United States for 120 days on Jan. 27, 2017. The ban prevented entry of refugees from Syria indefinitely, and also barred entry of those with visas from Iran, Sudan, Somalia, Iraq, Libya, Yemen for 90 […]

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Professor Suzanne Preston Blier rethinks Picasso’s ‘Demoiselles’

Wheaton College welcomed Harvard Professor Suzanne Preston Blier for its 9th Annual Mary L. Heuser Lecture in the Ellison Lecture Hall of Watson Fine Arts on Feb. 7. Professor Blier provided diverse possible sources, interpretations, history, significance and extensive research of the influential 1907 Pablo Picasso  painting, “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon”. Picasso’s “Demoiselles” is part of […]

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Claudine Humure applies for Ozy Genius Award to fund prosthetic socket design funding

“I dream of a Rwanda where being handicapped does not define a person’s capabilities. A day will come when all amputees will be able to afford a prosthesis that will allow them to perform wonders beyond their imagination,” reads Claudine Humure’s ’17 Linkedin profile. The Biology and Business major plans to open a prosthetic clinic […]

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Writer and activist Mark Baumer ’06 dies in roadside accident

Mark Baumer ’06, a fiction writer, poet, and environmental activist who was walking barefoot across America to raise awareness and fight climate change, passed away on Jan 21, 2017. Baumer was walking westward along the shoulder of Highway 90 in Walton County, Florida when he was hit by an SUV. According to the New Yorker, […]

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Thinking of studying abroad? Here’s why you should

“The lows are really low, and the highs are really high,” said Na Young Shin ’17. I couldn’t agree more. Studying abroad is an experience in learning how to make judgements by yourself, and developing the self-confidence to do so. It is about finding ways to meaningfully communicate with strangers, sometimes (most times) without using […]

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What ‘wellness’ really means

Self- care is an aspect of life that is heavily overlooked in the rapid paced environment in which we live our 21st century lives. Life these days is like marching to a never-ending beat in a constant struggle to keep up. It is easy to forget to attend to many basic necessities of existence with […]

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Terrorism does not always wear a hijab or turban

This past week, I fell upon an article published by the Washington Times on June 24, 2015, entitled “Majority of fatal attacks on U.S. soil carried out by white supremacists, not terrorists.” After President Trump placed an  immigration ban on seven predominantly Muslim countries, this article felt more necessary and relevant than ever. However, after […]

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Coffee with President Hanno

President Dennis Hanno said that the effects of the travel ban were felt by the school almost overnight. A summer project held on campus for students from the United Arab Emirates was canceled by the project organizers. International applicants who had initially committed to Wheaton, such as a dual citizen from Switzerland and the U.S., […]

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Lunar New Year celebration ushers in new semester of intercultural learning

The Asian Students Association (ASA) organized a New Year celebration to commemorate the Year of the Rooster on the lunar calendar. The festivities were held on Feb. 3 in the Balfour Hood atrium. The celebration included the lion dance, Chinese food, cultural activities, music and martial arts performances. The event started off with a traditional […]

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Campus-wide all-gender bathrooms to be introduced this spring

After a few sparse sign changes in the library last semester, various staff and faculty have started a campus-wide initiative to introduce official all-gender bathrooms to a majority of Wheaton’s academic, athletic and administrative buildings. A total of 62 single-use bathrooms will be affected. The initiative was taken in order to “address some questions from […]