Poet Lauren Russell paid a visit to our beautiful campus this past Monday to give some of the students and faculty at Wheaton a reading of her poetry. Russell is the author of What’s Hanging on the Hush and the up and coming poetry book Descendants. Russell always knew she wanted to be a writer, […]
On October 3, 2018, well known documentarian and filmmaker Frederick Wiseman arrived at Wheaton and gave tremendous insight on his life, career, techniques, and much more. Wiseman’s style of cinematography and documenting is vastly different from the likes of others in his field. Rather than utilizing people voice over or conducting interviews with the film’s […]
On September 22, the Women’s Field Hockey team at Wheaton took on Clark University at home. It was their second New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) game of the season. The Lyons, whose first NEWMAC match was a 4-2 loss against Smith College, had a better performance against Clark. Wheaton fought to a […]
This past summer, thirteen students traveled to Ireland to study at the Burren College of Art for a faculty-led study abroad program for twenty-one days. The trip culminated in an art project that expressed their time in the country. Located on the first floor of the Mars Arts and Humanities building, in the Davis art […]
An asexual person is someone who does not experience sexual attraction. It is not a choice, like celibacy, but an innate quality that the person cannot change. Asexuality is a spectrum and includes orientations, both sexual and romantic, such as gray-asexual and demisexual. To celebrate and share knowledge about asexuality, this year’s Asexual Awareness […]
Ever since its establishment in 1978, the Versace brand, an illustrious Italian household name, has been a staple of the modern, confident woman. After Gianni Versace’s untimely death in 1997, Donatella Versace strived to grab hold of the reigns of the behemoth brand, and produce clothes, season after season, that could ravish and enchant just […]
This year, there have been several changes in the theme houses’ locations. The LGBTQIA+ Safe Haüs took the upstairs half of 17/19 Howard Street, an area that Media Amelioration and Discernibility (MAD) House used to occupy. MAD House has moved to 27 Pine Street, where Student Organization of Hispanics and Latinx (SOHL) House used to […]
It is one of my sincerest wishes that as a Jew, I don’t have to have an opinion on Israel. After all, I ascribe to the belief that the State of Israel does not speak for my identity nor do policies that are enacted on another continent shape how I navigate in my own country. […]
You’ve probably seen that Ancestry.com commercial — the one where Kyle, who grew up thinking he was German, takes a DNA test and discovers that his ancestry is mostly Scottish, and trades his lederhosen for a kilt. Or maybe you’ve seen the one where Kim learns from a DNA test that she is 26 percent […]
On May 18 2018, a groundbreaking ceremony was conducted to begin the construction of Wheaton’s new residential hall. Since then, Wheaton has released a page on their website dedicated to the construction of the residential hall, which includes an interactive campus map and a time-lapse video of the progress. As described on Wheaton’s website, the […]