In the Watson Fine Arts Experimental Theatre on March 21, 2018, a solo tour production of El border brujo was performed by Guillermo Gómez-Peña. He is a performance artist of 30-plus years and also dabbles in other fields of occupation such as activism, writing and education. In his work, Gómez-Peña likes to draw on his […]
Author: Tatyanna Cabral
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Writing Tutors at Wheaton
Wheaton’s writing tutors are located in the Wallace Library, immediately to the left when entering from the main doors and next to the Scholar’s Lab. They are available Sunday through Thursday, 4-10 p.m. Appointments are not necessary; students can meet with a tutor on a walk-in basis. The Faculty Writing Associates located in the Oversized […]
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International Bazaar
The International Bazaar held on March 23, 2018, celebrated the diversity of the Wheaton College student body, faculty and staff. One of the event organizers, Sierra Prasad ’21, described the event as important in exposing students and faculty to a wide array of cultures represented on the Wheaton campus. Prasad stated that the event was […]
Conservative demagogues have long argued the existence of institutional discrimination against conservative professors in the academy. This discrimination, they argue, occurs through the various forms of hyper-partisan peer-review processes, discriminatory hiring practices, ousting of conservative professors and denial of tenure to conservatives. While there is a kernel of truth to these accusations, as with most, […]
On Friday, March 30, the men’s rugby team played a home game in the Unity Bowl against Curry College on the Turf Field. Having lost core players to injuries and relying on new players to fill vital positions, Wheaton was defeated by Curry with a final score of 10-0. Sean MacBride ’20, Wheaton Men’s Rugby […]
If you haven’t heard of the Bollywood dance initiative at Wheaton, this may be because it hasn’t yet been established as a club on campus. As of now, the initiative is a personal one for Anoushka Agrawal ’20 and Gyana Srivastava ’21, who are currently trying to “generate energy and enthusiasm” by increasing community awareness […]
Many students have noticed the change of the Chapel Basement’s name from the Center for Service, Spirituality and Social Responsibility to the Center for Social Justice and Community Impact. However, not many students are aware of how this name change designates a change in the structure of the Chapel Basement’s programming. The move has been […]
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Grant for Social Entrepreneurship
The Diana Davis Spencer Foundation provided Wheaton with a $10 million pledge toward the college’s initiatives in social entrepreneurship. One of the outright largest pledges in the college’s history, this gift from the foundation of alumna Diana Davis Spencer ’60 will allow Wheaton to renovate the Old Science Center partially into a center for WiN […]
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Where is the Interest in Interest Houses?
For the past couple of weeks, the theme houses on campus have been heavily advertising their requests for applicants for the upcoming school year due to the lack of applications. What has been causing this disinterest in living in a theme house? When asked what is keeping them from applying to the houses, many students […]
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America’s Nation-Building Dilemma
The phrase “nation-building,” in a vacuum, sounds positive. Building, after all, is constructive. Nevertheless, this phrase has become something with near universally negative associations in discussions of foreign policy. Of course, it requires only a cursory look at the recent history of American attempts at nation-building in countries such as Iraq and Afghanistan to understand […]