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Wheaton granted an extension from the Department of Justice
Wheaton is still feeling the pressure from the Department of Justice’s investigation. The investigation has asked for files spanning from 2012 to 2015 concerning the sexual assault cases, looking for a breach in Title IX policies. The first step of the investigation proved to be very challenging and a bit of a hiccup in the…
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Wheaton’s Equestrian Team has first show of the season
The Wheaton Equestrian competitive team is a club sport that gives students a chance to ride and showcase their talent. Yesterday, the team of twelve (of which nine participated) had its first show of the season which was hosted by Worcester State University at Maplewood Farms in Berlin, MA. Wheaton is a part of the…
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Abroad Blog: Thea Ziegler ’17; South Africa
Studying abroad? Yea, it’s a little bit terrifying at first. You’re basically signing up to start over at a new university, and we all remember the first days of freshman year. Nevertheless, I’m used to traveling by myself and not knowing what exactly I’m getting myself into, so I figured studying abroad couldn’t be much…
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Don’t Panic: An advice column (week 2)
Dear Audrey and Emily, My neighbor makes a lot of noise having sex with her significant other every night around 2 a.m. She’s driving me crazy. I can’t sleep and have to get up at 8 a.m. everyday for class. Should I politely tell her to stop or continue to be sleep deprived? -Annoyed Audrey: …
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Wheaton honors the memory of professor of Chemistry Bojan Jennings
Chemistry Professor Emerita, Dr. Bojan Hamlin Jennings (1920-2015), passed away on Sept. 8 of this year. A member of Wheaton’s Chemistry faculty from 1943-1946 and 1950-1985, Jennings had a passion for encouraging female students to study and work in science related fields. She inspired over 150 chemistry majors over the course of her four decades…
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Thank you, Viola Davis, for explaining ‘opportunity’
The only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity”, said Emmy Award winner Viola Davis last Sunday night. We could only expect so much from someone who is the first black woman to win an Emmy Award. She is now, more than ever, one of the most influential women of our time….
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Linda Eisenmann will step down as provost in June
On Sept. 16, President Dennis Hanno sent out an email informing the Wheaton community that Provost Linda Eisenmann would serve as provost until June 30, 2016 and following a sabbatical, would assume a faculty position at the start of the 2017-18 school year. Eisenmann, a professor of history and education, is interested in the social…
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Shonda Rhimes changes TV
If you google “Shonda Rhimes memes,” the results are endless. Scrutinized for killing off a major character in one of her hit dramas, Grey’s Anatomy, last spring, this writer/director/producer is a dynamite, regardless of millions of comments claiming that she is a “life-ruiner.” Thursday nights on ABC are courtesy of Rhimes’s imagination. The night starts…
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Disclosure’s new album is okay
In their highly anticipated follow-up to 2013’s Settle, the British brothers largely stick to the same formula that made them famous, although they don’t execute it quite as well. 90s house-influenced dance songs with pop song structures. A host of cool and up-and-coming featured artists. And what’s a Disclosure album without Sam Smith singing about…
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Natale ’16: Don’t defund Planned Parenthood
Defunding Planned Parenthood is a political game and if House Republicans were successful, we’d all be losers. On Thursday, the Senate voted to reject a bill to defund Planned Parenthood. Shortly after, John Boehner announced that he would be resigning as Speaker of the House, most likely due to conservative pressures to shut down the…