Author: wheatonwire
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Ask Audrey – Norton water flush?
Q: “Dear Audrey, How do you recommend dealing with the Norton flush? Thanks, Anonymous” A: Dear Anonymous, The hydrant flush is a drag, but that doesn’t mean you have to let it stain your attitude! Make it into a series of fun games. My favorites include the traditional Race to Walgreens for Clean Bottled Water, or…
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Abroad Blog #1: Sam Hickson ’17; Spain
The biggest, fattest “¿¿hola, qué tal??” from Granada, Spain! I have been in Granada, Spain for my semester abroad for a total of two weeks now. In this short amount of time, we’ve already completed multiple excursions and trips in and around Granada’s center. Everyone that I’ve met so far, both students and professors through…
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Senior softball players cherish the “Brothahood” as their season approaches
It has been exactly three months today since the passing of the beloved Wheaton softball assistant coach Bob Roscoe, also known as Brotha. I sat down with senior softball players Kelly Welch ’16 and Maddie Hatch ’16 to talk about…
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Students on campus celebrate Rosh Hashanah this weekend
The Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah took place today and the Jewish community of Wheaton has planned some unifying services to help celebrate the Jewish New Year. The group Hillel, along with other students on campus, either attended a service tonight at 6:30 p.m. or will attend one tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. The Jewish New Year…
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Wheaton participates in the National Day of Service and Remembrance
On Friday, Sept. 11 and Saturday, Sept. 12, members of the Wheaton Community participated in the National Day of Service and Remembrance by volunteering at several local organizations. The Office of Service, Spirituality and Responsibility partnered with Alumnae/i Relations in order to provide opportunities to network through community service. This is one of the initiatives…
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“Words that hurt” posters don’t address the problem at hand
Within the past week, the flyers found on doors in Meadows West have caused the topic of hate crime to be an important conversation on Wheaton’s campus. These flyers contained hateful and dehumanizing language, mainly supporting racist and anti-semitic ideologies, threats, and slurs. An email sent by President Hanno following the reporting of the…
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Lexomics Research Group receives third grant for summer research
The Lexomics Research Group at Wheaton has received its third grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. This year’s grant totals $60,000 and will allow the group to continue using computational techniques to detect discrepancies in digitized literary texts. The group’s webpage describes ‘lexomics’ as the computer-assisted detection of words in genomes. Their tools…
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Education Council brings back Flash Seminars
With Wheaton having more than 150 faculty members teaching a variety of courses, it is impossible to take every one that seems appealing. With this in mind, Kim Nash ’12 and Thomas Bruemmer ’12 created the ‘Flash Seminar’ in 2012. This 20-minute lecture series allows students and faculty members to share new and evolving ideas,…
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The Wire’s 10 Tips For Surviving Finals Week
1. Create a To-Do List. Burn it after you see the amount of work left to do. 2. Visit Professors During Office Hours. Ask them to explain everything you missed when you didn’t go to class. Do this as much as possible until all your doubts have been cleared. Follow them home if you must….
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Trebisacci of Global Ed leaves lasting impact on students
If you’ve been to the Center for Global Education at any time in the last two and a half years, you’ve met Ashley Trebisacci. She’s soft-spoken, incredibly bubbly, clever beyond her years, and for some inexplicable reason, always knows exactly what to do when it feels like the world is ending. Having only started at…