Author: wheatonwire
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Computer Science House holds well-received alumni talk
On Saturday, April 11th, the Computer Science Theme House hosted their Alumni Talk in the Hindle Auditorium. This event invited recent alums to provide computer science students with some insight regarding career paths and higher education options after Wheaton. Kamran Noorian ’17 said, “During college, many students try to forecast what their life path will…
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New club reintroduces Inter-Faith Alliance to Wheaton
The Wheaton ‘Better Together Day’ took place on Saturday, 11th April. This day was hosted by the colleges’ Better Together club and consisted of various activities with different clubs that both students and professors could attend. Better Together is not a new club, as it was created two years ago under the title Inter-Faith Alliance….
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Al-Mogahed ’18: Yemen and the backlash of foreign intervention
To understand the situation in Yemen, we should understand the historical and geographical facts about the country and the region. Yemen is located at the south end of the Arabian Peninsula where it shares most of its borders with Saudi Arabia. Until 1990, Yemen was divided into two countries; north Yemen, the Yemen Arab Republic,…
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Jennings ’18: Chindian evacuations represent strategic win over the United States
When the United States decided to evacuate its embassy and military personnel in Yemen, but not its citizens in the wake of the current conflict, eyebrows were raised. Several human rights groups have gone so far as to sue the state department over abandoning up to 4,000 American citizens in the conflict-torn country. China and…
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Letter from the Editor
Readers, Last week, the Wire dipped its toes in the waters of campus programming for the first time in (recent) memory. I was delighted to see nearly 50 people in Ellison Lecture last Wednesday, at which we hosted veteran journalists Bill Kole and Ted Nesi for a panel on contemporary dilemmas in the news media….
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Clubs, Teams, Students Join Forces in Fight Against Cancer
On Saturday, April 11, the Wheaton’s chapter of Colleges Against Cancer held its annual Relay For Life fundraising event. While the club has not yet reached this year’s goal of $20,000, the event brought in donations and received good feedback from those who attended and walked the track. Rebecca Smith ’17 and Kaitlyn Solano ’16…
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Wilson ’16 wins National Volleyball title while studying abroad in UK
Junior Deirdre Wilson ’16 has won a National Volleyball title in England during her travels abroad at the University of Sussex. Wilson was one of two Sussex students who joined four other Sussex students that received sports bursaries from the University to represent the Ashcombe Volleyball Club in the Division 1 National League Tournament. On…
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With win over Springfield, Wheaton men’s tennis scores first conference win this season
Wheaton men’s tennis set out for their 2015 campaign after a snowy Massachusetts winter determined to not let it hold them back. The Lyons are lead by senior captain Lawrence Chan ’15, first-year Tyler Butler ’18, and a strong supporting cast of juniors: David Gassen ’16, Shreve Archer ’16, Will White ’16, Jimmy Beaton’16. After…
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An exciting semester for WCCS, Wheaton’s student-run radio station
Many say that radio is dying, if not already dead. This is not the case, however, for Wheaton’s radio station, WCCS, thanks to the vision and leadership of acting manager, Liam Grace-Flood ’17. WCCS was founded in 1978 and has been providing the Wheaton community with a wide variety of music ever since. Recently, however,…
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A closer look: The inspirational works of playwright Charlotte Meehan
Resident playwright and professor Charlotte Meehan, with the aid of her students, will witness their hard work coming to fruition with this weekend’s showings of the spring main stage production, What Happens When. What Happens When has been in production since January 2013, when Wheaton was first awarded a grant from the Department of Justice…