Author: wheatonwire
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Podbelski looks to lead Wheaton baseball to unprecedented 14th NEWMAC title
In his 19 seasons as head coach of the Lyons, Eric Podbelski has achieved virtually every accolade a Division III coach can possibly attain. He’s been NEWMAC Coach-of-the-Year nine times and New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association (NEIBA) Division III Coach-of-the-Year five times. These achievements are especially astounding given that the Lyons only began varsity play…
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Snow wreaks havoc on MBTA, Wheaton commute
This winter has brought a staggering amount of snowfall to the New England area. The amount of snowfall has affected transportation to and from Wheaton College, which has been challenging for both faculty and students. These unfavorable conditions have resulted in a reduced schedule of the Greater Attleboro Taunton Regional transit Authority (GATRA) buses to…
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Men’s Lacrosse officially kicks off their 2015 season
The Wheaton Men’s Lacrosse team remains ambitious for the 2015 season after a disappointing 2014 campaign that ended with a 5-9 record. Several upperclassmen players have expressed how they believe that last year’s lowerclassmen will only learn, improve and build off of the results from the previous year. Room for improvement is an understatement to…
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Wheaton Softball opens season with Florida Games
Wheaton Softball is quickly approaching the annual Rebel Spring Games in Winter Haven and Kissimmee, Florida, where the team will open their 2015 season with 10 competitive games in just six days. The Lyons finished last year’s stretch at the Games with a 9-1 record and began there season on a tremendous high. They’ll look…
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Accepted student overnight reaches record numbers
You’ve seen them wandering around campus with your friends once or twice a semester. They’re usually a little dazed and confused, but pretty much always full of doe-eyed excitement. They’re the newest group of accepted and prospective Wheaton students. “Overnights are a great way for prospective students to get a feel for what it is…
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Skehan ’15: How mind-bending dresses and escaped llamas contribute to our society
Buckle up, folks, it’s going to be yet another llama and dress article. It’s going to start fun, then get serious, followed by an optomistic ending. Here we go. It seemed a fairly normal end to the week: I was wrapping up some work and getting excited about the release of the new season of…
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Williams classic leaves something to be desired
On Feb. 24th and 25th, Tennessee Williams’s The Glass Menagerie was brought to life on Wheaton’s campus, courtesy of Roxbury Repertory Theatre. The show left me, and many others, less than thrilled. A few loved it, some hated it, and most were just confused. The acting was not very good, and many of the artistic…
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Fahoum ’18: On the ongoing Mexican Drug War
Servando Gomez, a school teacher turned powerful drug lord, was arrested in Morelia last Friday. This arrest followed months of work by Mexican Intelligence in the Michoacan region, where Morelia is located. The Mexican police seized Gomez’s properties and arrested many of his associates prior to his arrest. Gomez, also known as ‘El Profe’ (referring…
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Visiting Artists Program sponsors poet, translator Mira Rosenthal
On Feb. 19, some of Wheaton’s aspiring poets were fortunate enough to have the opportunity to hear readings by the distinguished poet and writer, Mira Rosenthal. Her visit was courtesy of the Evelyn Danzig Haas ’39 Visiting Artists Program, which brings various artists to campus every year, including musicians, visual artists, writers, and dancers. Rosenthal…
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Zephorene Stickney reaches 35 years as Wheaton College’s keeper of history
From a quest to find the forgotten burial location of one of Wheaton College’s founders, to placing birthday flowers underneath Eliza Baylies Chapin Wheaton’s portrait 205 years after her birth, Zephorene Stickney of Marion Gebbie Archives embodies the definition of dedication to Wheaton College and its history. Stickney earned a history degree from Wheaton’s sister…