As environmental issues become more serious around the world, Wheaton’s students and administration are taking action to help make the Wheaton community a more sustainable environment. This nationwide emphasis on sustainability and the acknowledgment of environmental issues are what prompted the founding of one of Wheaton’s newest clubs, SEGA (Students Engaged in Green Activism). SEGA […]
Take a moment and think about your biggest fear. Your biggest regret. Your biggest mistake. Think about something that damaged you; that made you feel broken. For just a moment, re-live the emotion you felt. Sometimes digging deep within our souls and reaching for our darkest moments can be frightening. But it can also be […]
Teddy Roosevelt once said: “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” The new Student Government Association (SGA) candidates, who spoke at SGA’s speech night on Tuesday, Sept. 16 in Mary Lyon Hall, know this mantra all too well. The Holman Room was filled with candidates, current SGA members, students, and Interim Vice President of Student […]
Associate Dean of Students and Director of Counseling and Health Services, Jeff Klug said that the strategic and focused restructuring of the Counseling Center would allow students to get the help that they need. One initiative brought to that cause is the organization of more group sessions like “Slow Your Roll.” Health Educator Emily Dimon […]
Recently, there has been a lot of news coverage about sexual assault on university campuses, but it has been a problem for centuries and still continues to be. Wheaton is one of the many colleges around the globe that shares this particular horror. Just this semester there was a reported assault that took place before […]
Robin Thicke’s past year, to state it in the kindest way possible, has been pretty rough. Last Monday during a discussion with his lawyers, he admitted to being “drunk and high” every time he stepped into the recording studio. He also admitted to lying in interviews about his participation in the writing of “Blurred Lines,” […]
As we launch this, our third issue, Wheaton has finally settled down into the school-year routine. The public safety log grows shorter (thankfully). The campus, with a noticeable lull, prepares itself for the bright sun and chill air of autumn. My problems with releasing the pumpkin spice flavoring too early aside, I think fall is […]
Wheaton participated in what was hailed as the “largest climate march in history” on Sunday, Sept. 21 in front of the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. Dan Altman ’16 and Sara Mitsinikos ’15 of Outdoors Club helped to organize Wheaton’s participation in the event. The People’s Climate March took place in response to […]
To strains of The Lord of the Rings soundtrack, two mighty troops armed to the teeth clashed in a battle for the ages in a backyard here on campus. On Saturday, Sept. 13, the House of the Living Arts, known to students as Art Haus, hosted a Live Action Role-Playing (LARP) event. There, people could […]
Wheaton Wire: A major theme that’s been part of your first few weeks here has been this one of “Let’s Get Started, Now.” I’m wondering now that you’ve settled in, what does that entail? What do you want to start here at Wheaton? Dennis Hanno: I guess I’d like to take the things that we […]