While my first semester at Wheaton has barely begun, I feel like I’ve met so many people and learned so much about this great campus already. I know I have so many more people to meet and so much more to learn, and I hope that you will continue to help me with this. Everyone […]
Hey everyone! I hope you are all settling in well as we start off the year. I’m pleased to report that your Student Government Association (SGA) Executive Board has been meeting since early August as a group and with administrative officials, such as President Hanno and Dean McCaffrey, about what we wish to accomplish this […]
LARCENY-THEFT From Buildings Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014 at 08:43 Location : POTATO CELLAR Summary : Larceny of electrical supplies. Deposition : Closed MEDICAL Medical Incident Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014 at 19:55 Location : MEADOWS HALL EAST Summary : AC called for Officer to meet up with her at student room. Disposition: Closed ALCOHOL/DRUGS Any Alcohol […]
Dear Reader, Welcome to the Wire’s 29th Volume. It’s great to be back. I, too, am personally back, after having spent an entire year abroad at the University of Oxford last year. Naturally, returning to Wheaton is a little strange — when I left, Ronald Crutcher was still our President, Gail Berson was our Dean […]
What follows has been edited for length. For the full interview, including Dean McCaffrey’s thoughts on the upcoming dining renovations, look on our website, wheatonwire.wpengine.com. Alex Butcher-Nesbitt: So, you’ve just moved from heading up the Office of Residential Life. How do you compare the two roles — Director of Residential Life and Vice President of […]
A few weeks before many new students started their first year at Wheaton, a future freshman’s life was lost before he could even begin his college career. On Aug. 9, Michael Brown, who was scheduled to begin school at Vatterott College in the fall, was killed by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri. His […]
In light of increasing difficulty by colleges in retaining sophomore students, Wheaton is implementing a new program designed to give sophomores added support as they go throughout their second years. The program, called the sophomore peer mentors, was conceived when representatives from Wheaton participated in a webinar about sophomore retention with a number of different […]
Graduation is not only a big time for students, but also a chance for a school to display its culture and tradition. It is usually a big deal for colleges or universities, because it doesn’t only give a formal occasion of looking back and reflecting on the past year, but more importantly, it opens up […]
To say the least, we were all well informed that Chance the Rapper was unable to appear at Wheaton this past Spring Weekend. With his lack of appearance came the slow downward trickle of the hype that surrounded the rapper on campus. The quick replacement of Chance with Chiddy Bang was both impressive and necessary […]
With several successful programs of all sports in Division III, Wheaton has an Athletic Department on the rise on both regional and national levels. However, not many speak about one of the most decorated teams our community currently possesses, Wheaton Synchronized Swimming. At 1,600 or so students: the words Top Tier powerhouse and Wheaton don’t […]