’Tis the season for students finding out whether or not they have been selected to receive some highly coveted funding for their summer endeavors. The latest slew of winners has been announced for the Porter Cleveland Fellows Program. This year’s fellows include Danielle Dickinson ’17, Gabrielle Maginn ’17, Olivia Milne ’18 and Julia Daniels ’17. […]
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Students, staff and faculty filled the Cole Memorial Chapel on April 13 to attend a talk by Professor of Political Science, Dr. Larycia Hawkins, titled “Embodied Solidarity and the Other Wheaton.” Hawkins is from the University of Virginia and formerly of the ‘other’ Wheaton College in Illinois. She spoke of standing with the oppressed and […]
Wheaton’s Great Woods Chamber Orchestra traveled to Smith College to perform in Celestial Melodies on April 16. The program featured Gordeli’s “Concertino for Flute and Orchestra, Op. 8,” Gould’s “American Salute” and Holst’s “The Planets, Op. 32. “ As well as the Great Woods Chamber Orchestra, Celestial Melodies hosted the Smith Orchestra and the Smith […]
Is drinking milk an issue of feminism? Yes, according to posters around campus that say ‘cows used by the dairy industry are intensively confined, continually impregnated and bred for high production with little concern for their well-being.’ One such poster urges people to make connections between what they consume and what they believe. Kimberly Williams […]
Have you ever struggled with learning a second language from a textbook? Bill VanPatten, director of language instruction in the Department of Romance and Classical Studies at Michigan State University, discussed these issues during a talk titled ‘Against Rules: Second Language Acquisition’ in Holley Room, Mary Lyon. The lecture on April 18 discussed problems with […]
For those living in the Wheaton bubble, discolored water from the hydrant flushing is a bi-annual reminder of our inclusion in the greater Norton community. In a campus-wide email on April 13, Wheaton’s Student Government Association (SGA) announced plans to install filtered bottle fillers in 11 locations around campus. These locations include Watson, Meneely, Knapton, […]
Over Spring Break, Wheaton Women’s Soccer took a trip to Buenos Aires to play some of the top teams in the Argentine Women’s Soccer League. This was the first time that the Wheaton Women’s Soccer program had traveled to South America. The last two trips were to Europe, Spain and Portugal respectively. All of these […]
Becca Rozenzweig ’19 Wins Project For Peace
Projects for Peace, a foundation established by Kathyrn Wasserman Davis, is intended to encourage students to create plans for upholding peace and provides winners with $10,000 to implement a plan of their own design. This year, Becca Rosenzweig ’19 won the grant for her plan to teach vocational skills to villagers living on the border […]
Wheaton’s Middle East Club organized a five-day long Middle East Week from Monday, April 4 to Friday, April 8. Other Wheaton institutions, including the Educational Council, the Intercultural Board, the Speaker Fund, the Senate Fund, the Venture Fund, the Marshall Center for Intercultural Learning, the Political Science Department, the Center for Global Education, the […]
The Department of Justice (DOJ) conducted a compliance review of Wheaton’s response to sexual assault and harassment under Title IX. On April 5 and 6, the DOJ representatives held confidential meetings in the Merrill Room at the Wallace Library for students who wanted to talk about their experiences with Wheaton’s training, policies, procedures and resources […]