Wheaton’s community has been one that emphazies respect and appreciation of one and other. That being said, in the weeks before spring break, the Chalk boards in Balfour hood café and the science center café have been defaced. Students work tirelessly for 5 hours a week to complete these masterpieces that are not only beautiful […]
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In the late afternoon of Friday, April 4 there was a light sprinkle of rain outside of Haas Athletic Center as friendly faces greeted my teammates and I. Wearing matching blue t-shirts, the Relay for Life 2014 Walk for Cancer committee were so enthusiastic to see Mac Attack in our purple, hand-made shirts from Michael’s, […]
During the weekend of March 29th, I, along with ten other Women’s and Gender Studies majors and Feminist Association of Wheaton (FAW) members, attended the 10th annual National Young Feminist Leadership Conference in Washington D.C. It was a weekend of critiques, empowerment, and more critiques. As an out lesbian and open member of the queer […]
I’d like to take a minute to talk about integrity. First off, yes: this is a response to Dean of Students Lee Williams’ latest D-Log, a piece that I think mostly hit the nail on the head. However, I believe one implication in her article was off-base, and I’d like to address it respectfully. I […]
For some it can be intimidating thinking about what life will be like after college. On Tuesday April 8, the Wheaton Institute for the Interdisciplinary Humanities and the Film and New Media Studies program co-sponsored LEAPS (Liberal Education and Professional Success) which brought several alumni back to Wheaton to talk about their involvement in film […]
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WheaTalks 2014: A night of ideas
Ten presenters and ten ideas drew an at-capacity crowd to Hindle Auditorium on Thursday, April 3. WheaTalks was based off of the concept of TEDTalks, brief presentations by speakers from a variety of fields on “ideas worth spreading.” Wheaton’s chapter of the Roosevelt Institute, a policy think tank with participating colleges nationwide, organized the event, […]
As a part of the Violence Against Women Symposium, students in the class Alexandra Natale ‘16 and Kate Gannon ‘16 hosted the first in a series of two talks about Wheaton’s sexual assault and misconduct policy on Monday night in Meneely 102. 14 women attended the discussion. Much of the discussion consisted of the participants […]
The Public Safety Log from 4/7/2014 through 4/14/2014, courtesy of Charles Furgal, Director of Public Safety, can be found here: 04.07_04.14.14
On Thursday April 11 at 8 p.m. in the Cole Memorial Chapel, the Feminist Association of Wheaton (FAW) and Latin Students Association of Wheaton (LSA) hosted the group Sister Outsider, consisting of the current two top slam poets in the world, Denise Frohman and Dominique Christina. Before the performance, the poets hosted a workshop at 6 […]
On April 7th at 6:00 p.m. in the Mary Lyon room, Round 2 of SGA speeches began. First to speak were those running for SGA Senate and began with freshman Kweku Ampem-Darko, running for Senator at Large. In his time here, Ampem-Darko says that he has “grown as an individual and as a member of […]