All, A few weeks back, I asked you to submit ideas for potential columns on WheatonWire.com. Since then, I’ve received at least a dozen ideas in the Wire email. I have to say, I’m completely blown away by the submissions. It isn’t that I doubted you all. Of course I didn’t. It was much more […]
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Wheaton hosts Homecoming & Family Weekend
This past weekend, Wheaton was filled with students, parents, and alums to celebrate Homecoming & Family Weekend. Many Wheaton clubs and organizations contributed to make the event fun for all. On Friday, TWAP (Together We All Prosper) House and Art Haus joined together to bring a bouncy house to the Dimple. Although it was raining […]
On Friday Sept. 20, I found myself far more satisfied to find out that Mike’s Bakery is a band here at Wheaton, rather than an actual bakery. Upon walking into the Den, I stumbled into a line of students hoping the $100 open tab would cover their food and drinks. The place quickly filled up […]
When the 2013-14 season kicked off for the women’s tennis squad, Head Coach Lynn Miller may not have expected her 600th career victory to come as soon as it did. Yet the Lyons are off to a historically strong start, winning their first six contests, and Miller earning that remarkable milestone along the way. It […]
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In Afghanistan, professor feels at home
Community, whether a neighborhood, church or even Wheaton College, serves a vital purpose in the lives of its members. Different communities can be formed not just based on geographic location, but also on people who are parts of similar cultures, interests or desires. This makes it hard to conceptualize a cohesive community in a place […]
It was probably the most common topic of conversation on campus: the water. Beginning two weeks ago, the town of Norton performed its semi-annual flushing program, causing the water in the bathrooms and soda fountains in the dining halls to turn an unappealing shade of yellow or brown. Residential Life sent out an email notifying […]
Congratulations to all of the new members of student government here at Wheaton. I think your jobs are extremely important to the success of our college. One of the major reasons I chose Wheaton, in fact, is because its student government convinced me to. When I was applying to colleges, I took an absurd amount […]
Acclaimed writer and poet Martha Collins visited Wheaton to present a reading from her newest book, White Papers, this past Thursday, Sept. 26 in the May Room of Mary Lyon Hall. Published in 2012, White Papers explores racial diversity from a variety of perspectives and, according to Collins, questions what it means to be “white” […]
On Friday September 20, the fall 2013 Student Government Association election results were announced, filling the Class Council for the first-year students as well as various positions for upperclassmen. After over a week of campaigning composed of colorful flyers, sidewalk slogans, and brief speeches, the results were as follows. Elected to the Senate-at-Large: Biljana Novakovic […]
Ever walk around Norton before? I did the other day. And not down Pharmacy Row, either. It sounds like a weird thing to do, since the majority of the people who live at Wheaton describe Norton as a terrible, terrible place to live as an undergraduate. Let’s be real—it’s hardly a Northampton or a Hanover. […]