The Office of Service, Spirituality and Social Responsibility (SSSR) on Apr. 14 held their second annual Best Buds Softball Game. The game was a match-up between faculty and staff and the Best Buds and their “Buddies” with the Best Buds winning 5 to 3. The game was a friendly event held on Chapel Field to […]
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The series titled “Thought Leaders: An Ongoing Conversation on the Future of the Liberal Arts,” is an attempt to discuss and think about how liberal arts colleges, like Wheaton, can adapt and evolve along with a rapidly changing world. Beginning this semester, Wheaton has invited guest lecturers and speakers to join this discussion with all […]
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Letter from the Editor Issue 11
After the Boston Marathon bombings, I had an instant feeling of shock. I remember feeling sick as I watched video of the tragedy on television. I remember sitting in complete silence next to a friend for what felt like an hour, and hugging afterward because we didn’t know what else to do. Shock quickly morphed […]
Students were invited to celebrate the Cambodian New Year in Balfour Hood Atrium on Fri., Apr. 12. The event was complete with games, traditional food and blessings from Buddhist monks. Organized by the student club Campaign for Cambodia, the event was designed “to bring Wheaton students, staff, faculty and residents in the community together” and […]
Wheaton College has begun registration for its newly announced Summer Session, an intensive four-week program of summer courses at the college. According to Associate Provost Gail Sahar, many Wheaton students already take summer classes and around 700 credits have been transferred to Wheaton from summer courses over the past nine years. Sahar and other faculty […]
In front of an eager crowd in the Balfour-Hood Center on Thursday evening, Joseph Campbell ’14 was elected as 2013-2014 Wheaton College Student Government Association (SGA) President. The current SGA Treasurer will lead an almost entirely new SGA Executive Board next semester. “I feel that my past three years in student government have truly prepared […]
On Fri., April 5, Wheaton held its tenth annual Relay For Life event, a relay sponsored by the American Cancer Society to raise money for cancer research and awareness, as well as to provide programs and support for cancer patients and their families. The event brings the Wheaton community together to raise money and collective […]
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Armstrong’14 sets sights on NFL Draft
I’m not an expert. I don’t get paid thousands of dollars to study and assess college players. I read and watch as much as I can about the draft. I have a pretty good idea how prospects are viewed. If the draft were a science, then players would be selected in descending order of talent. […]
“Well, well, well. Welcome to detention. I want to congratulate you for being on time. I see some familiar faces and some less familiar. You have exactly one hour to think about what you did”, Anastasia Tammen ’16 lectured the audience as they took their seats in the Hindle Auditiorum between April 4 and April […]
Over the course of two weekends, Wheaton students will be performing the play Rumors, a farce about an upper-class dinner party celebrating the host couple’s tenth wedding anniversary. However, when the guests arrive, the host is found in his study with a bullet through his ear, and the hostess has mysteriously gone missing. The play […]