I must say I was little confused when I first spotted the red spray paint scrawled across a column of the gazebo in the number “413.” It looked like the sort of haphazard […]
Meatless Mondays: A movement all campuses could benefit from
I grew up a picky eater, the kind of kid that never strayed too far from the palatable realm of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, string cheese, and applesauce. Over the years […]
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 […]
Kirkpatrick ’17 responds to op-ed criticism: “I stand behind what I have said”
I wrote “Examining the coexistence of academics and athletics” not because I thought people would agree; it is an op-ed, not a news article. Rather, I wrote this in order to spark a […]
Examining coexistence of sports and academics
I’m a NARP, a non-athletic regular person. It’s not something that I thought would really be considered as a defining characteristic in college. After all, though our majors may vary across diverse […]
Fifty years later: Wheaties still trying to find something to do on weekends
Sitting in the Gebbie Special Collections and Archives, I leafed my way through the issues of the Wheaton News (the predecessor of the Wire) from the school year 1963-1964. I thought about […]
Christie, Guadagno, Ford: Political scandals everywhere
We have all heard the phrase, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” Likewise, political scandal is in the eye of the beholder – its perception greatly depends on one’s party […]
Youtube blogger Laci Green hosted by SHAG
On Monday, Oct. 7, Hindle Auditorium was filled to capacity as the Sexual Health Advocates Group (SHAG) presented “The Down Low on Hooking Up” with Laci Green. Known for her education program, […]
New Year results in newly elected representatives for the SGA
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 […]
Kirkpatrick ’17: Surfing the channels of reality television
This summer I learned how to surf. No, not on the beaches of California like Gidget and Moon-Doggie, but rather, through the hundreds of channels listed on my television guide. I found […]