The Wheaton Wire

Beard and Weil Galleries are going au natural this month. “Nature Talks Back” is the first of four multi-disciplinary art exhibitions to go on display this academic year. All four exhibits will focus on the…

An international perspective for Wheaton’s Class of 2017

The motto for Wheaton’s Center of Global Education reads, “We bring Wheaton to the world, and the world to Wheaton.” The center, which strives not only to increase the number of international students on campus, but also to send Wheaton students…

New funding: Clubs react

Whether it’s switching your shampoo or your home, people are apprehensive about change. Well, folks, there have been some changes on campus this year, and the club funding policy is one of them. What changes have been made? To summarize, each…

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 myself lost in a sea of reality shows from…

Flurry of Developments Surrounding the Syrian Conflict

Within the past week, there has been a number of key developments surrounding the Syrian conflict. The three different messages were delivered via three different types of media, from three different Presidents. On Monday, Sept. 9, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad appeared…

From the Editor

Letter from the editor Week 2 Fall 2013

All, We need your help. Yeah, you read that right: we need you. No, I’m not going to give you that “We’re A Community Paper” schpiel that I tend to drag out at this point of the semester. We need you…

Wheaton welcomes students with quartet of events

Welcome Back Weekend may be officially over, but various campus groups continued to host events throughout the following weekend and continued celebrating the beginning of another school year for both new and returning students. The quartet of main events included a…

Students gain experience from summer arts internships

Two Wheaton students made good use of their art courses this summer, taking on challenging internships that prepared them for a career after Wheaton. Emily Swalec ’14 spent her summer at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) Museum of Art…

Wheaton Hacks

Some need-to-know aspects of Wheaton life for our first-year students. 1. The library steps are reserved for students. Get caught siting on them may get you thrown into Peacock pond. 2. Chase coffee gets worse as the day goes on. 3.…

For Wheaton Sailors, a Surprising History