On October 14, 2024, the Europa Clipper; the largest interplanetary spacecraft built so far, successfully launched from the Kennedy Space Center. Over the next six years, it will travel to Europa, Jupiter’s fourth-largest moon and the most promising moon for extraterrestrial life. The clipper should arrive in 2030 and immediately begin data collection on Europa […]
On Tuesday August 27, classes for the Wheaton fall 2024 semester began- but so did something else. A new visiting art exhibit in Beard Gallery opened to the public and Wheaton students, called Drug Addiction, Real People, Real Stories, Massachusetts and covering an ever relevant topic: addiction. Entrance of exhibit As of 2023, the Center […]
By Emma Kiernan and Moira Sankey As this academic year comes to a close, Provost Karen McCormack is finishing her one-year interim provost position. After spending the past three years working in higher education administration as an associate provost and interim provost, she will return to the Wheaton faculty this fall. Provost McCormack was more […]
By Emma Kiernan and Joshua Nangle On Friday, April 26 Wheaton held the thirty-third annual Head of the Peacock as part of Spring Weekend celebrations. The Head of the Peacock is a boat race featuring different theme houses, clubs, and student organizations on campus. Any organization can build its own ‘boat’ and race it on […]
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An Interview with President Whelan
By Emma Kiernan and Moira Sankey The end of this semester marks two years since President Michaele Whelan joined the Wheaton community, bringing with her years of experience in liberal arts administration. There has been a sense of confusion among Wheaton students as to what exactly the president of a college does in an average […]
Wheaton’s Student Government Association (SGA) is currently going through a period of sparse student participation. In the most recent SGA elections held in March 2024, many Class Council and Executive Board Chair positions did not have any candidates running, while many others had candidates running unopposed. This crisis of participation has also reached SGA’s Executive […]
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Sexual Assault Awareness Month is underway
By Sam Ferland and Marguerite Bartlett Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) is now underway with several events and discussions taking place at Wheaton during April. The Sexual Misconduct and Assault Resource Team (SMART) has an education program on campus that will be holding several events during SAAM to create awareness about sexual misconduct and assault, […]
In a meeting on the evening of Feb. 20, Wheaton’s Student Government Association (SGA) voted to repeal the use of ranked-choice voting in future SGA elections. The move comes just one and a half years after the system’s initial adoption and after only one election using it. The repeal comes not as a result of […]
Birds About Town: an occasional column If you have ever been out at night walking by parking lot 4 or if you are living (or trying to sleep) in Meadows, you have probably heard a strange noise. This noise comes from the American Woodcock who lives near the basketball courts. He has probably gotten your […]
Last November, a Wheaton alumnus was elected to Congress, and his name is Gabriel Amo. When longtime Congressman David Ciciline announced he would be stepping down from his position representing Rhode Island’s 1st Congressional district, there was a great deal of speculation as to who would jump into the race to replace him. Many names […]