A busy week. Nearly too busy. The Class of 2016, adjusting to their new roles as seniors, have been hit like a sledgehammer. Classes are harder than ever, and theses are being written at scratched wooden desks in dark corners of the library, at all hours of the night. Ironically, the year in which the […]
Readers, Let me just get this out of the way: this is the year’s last issue of The Wheaton Wire. Consequently, it is also my last issue of the Wire and also my last letter from the editor. It has been a thrilling year for me as the Wire Editor-in-Chief, and though I am sorry […]
Readers, Last week, the Wire dipped its toes in the waters of campus programming for the first time in (recent) memory. I was delighted to see nearly 50 people in Ellison Lecture last Wednesday, at which we hosted veteran journalists Bill Kole and Ted Nesi for a panel on contemporary dilemmas in the news media. […]
I had the pleasure of seeing Wheaton’s main stage theatre show, “What Happens When,” last Friday (for my full review, click here). To my astonishment, the line for tickets extended out the door of Watson Fine Arts and almost into Meneely. At no performing arts event except the Trybe Gala have I ever seen a […]
Readers, Phew. Seized my rightful domain back from Rory after a long hard fight for the editorship last week. (That April Fool’s issue sure was fun, though. I’ve had some really great comments from many of you about it — so I’m glad we brightened your day. Now it’s back to boring old real news […]
Readers, Welcome back! Here we are on the final sprint to the end of the semester. With the end of spring break came the end of Chase — at least for me. I will never sit in Chase Dining Complex again as a student (though, thanks to Dining Services, I have kept a piece of […]
Readers, This weekend I had the pleasure of taking in the entirety of the New Plays Festival, put on each spring by the departments of English and theatre and a collection of young writers and actors. I was involved in several of the plays this year, directing one and acting in two others. But as […]
Readers, As we noted in the Wire several weeks ago, Wheaton has begun a new strategic planning process to solidify its goals for the next five years. But what, exactly, is strategic planning? Why should students care if all of us plan to be gone within five years anyway? A strategic plan is essentially a […]
Readers, As I write this on Sunday evening, classes have officially not been canceled for Monday, meaning that we may, in fact, get the semester’s first full week of school this week. Cause for celebration, I say! (Or disappointment, depending on your attitude.) Whether this is still true as you read this remains to be […]
Readers, It’s that time again. The time of the senior freak-out. Everywhere I go, seniors talk about how things feel different. Attitudes have changed, once-loved places and people have become merely added stressors on top of school work and job applications. For seniors, even if you’re not too worried about what’s coming next, or you’ve […]