Category: From the Editor

Dear Reader, Welcome to the Wire’s 29th Volume. It’s great to be back. I, too, am personally back, after having spent an entire year abroad at the University of Oxford last year. Naturally, returning to Wheaton is a little strange — when I left, Ronald Crutcher was still our President, Gail Berson was our Dean […]

This is it—my last letter as Editor-in-Chief of the Wire. Whoa. First off, I am thrilled to introduce Alex Butcher-Nesbitt as the next Editor-in-Chief of our paper. Alex will helm the Wire after three years of experience as a writer and editor. He’s an immensely talented journalist and a lovely person, someone who is poised […]

I’d like to take a minute to talk about integrity. First off, yes: this is a response to Dean of Students Lee Williams’ latest D-Log, a piece that I think mostly hit the nail on the head. However, I believe one implication in her article was off-base, and I’d like to address it respectfully. I […]

Is March Madness better than the Winter Olympics? I think so. Yeah, the Olympics are great for nationalism, at least sometimes. Wherever you are from, It can be fun to watch your country do well. And there are certainly many opportunities to do that, from hockey and ice skating to luge and curling (for my […]

Should I talk about President-Elect Hanno? You’ve probably read the interviews, you probably listened to him speak last week. You’ve read the torrent of praise from Babson’s end, you’ve seen the tweets-a-plenty active social media presence. If you’re reading this letter, you have almost certainly read our coverage in the Wire. So, do I talk […]

What do you think of when I say Pussy Riot? Do you think I’m being crass? Have you heard of Pussy Riot? Do you like their music? Well, you might have answered “yes” to any of those. One you certainly don’t have in mind, though, is something like Oh, I heard their song on the […]

As Thomas Holmes pointed out in our paper this week, Michael Sam will, in all likelihood, become the first openly gay football player to be drafted into the National Football League. This isn’t the type of story that needs a drawn out lede or a hyperbolic introduction. It is a milestone that stands on its […]

So, I’ll begin with a simple statement of truth: I don’t hate Macklemore. Far from, actually. I enjoy Macklemore’s music pretty much the same way I enjoy other radio staples nowadays–in an ephemeral, listen-as-the-trees-whiz-by sort of way. What makes Macklemore a little different, in my eyes, is the song “Same Love” and its unequivocal support […]

All, Last week, I had the privilege of interviewing former CIA and NSA director Michael Hayden in Washington D.C. alongside my friend and colleague Brian Jencunas. You will be able to read all about that experience in next week’s edition of the Wire, as well as on WheatonWire.com at the end of this week. I’m […]

All, Welcome back to Wheaton! I hope you had a lovely break. The Wire took the week off, so we missed a lot of important news. Here’s my personal rundown of the past few weeks. News: The U.S. government shutdown came to an end on Oct. 17. Oct. 17 also ended the era of privileged […]