The Wheaton Wire

Category: Features

  • Letter from the Editor Week 7 Spring 2013

    I know that Spring Weekend is happening soon and that SGA is reworking the budget (I do read the paper, after all). Exciting stuff. In all reality, I should probably give my thoughts on one of those things, but I’m not going to talk about either of them. I’m going to be light-hearted this week….

  • Dependable, forgettable, professional LinkedIn

    Most of us probably have made an account on LinkedIn. Either you were convinced by the guest speakers who came in during Sophomore Symposium or you were convinced by the scary realization that graduating college does not actually guarantee a successful job. After signing up and carefully filling out your online résumé, asking fellow Wheaton…

  • The importance of feminism in modern society

    March is here, and for many that means springtime weather (if we’re lucky), spring break and, of course, St. Patrick’s Day. A seemingly less popular or well-known aspect of March is that it is Women’s History Month, a month that celebrates and highlights the positive contributions of women throughout history and today. In light of…

  • Letter from the Editor Week 6 Spring 2013

    I really wonder about the efficacy of a college honor code. I mean, here’s the thing: there actually isn’t a doubt in my mind that the honor code fails to deter certain people from cheating and acting like petulant, disrespectful children. I haven’t seen the former, but I know it happens because, like you, I’m…

  • Letter from the Editor Week 5 Spring 2013

    Dear Wheaton,   There’s no way to say this easily, but I’ll try my best. I’m not really sure where we stand anymore. I know this may come as a surprise. I wasn’t expecting to feel this way. It’s not because of some cliché or because I’m seeing someone else. To be honest, I just…

  • Profile: Director of Public Safety Chuck Furgal

    Outside of Director of Public Safety Charles Furgal’s office is an automated external defibrillator (AED) machine. At Public Safety, the joke is that the AED is outside of Furgal’s office so it will be close in case he has a heart attack. On the wall of his office is his Master’s degree from Ana Maria…

  • Trivia take-down: how to win Loft trivia nights

    Here’s a trivia question for you: how can you win more Lyon’s bucks? You may have noticed some of the fliers around the Emerson area advertising Trivia Night at the Loft, where the prize for the winning team is 100 Lyon’s bucks. Unfortunately, my team only secured second place. However, Trivia Monday is shaping up…

  • Chinese takeout: Jade City, Mandarin or Tsang’s?

    Most Wheaton students can relate to feeling a strong yearning for  a nice plate of General Tso’s chicken. Luckily, if Chinese cuisine is what you seek, you do not have to roam far to satisfy your craving. In fact, the array of options for Chinese food in Norton can be overwhelming. Jade City, Tsang’s Chinese…

  • Letter from the Editor Week 4 Spring 2013

    After years of living under a rock, I’m pleased to announce that the Wire is now on the internet at www.wheatonwire.wpengine.com. Hallelujah. The website was designed with David Caldwell, a former employee at the Wheaton College Communications Office, with sites like the Wheaton Quarterly in mind. Like the Quarterly, it features a nifty picture widget…

  • Professor Barker on paragliding and supernovas

    Having had conversations with Carl Sagan, studied with a future Nobel prize winner in college, and spent time researching at NASA, Professor Tim Barker’s life and interests are just as exciting as the astronomy he studies. Barker started teaching at Wheaton in 1974 when the college had only one small telescope. Things have changed a…