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‘Better Dead Than Co-Ed’: Wheaton Alum Organizes Reprinting of Protest Shirts

Following the popularity of a post in a college Facebook group of a Wheaton College student in front of Cole Memorial Chapel in a shirt bearing the motif “Better Dead Than Coed,” Katherine Mooney ’17 began to organise the reprinting of the protest shirt from 1987. After bringing together a graphic designer to keep the […]

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Test Your Advocacy in Policing Scenarios

For our advocacy project in our “Race & Racism” course, our group decided that we wanted to focus on policing and the criminal justice system. We learned a great deal about this topic throughout our course, and we hope that we can provide the Wheaton College community with some insight and education materials. There are […]

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Double Feature: Wire Editors, Buehner & Beaudoin

Abram Buehner ’23 Abram Buehner is the Wheaton Wire’s Web Editor. He is a Film and New Media Studies and English double major. He is also a writer for CBR, or Comic Book Resources, a website dedicated to the coverage of comic book-related news and discussion.  Buehner, as Web Editor, is responsible for formatting and […]

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Rony Yin On K-Pop at Wheaton

“Before I met Jess, I was kind of frustrated about not being able to dance,” said Rony Yin ’21, explaining how she didn’t enjoy freestyle as much as she did Kpop, and didn’t join Trybe as a result. Yin went on to explain her excitement at the discovery during her sophomore year that Jess DiFranco […]

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Devin Baton ’23 Profile

Devin Baton ’23 is an African, African American, Diaspora Studies major, and is the current President of the Black Student Association, and the SGA Sustainability Board Diversity and Inclusion Chair. Baton also spoke of a love of music, describing the Spotify playlists that he enjoys creating,  as well as other artistic endeavors, including songwriting and […]

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Double Feature: Wire Editors, Wilhite & Ramon

Carter Wilhite ’22 Carter Wilhite is the Wheaton Wire’s Politics and Economics Editor, as well as the Podcast Editor. He is a Political Science and Economics Double Major, with a minor in Public Policy. He is also on the Planning Committee for the Wheaton Leftist Union, and the Student-Faculty Liaison for SGA’s Education Council.  “When […]

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Charles Campbell On Finding Family at Wheaton

Charles Campell ’23 is an Economics Major with a Math Minor. He is currently the Athletics Liaison for the Intercultural Board, Co-director of Paraiso Latino, and a member of Ohm Initiative House, Wheaton Impact Travel and the Men’s Rugby Team.  Campbell spoke about looking for groups as a freshman, speaking about dancing a little in […]

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SGA is Getting in the Spirit of Inclusivity

As a result, SGA made the decision to cancel the “Halloween at Hanno’s” celebration, moving instead to “Halloween in the (Club) Hub,” where students would be able to pick up Halloween candy and meet their class representatives.

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The Best Advice from Professors, from Fourteen Students

Professor Relihan Professor Relihan once told me, “It’s okay not to aim for the horizon” when I said I felt like the gray sky outside. It is a nice reminder that I don’t have to be perfect or even happy every day. It really meant a lot to me and when people ask about taking […]

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Mikaela Savarese On Accessibility Advocacy at Wheaton College

Mikaela Savarese ’22, a psychology major with a public health minor, is working towards being a clinical psychologist, hoping to work with mental health-related public policy as a part of her career. Every person Savarese has worked with, spoke of her empathy and commitment to advocacy, with Grayson Beaulieu ’22 speaking specifically of her generosity, […]