Category: Abroad

  • Why Does the Spring Semester Seem So Much Busier?

    With the flowers and animals finally coming out in the early spring, so too does the dread of many college students. Many find the spring to be more jam-packed with events, and less time to do bigger and bigger projects for their professors and their classes. Personally, I find myself struggling to manage my time…

  • Opinion: Why Would You Ever Buy Protein Water?

    Opinion: Why Would You Ever Buy Protein Water?

    As a new addition to the protein craze, water has joined the ranks of endless protein-forward and infused products on grocery store shelves, a range of items from protein boxed mac and cheese, to high protein chips. While I am by no means against protein, speaking as a near addict of the new protein smoothie…

  • Graduation Bucketlist (50 Things to do Before You Graduate)

    Graduation Bucketlist (50 Things to do Before You Graduate)

    It has been brought to our attention by Mairi Travis ’26 that our current list of 50 things to do before you graduate has become outdated since it was initially published in the summer of 2015 on the Wheaton website. The original criteria was composed of ideas offered by students, staff, faculty members and alumni….

  • Arts in Ireland and Norton

    Arts in Ireland and Norton

    Students enrolled in Wheaton’s “Arts in Ireland” program over this past summer received recognition on Friday, Oct. 17, during an hour long showcase in the Wheaton Mars Arts and Humanities building. The art and writing selections, created during their trip to Ireland, are still hanging in Meneely and available for the campus community to view….

  • Wire satire: Roary the lyon nominated for House Speaker

    Wire satire: Roary the lyon nominated for House Speaker

    WASHINGTON — In a surprise move on Monday, House Republicans have nominated Wheaton College mascot Roary the Lyon as their candidate for Speaker of the House. After the ouster of now former Speaker Kevin McCarthy and the subsequent failure of both Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) to garner enough support to…

  • A Lesson on Voice

    Allow me to start by saying that I am a Digital Media and Communications major with a double minor in English and Journalism. My entire life revolves around words in the form of essays I write to complete my academic requirements, articles I submit to The Wheaton Wire, and in the emails I send to…

  • Abby Cook’s Dear Wheaton

    Abby Cook’s Dear Wheaton

    Abby Cook ’22 is running for Vice President of SGA for the Academic Year 2021-2022

  • Mikaela Savarese’s Manifesto

    Mikaela Savarese’s Manifesto

    Mikaela Savarese ’22 is running for President of SGA for the Academic Year 2021-2022

  • Payce Shepard’s Manifesto

    Payce Shepard’s Manifesto

    Payce Shepard ’22 is running for Vice President of SGA for the Academic Year 2021-2022

  • Top Five Active MLB Shortstops

    Top Five Active MLB Shortstops

    2. Francisco Lindor finally escaped Cleveland, leaving Jose Ramirez to fend for himself against the cheapest MLB owner. Lindor has long been one of the league’s most electric players and we hope to see that energy amplified when he plays for a team that actually cares for him.  3. Trevor Story is objectively the best…