I wrote “Examining the coexistence of academics and athletics” not because I thought people would agree; it is an op-ed, not a news article. Rather, I wrote this in order to spark a campus-wide conversation about a topic that I believe people frequently avoid (largely for social reasons). As a sister of a former Wheaton athlete, […]
Category: Opinion
I’m a NARP, a non-athletic regular person. It’s not something that I thought would really be considered as a defining characteristic in college. After all, though our majors may vary across diverse fields, we are here in a common pursuit of higher education. However, I have realized that Wheaton, like many other small colleges, is […]
Jammed into Weber Theatre like a monstrous pack of a hundred sardines, the anticipation of Wheaton’s annual gala show run by TRYBE, hosted from Thursday, Feb 20 through Saturday, Feb 22, left the audience stirring in their seats. I was glad that we had arrived early, as there were many people waiting or searching for […]
If a vagina voices its opinion in the middle of Cole Memorial Chapel, does it make a sound? According to the reception of the Vagina Monologues on February 28 to March 1 at 7 p.m., it surely does, and a loud one at that. The Vagina Monologues is a play that was written by Eve […]
On Saturday, Feb. 22, Dennis Hanno was appointed the eighth president of Wheaton College, being officially welcomed by the community for the first time on Tuesday Feb 25 in Cole Memorial Chapel. This is, I’m sure, something only few of you have heard about. Not only is the Wheaton website plastered with information and news […]
Standing at a podium in front of hundreds of people with trembling fingers and a wavering yet passionate voice, actress Ellen Page gave both us and herself something far more memorable than chocolates and teddy bears for this past Valentine’s Day. On Friday, February 14th, Page came out as gay at the Human Rights Campaign […]
Midterm elections are boring, especially compared to presidential elections. Rather than one nation-wide election between two well known candidates, midterms revolve around several state and district-wide elections between candidates most Americans don’t know. But despite being boring, midterm elections are usually important, since they decide which party controls the legislative branch of government. The upcoming […]
Editor’s note: Editorials represent a view supported by the Wheaton Wire as an entity. At this point in the school year, with the number of incidents that have occurred and the increasing animosity between Public Safety and students, it’s clear that something in the relationship between the two needs to change. The two questions that […]
Eight years ago, Ray Nagin was the popular mayor of New Orleans who rallied the city after Hurricane Katrina’s devastation. Now, Nagin is headed to federal prison after a jury convicted him on 20 charges of corruption. He accepted at least $200,000 from contractors who wanted the lucrative post-Katrina rebuilding contracts. Nagin’s sentence could be […]
Effective policies begin with recognizing reality, and a reality of life on college campuses is that students drink, usually in large groups and often to excess. This is as true today as it was in 1898, when Princeton University tried to ban alcohol for a few, unsuccessful years. Wheaton’s current policy is only a little […]