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Post 9/11: That’s all we know

September 11, 2016 marked the 15th anniversary of the event that completely altered the modern world ⎯ at least that is what I am told. Even as I lived through this change, I have no recollection of it. At the mere age of three, my world became the “Post 9/11 World.” This is something I […]

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Duct Tape Bowling: My first two weeks at Wheaton

I’m officially through two weeks at Wheaton College: my first real foray into adulthood. Going through daily adult life is still weird. I still hate laundry, more so in the disgustingly hot laundry room. I really need to do groceries and the list of items I wish my mom would mail me grows by the day. Today, I […]

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Abroad Arts and Culture

Abroad Blog: Becca Shin ’17, India and Denmark

My experience from studying abroad for a year in two different countries: As I’m getting ready to go back to the United States and face responsibilities such as applying for law school, working a job, applying for fellowships, and seeing myself in the near future where I no longer will be in college, I am […]

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Does patriotism create bias? The pros and cons of being a patriot

A recent debate with one of my friends challenged my own conceptions on patriotism. Patriotism, if we refer ourselves to a more dictionary definition, is “the love for one’s country.” The many other online dictionary websites that I consulted proposed very similar definitions of the word. It is quite startling to me that I hear […]

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Why our Puritan, Monogamist, Capitalist Society Will Never Decriminalize Prostitution

Sex workers face countless instances of sexual abuse, STDs, limited educations, health care options and future job opportunities as a result of their provocative occupation. Several sources have argued that removing criminal prosecution for sex workers can help create a legal framework to protect and guarantee the rights of such individuals. While Nevada’s actions are […]

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Abroad Blog: Michelle Beauvais ’17, University of Sussex

I can still remember when I was back at Wheaton, just planning for my study abroad trip to the University of Sussex. I thought I had everything figured out. I always assumed that there would be no culture shock whatsoever, because really, out of every country in the world I could have studied abroad in, […]

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Abroad Blog: Dani Dickinson ’17; Granada, Spain

I have just hit my two-month mark in Granada, Spain and to be quite honest, it still doesn’t feel real. I feel as if I’m in a dream and any moment I’ll wake up and be in Norton, Massachusetts. Southern Spain is something unlike I’ve ever experienced before. From the tapas culture, to the “no […]

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Abroad Blog: Demetra Edwards ’17; Valencia, Spain

“¡Hola!” from Valencia, Spain! It’s hard to believe that in one week I will have been living in Spain for two months. Ever since the beginning of the semester, I have been planning trips throughout Europe, with my eyes set on the middle of March for all of my trips and suddenly, it’s here! As […]

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The liberal arts system: A foreign perspective

When the new academic year of 2015/16 started, I arrived among more than 60 other international students at Wheaton College. What differentiated me from most of the others is that I am staying here for only one year. I am doing an exchange study abroad program whereas most of the other international students had packed […]

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The dangers of the fashion industry

For four weeks now I have been sitting in front of Youtube with a warm cup of coffee, scrutinizing all the clothes on the world’s runways. The New York and London fashion weeks have happened; now is Milan’s turn, and in a couple of weeks Paris will close the fashion week season. Yves Saint-Laurent, a […]