There is something missing from the conversation about sexual assault on college campuses across the country. Amidst very important discussions about consent, the intersection between sex and alcohol, and the role of residential college life in incidences of sexual misconduct, I wonder if we aren’t missing the big picture: sexual assault as an issue of […]
Category: Abroad
Blog entries from students having studied abroad.
9/11 was a tragic day in which many Americans suffered the loss of loved ones. As a nine-year-old, I remembered seeing images and videos of victim’s families showcasing their devastated faces. These devastated faces represented the different faces of America, but these scenes left out a group people that also shared this same experience: Muslim […]
Wheaton College is evolving. Evolution can be marked by a significant change or growth, neither of which come very easily. Both, however, were evident in the latest iteration of Wheaton Words, titled “(En)Compass”. Director Milana Meytes ’15 and her hard-working staff were tasked with building upon a legacy and these efforts resulted in a resounding […]
It’s that time of year again. Our Spring Weekend artist has been announced and the campus is buzzing. One of the biggest questions is, how did we decide on Sammy Adams? Programming Council (PC) works with a budget of $25,000-$30,000 specifically to pay our Spring Weekend headliner. This budget does not, however, include our other […]
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Fahoum ’18: On Benjamin Netanyahu’s win
Change seemed realistic when polls showed that Benjamin Netanyahu would lose to his main opponent, Isaac Herzog, of the Zionist Union. Yet the results of the recent Israeli Knesset Elections, which took place last Tuesday, showed the close, but clear victory of HaLikud, Netanyahu’s right-wing political party. Netanyahu’s campaign used the ‘Iranian threat’ and the […]
The Abu Ghraib detention facility, located near Baghdad, Iraq, served as a United States prison for captured Iraqis from 2003-2006, during the Iraq War. The 3,800-detainee prison was the site of numerous human rights abuses during its time of operation; some of which were photographed and became public. The horrifying, outrageous acts of torture committed […]
Buckle up, folks, it’s going to be yet another llama and dress article. It’s going to start fun, then get serious, followed by an optomistic ending. Here we go. It seemed a fairly normal end to the week: I was wrapping up some work and getting excited about the release of the new season of […]
Servando Gomez, a school teacher turned powerful drug lord, was arrested in Morelia last Friday. This arrest followed months of work by Mexican Intelligence in the Michoacan region, where Morelia is located. The Mexican police seized Gomez’s properties and arrested many of his associates prior to his arrest. Gomez, also known as ‘El Profe’ (referring […]
Last year the world watched as Venezuela’s socialist government seemed to teeter in March as a result of the student-led anti-government protests. The government sent in tanks to quell the unrest while government supporters provoked street violence and protesters set fires to the streets of Caracas. Student demonstrations, which sparked violent reactions from pro-government gangs, […]
Recently, there has been major debate regarding the word “feminism.” For some, the word is a source of empowerment, yet others find it annoying in spite of not having a strong problem with it. For many, however, the word fills them with rage. “Feminist” was voted the Most Annoying Word of 2014 in a poll […]