There are many myths surrounding domestic violence. There are misconceptions that people who either perpetrate or experience abuse are from poor families, are mentally unstable, are not religious, or are uneducated, among others. These myths are just that: myths. Anyone can experience domestic violence regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, or age. It…

The fact that we have, by far, the most prisoners out of any country in the world is a problem. We incarcerate more people than huge autocratic nations like China, have more than double the amount of the strict Putin-led Russia, and imprison more than 2.5 times the amount of criminals than Mexico, Poland, England,…

The United States of America seems to have accepted the notion of working closely with Cuba in an attempt to globally manage the Ebola epidemic. An official of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention attended a summit in Havana earlier this week. The summit was hosted by the Bolivarian Alliance for the People of…

From Live at the Loft events to Open Mic Nights at the Den, Wheaton makes sure to display brilliant and diverse talent, both on and off campus. Not only does the number of events and clubs on campus provide evidence for Wheaton’s thriving appreciation of the arts, the reception of many of these events is…

According to David L. Jaffe, a professor at Stanford University, academic cheating is defined as “representing someone else’s work as your own”. It can take many forms, including, but not limited to: sharing assignments, paying for completed assignments, and plagiarism. Cheating is an epidemic that infects learning institutions across the country. In 2013, the Joseph…

Trigger Warning: This article discusses forms of domestic violence that may be triggering for some readers. Read at your discretion. October is Domestic Violence Awareness month, so it’s important for the Wheaton community to learn about this issue and work to end partner violence on our campus and beyond. Domestic violence is defined by the…

Last week, five-time World Series champion and fourteen-time All-Star Derek Jeter retired from his twenty-year baseball career as shortstop with the New York Yankees. Being drafted directly out of high school, Jeter wasted no time in building his success, being selected as “Rookie of the Year” at the end of his first active season. Famously…

Ever since I was young, I adored Emma Watson. Although I was not keen on the Harry Potter fanbase, her presence was always somewhere behind the vast amounts of media I consumed as a child. For me, she became the backbone of my appreciation for actresses, and led me to begin reading Harry Potter in…

This past fall, I had the fortune of landing a job as a Collection Assistant for the Wheaton College Permanent Collection. After about a week of working for Professor Leah Niederstadt, who serves as Curator of the Permanent Collection, I began to grasp how large the Collection is compared to the relative size of our…

Recently, there has been a lot of news coverage about sexual assault on university campuses, but it has been a problem for centuries and still continues to be.  Wheaton is one of the many colleges around the globe that shares this particular horror.  Just this semester there was a reported assault that took place before…