Students at Wheaton have felt a mix of concern and discontent with the changes that the college has made to the meal plans. Some students have already run out of their Lyons Bucks, and many students not on the unlimited plan feel they do not have enough meal swipes to use each week.
A Conversation on A.I Art In the past few months, it has been nearly impossible to escape the A.I. conversation. Almost every American industry has had conversations on what their futures hold with the growing strength of online predictive algorithms like Open AI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard. One such group that has had especially fascinating […]
Events from October 18 to Nov 1
We are now over a month into the school year, and with this new Wire issue comes a new time capsule from over ninety years ago. On this day in 1930, planning for the Sophomore Hop was well underway. The theme: medieval, and the gym was in the process of being transformed into a middle-ages […]
With great pleasure, I present to you this semester’s second copy of the Wheaton Wire. In this issue, you will find stories of artificial intelligence, inflation, water polo, and much more. I hope your October break was rejuvenating. I personally got COVID-19 for the second time but enjoyed the comforts of home in Maine. Being […]
Growing Up in Higher Education
A playlist to soundtrack the fall semester – Brought to you by WCCS, your campus radio station. (wheatoncollegeradio.com) By John Morris and Michael Kanyongolo John’s Fall Picks “Summer Breeze, Pts. 1&2” – The Isley Brothers It’s hard to cover a song that is already so well-known and loved. You would be hard pressed to find […]
By Silver Melendez and Emma Kiernan This June, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, (FIRE), published an online article attacking Wheaton’s adoption of the Chicago Statement for its Freedom of Expression Policy. The Chicago Statement was created by the University of Chicago to ensure “free and open discourse.” Many colleges have adopted the Chicago […]
Note: The following interviews and information was collected in the fall of 2021 Standing on a well-maintained patch of grass in a corner of campus, a curious first-year student, I found myself on Oct. 9, 2020, with approximately 70 Wheaton College students. On the other side of East Main Street, standing on the Town Common […]
What the Repainting of Art Haus Means for the Wheaton Community