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Dining Changes Cause Concern Among Students

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.

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Arts and Culture Wheaton

Do Wheaton College Artists Dream of Electric Sheep?

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 […]

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Wheaton Weekly

Wheaton Weekly

Events from October 18 to Nov 1

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On This Day at Wheaton

On This Day at Wheaton: October 18th, 1930 

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 […]

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Letter From The Editor

Letter From the Editor

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 […]

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Norton Wheaton

The College Bubble: Befriend or Break? Part Two.

Growing Up in Higher Education

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Music WCCS Wheaton

WCCS Fall Playlist

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 […]

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Wheaton

Shots ‘FIRE’d at Wheaton’s Freedom of Expression Policy

By Silver Melendez and Emma Keirnan. The Chicago Statement was created by the University of Chicago to ensure “free and open discourse.” Many colleges have adopted the Chicago Statement to build a learning community that allows students to engage in conversations with a range of viewpoints. Wheaton adopted the statement as well, updating their policy […]

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Wheaton

The College Bubble: Befriend or Break?

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 […]

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Theme Houses Wheaton

Lost Heirlooms and Free Expression

What the Repainting of Art Haus Means for the Wheaton Community