Category: Wheaton
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SGA Fall Election and Participation Statistics
With school back in session, student clubs and organizations are in full swing — including Wheaton’s Student Government Association, which recently held the 2025-26 fall election to fill open seats. Going into the election, one-third of class council roles were vacant after the spring elections. Half of the Class of 2026 seats were open, along…
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Student Employees Face Layoffs: Administration Denies Budget Cuts
Students’ voices are loud and clear about one issue this semester. The lack of student employment. Numerous students across different departments on campus have been laid off, struggled to find a job on campus, or faced significant changes regarding the student employment system at Wheaton since the beginning of this semester. The cuts to student…
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Wheaton Students Are Changing Up Holiday Culinary Norms
I had two primary sources of inspiration for writing this article. The first was a discussion I had in my Rituals of Dinner FYE (First Year Experience) with Professor Jonathan Brumberg-Kraus, about differing food rituals in general, but particularly this past week about intercultural celebrations of Thanksgiving, with viewings of the movie What’s Cooking? and…
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An Interview with All-Freshman Band Crown Chakra
Newly formed band ‘Crown Chakra’ performed as the closing act at the ‘Demon Daze Open Mic Night’ this October, taking the stage and making their debut performance in a packed, sweaty Lyon’s Den. An all-freshmen band and new to the Wheaton music scene, Crown Chakra was introduced to the crowd as a “group to watch…
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“Late Night” Changes Face Backlash
The recent changes made to Wheaton’s late-night dining option, appropriately dubbed “Late Night,” have been greeted by students with an overwhelming consensus. They hate it. In an August 2024 email sent shortly before students returned to campus, Dr. Darnell Parker, Vice President of Student Affairs, announced a series of changes to Wheaton’s dining experience. Among…
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Reflections with Interim Provost Karen McCormack
By Emma Kiernan and Moira Sankey As this academic year comes to a close, Provost Karen McCormack is finishing her one-year interim provost position. After spending the past three years working in higher education administration as an associate provost and interim provost, she will return to the Wheaton faculty this fall. Provost McCormack was more…
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Wheaton’s Thirty-Third Annual Head of the Peacock
By Emma Kiernan and Joshua Nangle On Friday, April 26 Wheaton held the thirty-third annual Head of the Peacock as part of Spring Weekend celebrations. The Head of the Peacock is a boat race featuring different theme houses, clubs, and student organizations on campus. Any organization can build its own ‘boat’ and race it on…
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SGA Crisis of Participation
Wheaton’s Student Government Association (SGA) is currently going through a period of sparse student participation. In the most recent SGA elections held in March 2024, many Class Council and Executive Board Chair positions did not have any candidates running, while many others had candidates running unopposed. This crisis of participation has also reached SGA’s Executive…
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SGA repeals ranked-choice voting after realizing it never passed
In a meeting on the evening of Feb. 20, Wheaton’s Student Government Association (SGA) voted to repeal the use of ranked-choice voting in future SGA elections. The move comes just one and a half years after the system’s initial adoption and after only one election using it. The repeal comes not as a result of…
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The Story of the American Woodcock that captured Wheaton’s Heart (or maybe just mine)
Birds About Town: an occasional column If you have ever been out at night walking by parking lot 4 or if you are living (or trying to sleep) in Meadows, you have probably heard a strange noise. This noise comes from the American Woodcock who lives near the basketball courts. He has probably gotten your…