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What follows has been edited for length. For the full interview, including Dean McCaffrey’s thoughts on the upcoming dining renovations, look on our website, wheatonwire.wpengine.com. Alex Butcher-Nesbitt: So, you’ve just moved from heading up the Office of Residential Life. How do you compare the two roles — Director of Residential Life and Vice President of […]
A few weeks before many new students started their first year at Wheaton, a future freshman’s life was lost before he could even begin his college career. On Aug. 9, Michael Brown, who was scheduled to begin school at Vatterott College in the fall, was killed by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri. His […]
In light of increasing difficulty by colleges in retaining sophomore students, Wheaton is implementing a new program designed to give sophomores added support as they go throughout their second years. The program, called the sophomore peer mentors, was conceived when representatives from Wheaton participated in a webinar about sophomore retention with a number of different […]
Graduation is not only a big time for students, but also a chance for a school to display its culture and tradition. It is usually a big deal for colleges or universities, because it doesn’t only give a formal occasion of looking back and reflecting on the past year, but more importantly, it opens up […]
To say the least, we were all well informed that Chance the Rapper was unable to appear at Wheaton this past Spring Weekend. With his lack of appearance came the slow downward trickle of the hype that surrounded the rapper on campus. The quick replacement of Chance with Chiddy Bang was both impressive and necessary […]
With several successful programs of all sports in Division III, Wheaton has an Athletic Department on the rise on both regional and national levels. However, not many speak about one of the most decorated teams our community currently possesses, Wheaton Synchronized Swimming. At 1,600 or so students: the words Top Tier powerhouse and Wheaton don’t […]
Oh, Netflix. I can’t live with you, but I can’t live without you. Just as soon as I finish binge-watching one of your shows, I find myself trapped in the first episodes of another. I hate it, but I love it. Why must you hurt so good? The rise of online streaming has certainly changed […]
Thursday afternoon, Associate Professor of History of Art & Architecture Cynthia Becker from Boston University visited Wheaton’s Art History course “Resistance, Memory and Hope in African Arts” to deliver her lecture on contemporary Moroccan art. Becker specializes in the works of the Amazigh in Northern Africa. According to Professor Kim Miller, who teaches the Wheaton […]
On Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, Wheaton students were giddy with excitement as they traversed the campus in shorts, t-shirts, and rain jackets. Even as a steady mist fell on the Dimple, people excitedly traversed from food in Emerson, to food trucks in the field in front of the library and to the various activities […]
The Public Safety Log from 4/21/2014 through 4/28/2014, courtesy of Charles Furgal, Director of Public Safety, can be found here: 04.21._04.28.14