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President Hanno spoke with the Design II class this Tuesday to talk about the misunderstandings, details and controversy of Wheaton’s rebranding effort. The talk had information about the process of creating the new Wheaton wordmark and the cost of the rebranding effort. “At the end of the day, it’s a business decision,” President Hanno said […]
North Dakota, one of the least populated states in America, has experienced a population boom ever since large swathes of oil fields were discovered there, leading to oil companies’ interest in these reserves. The Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) was constructed by the Texas based “Energy Transfer Partners.” It is expected to run from North Dakota […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited this past Feb. 15 the US President at the White House since Trump’s election. During this meeting, the two main topics which were discussed by the state officials were Israel’s settlements in the West Bank, and the potential solutions to resolve the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Amongst those solutions comprise […]
Excited underclassmen looking for internships, panicked upperclassmen looking for jobs and companies ready to offer both these opportunities came together at the career fair in Balfour Hood on Feb. 24. Organized by Career Services in the Filene Center, this fair had 21 diverse organizations come to Wheaton ranging from Aflac, a Fortune 500 financial insurance […]
Decked in black and white, Emerson Dining Hall hosted the Class of 2020 dinner. On Feb. 26, the roaring twenties themed dinner served a wide-ranging menu, from thick cheese pastas, assorted vegetables, steaming garlic bread, buffalo chicken wings, to the dessert menu of chocolate and vanilla cupcakes and a bejeweled black and white sheet cake. […]
This past year in major professional sports championships consisted of historic comebacks, drought-ending miracles and closely contested games. The overall oddity of the 2016-2017 year in sports championships included the Cleveland Cavaliers ending the city’s 52-year title drought, the Chicago Cubs ending its 108-year baseball title drought and the New England Patriots completing the largest […]
Wheaton’s Swimming and Diving Teams had huge success at the NEWMAC meet with many swimmers clocking in at personal best times. Jenna Hayden ’18 was named the NEWMAC swimmer of the year, the team’s head coach Barrett Roberts ’07 was named NEWMAC coach of the year and the men’s team collectively had a fourth place […]
As defined by Mary Truong, the director of the Office of Refugees and Immigrants in Massachusetts, a refugee is someone who is fleeing in fear of persecution because of their nationality, religion, as well as many other possible reasons, and is escaping to a new country for protection. On Feb. 24, 2017, Wheaton College had […]
SGA President-Elect Mary Sasso ’18, Vice President-Elect Sam Mahler ’19, Secretary-Elect Colleen Sedney ’20 and Treasurer-Elect Shamar Mahon ’20 among around 45 others benefited from a record-breaking turnout this election cycle last Friday. 45.5% of Wheaton’s student body voted on Thursday and Friday, surpassing last year’s high of 33%. The national average of student body […]
It’s time for baseball to make some dramatic rule changes. Attention spans have shortened during the internet age, and the game is rapidly losing younger fans to “more exciting sports” like football and basketball. Surprisingly, as of last season, more than half of all baseball fans were over the age of 50. As a result, […]