After the Patriots’ victory in Super Bowl LI, Boston earned its tenth major pro sport championship in 16 years. The decade-and-a-half of sports dominance in Boston is largely unprecedented and also invites questions about where Boston ranks among the sports cities in America, especially against Boston’s sports rival: New York. New York and Boston have […]
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The Boston Bruins fired Claude Julien as head coach on Feb. 7 during the Patriots’ Super Bowl parade and replaced him with Assistant Coach Bruce Cassidy. The firing followed the Bruins’ failure to make the playoffs over the past two seasons. The Bruins’ rival, the Montreal Canadiens, picked Julien up as their new head coach. […]
It took 35 years for researchers in Bangladesh and other countries to develop an effective cholera vaccine. The International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research, (icddr,b) in Dhaka, Bangladesh was at the center of researching and developing a treatment protocol that saves 99.9 percent of cholera patients. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that this protocol […]
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Valentine’s Day at Wheaton
Whether bitterly single or happily taken, Valentine’s Day turned into a week’s worth of events and activities on campus. Valentines were made, books were sold and songs were sung in order to raise funds for several student-run clubs in commemoration of the romantic holiday. iSpeak hosted a Love Week last Tuesday through Friday in order […]
National Security Advisor Mike Flynn officially resigned from his post on Feb. 13 after admitting to have misled Vice President Mike Pence about discussing sanctions with Russia. The New York Times reported that Flynn apologized in his resignation letter, writing, “Unfortunately, because of the fast pace of events, I inadvertently briefed the vice president-elect and […]
In observance of Black History Month, the Marshall Center organized a trivia night on Feb. 15 at 7 p.m. in Emerson Dining Hall. The contestants were divided into groups of two to four people. The five teams that competed included Les Groupe Francais, New Yorkers, Book Lovers, Max Skillet and the Clarkets. The trivia game […]
The Film and New Media department presented the documentary “Becoming Warren Buffett” in Watson Fine Arts Center on Feb. 10., followed by a post screening discussion with the producer. Wheaton alumnus George Kunhardt ’09 who is the producer of the new documentary took questions from students and faculty about the process of filmmaking, the struggle […]
The New England Patriots defeated the Atlanta Falcons in overtime on Feb. 5 to win Super Bowl LI. Patriots quarterback Tom Brady led his team back from a 25-point deficit in the third quarter to complete one of the largest comebacks in NFL postseason history. Patriots head coach Bill Belichick and Tom Brady captured their […]
The Wheaton Women’s Basketball team held a fundraising event on Feb. 4 called “Play 4 Kay” to help raise awareness and funds for women’s cancer research. The Lyons lost to Springfield in their fundraising game but, according to their donations page, were able to raise almost $580 for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund. Across the […]
On any weekend morning, it is a common sight to see Wheaton’s landscape ornamented by beer cans strung onto branches, or remnants of students’ trips to late-night Emerson scattered around campus. This past weekend, the sight was different. Numerous students signed a pledge of sobriety to raise awareness of alcohol misuse and abuse on campus. […]