On Holocaust Remembrance Day, airports overflowed with tension. President Donald Trump signed an executive order suspending refugees from entering the United States for 120 days on Jan. 27, 2017. The ban prevented entry of refugees from Syria indefinitely, and also barred entry of those with visas from Iran, Sudan, Somalia, Iraq, Libya, Yemen for 90 […]
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Wheaton College welcomed Harvard Professor Suzanne Preston Blier for its 9th Annual Mary L. Heuser Lecture in the Ellison Lecture Hall of Watson Fine Arts on Feb. 7. Professor Blier provided diverse possible sources, interpretations, history, significance and extensive research of the influential 1907 Pablo Picasso painting, “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon”. Picasso’s “Demoiselles” is part of […]
“I dream of a Rwanda where being handicapped does not define a person’s capabilities. A day will come when all amputees will be able to afford a prosthesis that will allow them to perform wonders beyond their imagination,” reads Claudine Humure’s ’17 Linkedin profile. The Biology and Business major plans to open a prosthetic clinic […]
Mark Baumer ’06, a fiction writer, poet, and environmental activist who was walking barefoot across America to raise awareness and fight climate change, passed away on Jan 21, 2017. Baumer was walking westward along the shoulder of Highway 90 in Walton County, Florida when he was hit by an SUV. According to the New Yorker, […]
The Asian Students Association (ASA) organized a New Year celebration to commemorate the Year of the Rooster on the lunar calendar. The festivities were held on Feb. 3 in the Balfour Hood atrium. The celebration included the lion dance, Chinese food, cultural activities, music and martial arts performances. The event started off with a traditional […]
After a few sparse sign changes in the library last semester, various staff and faculty have started a campus-wide initiative to introduce official all-gender bathrooms to a majority of Wheaton’s academic, athletic and administrative buildings. A total of 62 single-use bathrooms will be affected. The initiative was taken in order to “address some questions from […]
Wheaton College (MA)– President Dennis Hanno stated that money from donors are pouring in after the announcement of the refugee scholarship on Wednesday. “It’s interesting because we didn’t put a call out for fundraising but almost immediately and we were quite pleasantly surprised that the contributions have started rolling in,” said President Hanno. In […]
President-elect Donald Trump read a letter to New Hampshire voters on Nov. 7, claiming that New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick had endorsed him. Belichick refused to answer questions about the letter in a press conference but later reported that the letter was non-political in nature. The NFL head coach has a very specific […]
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Women’s and Men’s Soccer in NEWMACs
The sixth-seeded Wheaton College women’s soccer team defeated the third-seeded Babson Beavers 1-0 during the quarterfinals of the NEWMACs. The game took place on Nov. 1 and started with Babson taking control, shooting multiple balls on Wheaton goalie Leanne Wolf ’19. However, during the 74th minute, captain Brooke Collard ’17 headed the ball into the […]
While many have focused their attention on the Presidential election for the past week and the seismic change Trump’s election will bring, not as many are aware of the ballot questions that passed in Massachusetts. The passage of these ballot measures will affect the lives of those who attend Wheaton and live in Norton in […]