Last Wednesday’s Community Conversation concerning an election results from the previous night was met with the most boisterous, well-attended audience thus far. The debrief’s large attendance had been predicted on Wednesday morning and warranted a change in location from the Faculty Dining Room in Emerson Dining Hall to Cole Memorial Chapel, according to President Dennis […]
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Last Tuesday, a gunman shot and killed a neighbor and injured two others near a polling place in Azusa, California. The shooting took place around 2 p.m. and caused two polling centers, where people were voting, to be placed on lockdown. The 45-year old gunman’s name has yet to released. According to ABC News, the […]
Diwali or Deepavali is the annual Hindu festival of lights in honor of Lakshmi, the goddess of fertility and prosperity. This festival signifies the victory of light over darkness and hope over despair. It is celebrated across the world by Hindus, Jains, Sikhs and some Buddhists. Around 60 members of the Wheaton community came together […]
The Trump campaign has lodged complaints against the state of Nevada, a key battleground state that could swing either in favor of Trump or Clinton in this election. The Trump campaign has asked a local judge to isolate and hold all ballots from four key polling locations today, believing that these early voting locations. His […]
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was met by a resounding audience this morning as she arrived at her polling place in Chappaqua, N.Y. “It’s a humbling feeling,” she said to reporters, according to the New York Times. “I know how much responsibility goes with this.” Just after 8 a.m. in Douglas G. Grafflin Elementary School, […]
A panel of faculty members and Wheaton staff hosted the first of several “Community Conversations” on Sept. 27 in Mary Lyon. The panel discussion, “The Role of Colleges in Times of National Racial Crisis”, was created as a reaction to some of the racially charged national incidents covered by the media recently. The panelists included […]
The Wheaton women’s soccer team fell 1-0 to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) on Saturday, Sept. 24. The loss was the Lyon’s first defeat of the season, bringing their record to 8-1. For the first half of the game, both teams remained off of the scoreboard. WPI Engineers took the first shot on goal within four […]
The Boston Red Sox recently clinched the AL East title after back-to-back disappointing seasons. The team had a dynamic offense all year long, which was aided by the rise of several young stars and the epic farewell season of David Ortiz. Their success in the postseason will largely depend on their ability to continue scoring, […]
Last week, the largest ever class of freshmen to walk the Wheaton campus elected Shamar Mahon ‘20 as its president to lead the charge into the 2016-2017 academic year. Mahon says he is not your typical politician. “I’m not someone who is going to sugarcoat things. I am not someone who is going to kiss […]
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Obama’s First Presidential Veto Override
Congress overrode President Obama’s veto concerning a bill that would allow the families of victims of terrorism to sue foreign governments last Wednesday. The first veto override in President Obama’s eight-year administration will allow families affected by 9/11 to sue the Saudi Arabian government on claims of financial support of Al-Queda. Saudi government officials strongly […]