Category: News
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Youtube blogger Laci Green hosted by SHAG
On Monday, Oct. 7, Hindle Auditorium was filled to capacity as the Sexual Health Advocates Group (SHAG) presented “The Down Low on Hooking Up” with Laci Green. Known for her education program, “Sex+!”, Laci Green is an avid YouTuber (or vlogger) from the San Francisco Bay area. She also hosted and produced “A Naked Notion”…
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Homecoming features Nordin Field ceremonies
Homecoming Weekend included games across all of Wheaton athletics, but the big weekend was highlighted by the official dedication of the Diane C. Nordin ’80 Athletic Field before the women’s field hockey team took on Springfield. The ribbon cutting ceremony included Diane C. Nordin ’80, who made a key donation to help fund the Nordin…
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Lyons honored with Hall of Fame induction
On Friday, Oct 4, Emerson Dining Hall played host to the inaugural Wheaton College Athletics Yowell Hall of Fame induction ceremony. The physical display is located in the Haas Athletic Center, where you can find plaques honoring seven former Wheaton athletes, along with tennis coach Lynn Miller, former Executive Director of Athletics Chad Yowell, and…
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Wheaton hosts famed What Would You Do? host John Quiñones for ethics talk
On Saturday Oct. 5, as part of the Homecoming Committee’s commitment to bring in unique in interesting speakers; John Quiñones host of ABC Primetime’s What Would You Do? was invited to answer a tough question: What is wrong with ethics in America today? Though not a scholar of the field, Quiñones was able to bring…
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Wheaton hosts poets Liz Ahl and Sandra Yannone ’86
This past Thursday, Oct. 3, poets Liz Ahl and Sandra Yannone ’86 presented a reading and conversation to Wheaton students featuring some of their most recent collaborative pieces. Yannone was invited back to Wheaton to attend induction into the Athletic Hall of Fame based on her field hockey achievements as a student. Upon hearing this…
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Wheaton alumna returns to give philosophy talk on Locke and personal identity
How did philosopher John Locke conceptualize personal identity and why has his ideas fueled so much debate? This was the topic under discussion on the evening of Oct. 1 with Professor Jessica Gordon-Roth ’03 from the City University of New York. In her talk “Locke on the Identity of Persons and Substances: A Textual Puzzle”,…
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The shutdown for dummies
You’re no dummy. You know the government has shut down. You know the National Zoo’s panda cam isn’t working; you just don’t know why. So here’s a quick explanation of why the government shut down, what specifically is happening, and how it will end. The government is shut down because Congress didn’t approve funding on…
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Wheaton hosts Homecoming & Family Weekend
This past weekend, Wheaton was filled with students, parents, and alums to celebrate Homecoming & Family Weekend. Many Wheaton clubs and organizations contributed to make the event fun for all. On Friday, TWAP (Together We All Prosper) House and Art Haus joined together to bring a bouncy house to the Dimple. Although it was raining…
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Lyons dominating NEWMAC as Miller earns 600th win
When the 2013-14 season kicked off for the women’s tennis squad, Head Coach Lynn Miller may not have expected her 600th career victory to come as soon as it did. Yet the Lyons are off to a historically strong start, winning their first six contests, and Miller earning that remarkable milestone along the way. It…
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Town of Norton flushing program affects Wheaton’s water
It was probably the most common topic of conversation on campus: the water. Beginning two weeks ago, the town of Norton performed its semi-annual flushing program, causing the water in the bathrooms and soda fountains in the dining halls to turn an unappealing shade of yellow or brown. Residential Life sent out an email notifying…