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The Roosevelt Institute Campus Network announced early this month that it has won the 2015 MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Solutions to help fund its chapters across the country. Wheaton College’s Roosevelt chapter will receive some of these funds to encourage students to engage in policy making. “Civic responsibility is something that should encompass […]

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”- Martin Luther King, “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” This was just one of the many powerful quotes read at the Black History Month Read-In held […]

An integral part of any college’s financial support is its endowment fund and Wheaton is no exception. The endowment fund at Wheaton impacts the financial aspect of nearly every operation on campus and is run primarily, if not exclusively, on donations. The main contributors to the endowment fund seem to be alumni who often set […]

The Between the Lines Intergroup Dialogue had its kick off session on Feb. 13 at 12:30 p.m. at the Marshall Center. This semester long dialogue is divided into two issues; one on socio economic status facilitated by Muneeba Syed ’17 and Forest Sung ’17 and another on race and ethnicity facilitated by Samantha Barnett ’16 […]

As a freshman or sophomore, course selection week at Wheaton can feel like the Hunger Games. Some classes, particularly in the natural and social sciences, are in high demand. Underclassmen must often race for the few spots that remain open to them after juniors and seniors have registered, only to discover that spaces have opened […]

Forty faculty members attended the second faculty meeting of the semester last Friday as President Dennis Hanno introduced the topics for discussion and the faculty members then shared updates on subjects addressed in past meetings. Hanno discussed a new grant program that would benefit faculty, staff and students. The grant will make funding of up […]

With an unprecedented amount of snowfall this winter, the task of its removal and clean up was undertaken by combined efforts of the Grounds Department, Public Safety and the Communications Office. Vice President of Student Affairs and Dean of Students, Kate Kenny, said that her role was that of a messenger, while the grounds crew […]

Despite having to contend with one of the many snow storms Wheaton has experienced this semester, the Woolley Room in Mary Lyon Hall was packed with people during the 33rd Annual Sociology and Anthropology Senior Symposium. Hosted on the 28th and 29th of January, this event gives Sociology and Anthropology majors a chance to present […]