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Wheaton’s Annual Leadership Awards Ceremony and Reception May 2nd (Advertisement)

Wheaton’s Annual Leadership Awards Ceremony and Reception will be held on May 2nd from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Mary Lyon building. This advertisement is from Wheaton’s Leadership Recognition Committee. Learn who the nominees are here: LRC Poster pdf

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The Public Safety Log from 4/14/2014 through 4/21/2014

The Public Safety Log from 4/14/2014 through 4/21/2014, courtesy of Charles Furgal, Director of Public Safety, can be found here: 04.14_04.21.14

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“Polar Plunge” into Peacock Pond: A baffling yet popular trend

It’s everywhere. An overwhelming flow of tags on Facebook, the murmuring in dining halls, the shrieks and cries of the victims of the cause. It has dominated lower campus with an overwhelming amount of activity, stagnant in the pooling groups of people that stop to watch. The Polar Plunge has infected the Wheaton community like […]

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Rebuilding in hockey: How it works, why it happens

Professional sports can be fickle from one year to the next. A team that is almost identical to the year before’s playoff team can end up at the bottom of the pile with fans calling for the heads of the GM, coach, star player, owner, and even other fans. To any hockey fan, winning and […]

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Wheaton softball has dominated their opponents with a 26-4 record

The Wheaton College women’s softball team has dominated their opponents throughout the season, rising into the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division III Top 25 Poll. A 26-4 record entering Saturday’s doubleheader against MIT accurately depicts how successful the team has been to this point, which included a 17-game winning streak in March. Pitcher Allison Baker […]

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Creator of “Martha Speaks” returns to Wheaton to discuss inspiration

The story “Martha Speaks” is a beloved children’s book about a dog that eats alphabet soup and then gains the ability to talk. On Wednesday April 9, Wheaton was lucky enough to have the brains behind the idea, Susan Meddaugh ’66, come and share her story. A Wheaton alum, Meddaugh majored in French, but was […]

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Artistic Balfour chalkboards being vandalized: A request from SAIL

Wheaton’s community has been one that emphazies respect and appreciation of one and other. That being said, in the weeks before spring break, the Chalk boards in Balfour hood café and the science center café have been defaced. Students work tirelessly for 5 hours a week to complete these masterpieces that are not only beautiful […]

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LEAPS host trio of Wheaton film & media alumni

For some it can be intimidating thinking about what life will be like after college. On Tuesday April 8, the Wheaton Institute for the Interdisciplinary Humanities and the Film and New Media Studies program co-sponsored LEAPS (Liberal Education and Professional Success) which brought several alumni back to Wheaton to talk about their involvement in film […]

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WheaTalks 2014: A night of ideas

Ten presenters and ten ideas drew an at-capacity crowd to Hindle Auditorium on Thursday, April 3. WheaTalks was based off of the concept of TEDTalks, brief presentations by speakers from a variety of fields on “ideas worth spreading.” Wheaton’s chapter of the Roosevelt Institute, a policy think tank with participating colleges nationwide,  organized the event, […]

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Monday night first talk on Wheaton’s sexual assault policy

As a part of the Violence Against Women Symposium, students in the class  Alexandra Natale ‘16 and Kate Gannon ‘16 hosted the first in a series of two talks about Wheaton’s sexual assault and misconduct policy on Monday night in Meneely 102. 14 women attended the discussion. Much of the discussion consisted of the participants […]