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COLUMN: World Affairs, Student Stakes
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Celebrating a decade of Renaissance women
It has certainly been a year about blackness*. Whether people are discussing the dehumanization of the black body in America or the rise of the Afro-Latino identity, it is safe to say that the world is paying more attention to people of color and the spaces we own. On the contrary, this year has also…
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33rd Annual Violence Against Women Symposium covers variety of issues
Since 1983, the Violence Against Women sociology/ anthropology/ women’s studies course has coordinated the annual Violence Against Women Symposium. This year, the weeklong event beginning April 25 included events such as Rape Kit Graveyard on Chapel Field, Redefining Masculinity talk held in Balfour and Take Back the Night speeches in the Lyons Den. The class…
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Dean Vereene Parnell to Leave Wheaton After Decade at Office of SSSR
‘Is religion dead at Wheaton?’ asked the headline of the Wire on November 9, 2005 on the day that Vereene Parnell, associate dean of Service, Spirituality and Social Responsibility (SSSR) office signed to Wheaton. Recently, Dean of Students Kate Kenny wrote in a campus wide email that Parnell would be leaving Wheaton at the end…
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Beard Gallery features work by senior art majors
Currently on display in the Beard Gallery is Muse of Form – 2016 Studio Art Major’ Exhibition. With the year coming to an end and studio art majors ending their careers here at Wheaton, the gallery provides a perfect chance for all of their hard work to be displayed. Open daily during the week, be…
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Wheaton’s Relay for Life Raises $15,000 for Cancer Research and Awareness
The Dimple was set up with a registration area, paper bag lanterns and different activities as Wheaton College’s Colleges Against Cancer (CAC) club hosted its 14th Relay for Life on April 23. The American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life event allows communities to gather together to honor cancer survivors, remember loved ones lost and fight…
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Sameena Mulla speaks on the violence of care
Sameena Mulla, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Marquette University, visited Wheaton to talk about her book, “The Violence of Care: Rape Victims, Forensic Nurses and Sexual Assault Intervention.” Mulla’s book was published in 2014 and received an Honorable Mention for the 2015 Eileen Basker Memorial Prize, presented by the Society for Medical Anthropology. The April…
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Two Wheatons Collide at Larycia Hawkins Visit
Students, staff and faculty filled the Cole Memorial Chapel on April 13 to attend a talk by Professor of Political Science, Dr. Larycia Hawkins, titled “Embodied Solidarity and the Other Wheaton.” Hawkins is from the University of Virginia and formerly of the ‘other’ Wheaton College in Illinois. She spoke of standing with the oppressed and…
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Got Milk? An Issue of Feminism, says Kimberly Williams
Is drinking milk an issue of feminism? Yes, according to posters around campus that say ‘cows used by the dairy industry are intensively confined, continually impregnated and bred for high production with little concern for their well-being.’ One such poster urges people to make connections between what they consume and what they believe. Kimberly Williams…
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Water Filters to be Installed in 11 Locations Around Campus
For those living in the Wheaton bubble, discolored water from the hydrant flushing is a bi-annual reminder of our inclusion in the greater Norton community. In a campus-wide email on April 13, Wheaton’s Student Government Association (SGA) announced plans to install filtered bottle fillers in 11 locations around campus. These locations include Watson, Meneely, Knapton,…