Wire Article Archive

Every article The Wheaton Wire has published.


Student profile: James Wegener ’18

wheatonwireNov 18, 2015
Student profile: James Wegener ’18

If you’re a Wheaton student, you’ve probably heard James Wegener ’18 whistling around campus. Hailing from Falmouth, Maine, this New Englander plans on majoring in…

Matook ’16 on the attacks in Paris: “No life is worth more than another.”

wheatonwireNov 17, 2015
Matook ’16 on the attacks in Paris: “No life is worth more than another.”

It is currently 3 a.m. on a Sunday night. I have been trying to fall asleep for the past hour and half, but there’s so…

Kesha’s sexual abuse lawsuit

wheatonwireNov 16, 2015
Kesha’s sexual abuse lawsuit

  Kesha’s ongoing lawsuit against her music producer of ten years, Dr. Luke (Lukasz Gottwald), has truly shown the public on a larger platform just…

Patriots fans are apprehensive of an undefeated season

wheatonwireNov 15, 2015
Patriots fans are apprehensive of an undefeated season

The New England Patriots at 8-0 are currently undefeated. It is only fitting to start talking about the possibility of an undefeated Super Bowl as…

Abroad Blog: Ian Opaluch ’17; Oxford University, England

wheatonwireNov 8, 2015
Abroad Blog: Ian Opaluch ’17; Oxford University, England

In many ways, studying abroad in Britain leaves little room for culture shock. While it’s true that cars drive on the left side of the…

Justified violence: living under the Israeli occupation

wheatonwireNov 4, 2015
Justified violence: living under the Israeli occupation

The past month has seen a spike of violence amongst Palestinians and Israelis across Israel and the occupied territories. Some are calling this wave a…

Georgia Crane ’16 makes NEWMAC All-Conference honors

wheatonwireNov 2, 2015
Georgia Crane ’16 makes NEWMAC All-Conference honors

On Sunday afternoon at the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Cross Country Championships hosted by Wellesley College, Georgia Crane ’16 took the…

Wheaton gets into the Halloween spirit

wheatonwireNov 2, 2015
Wheaton gets into the Halloween spirit

Yesterday the campus was teething and alive with festivities for Halloween. The administration and students helped to celebrate the holiday in grand fashion with events…

Wheaton hosts Lyons Pride 5K

wheatonwireOct 27, 2015
Wheaton hosts Lyons Pride 5K

The annual Lyons Pride 5K took place on October 25. The runners included alums, students, visitors and even administrative members. The race, which started and…

Halloween costumes and cultural appropriation

wheatonwireOct 27, 2015
Halloween costumes and cultural appropriation

Halloween is quickly approaching. Over the past few weeks, several discussions have been held on the subject of Halloween costumes and cultural appropriation, namely the…

Abroad Blog: Nicole Labresh ’17; Denmark

wheatonwireOct 21, 2015
Abroad Blog: Nicole Labresh ’17; Denmark

Hej again from Copenhagen! I am now halfway through my semester abroad (!!!) which means it’s midterm season. It seems strange to be talking about…

Dr. Cullen’s We Are Wheaton workshop starts tonight at 7 p.m.

wheatonwireOct 19, 2015

Over the next two days (Monday, Oct. 19 and Tuesday, Oct. 20), the Council on Inclusion in Diversity will be hosting an intensive workshop and…

Svetlana Alexievich wins the Nobel Prize in Literature

wheatonwireOct 14, 2015
Svetlana Alexievich wins the Nobel Prize in Literature

  On Thursday Oct. 8, Svetlana Alexievich was the fourteenth woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature by the Swedish Academy. An adamant…

Bombing Syria is the way to celebrate – Happy birthday, President Putin

wheatonwireOct 8, 2015
Bombing Syria is the way to celebrate – Happy birthday, President Putin

President Vladimir Putin is often seen on Russian television, yet in honor of his 63rd birthday and his one week bombing-Syria anniversary, President Putin was…

“Winter is coming, Wheaton. Be prepared.”

wheatonwireOct 6, 2015
“Winter is coming, Wheaton. Be prepared.”

From extreme heat to the bitter cold, this campus experiences everything in between on the weather spectrum. Yesterday’s crisp air is going to be replaced…

Wheaton granted an extension from the Department of Justice

wheatonwireOct 4, 2015
Wheaton granted an extension from the Department of Justice

Wheaton is still feeling the pressure from the Department of Justice’s investigation. The investigation has asked for files spanning from 2012 to 2015 concerning the…