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Wheaton Students Protest Mandatory Mental Health Training Module, Administration Responds, Making the Training Optional

wheatonwireMar 3, 2021
Wheaton Students Protest Mandatory Mental Health Training Module, Administration Responds, Making the Training Optional

Following concerns expressed by students, Dean of Students Zachary Irish and Director of Counseling & Health Services Valeria Tobia announced today that they plan to…

Abroad Blog: Becca Shin ’17, India and Denmark

wheatonwireMay 9, 2016
Abroad Blog: Becca Shin ’17, India and Denmark

My experience from studying abroad for a year in two different countries: As I’m getting ready to go back to the United States and face…

“A GATRA Named Desire” met with resounding success

wheatonwireMay 7, 2016
“A GATRA Named Desire” met with resounding success

The newfound Wheaton parody play, “A GATRA Named Desire,” debuted in the Lyon’s Den this past Thursday. The reading caused the Den to reach maximum…

Does patriotism create bias? The pros and cons of being a patriot

wheatonwireMay 7, 2016

A recent debate with one of my friends challenged my own conceptions on patriotism. Patriotism, if we refer ourselves to a more dictionary definition, is…

Celebrating a decade of Renaissance women

wheatonwireMay 7, 2016

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…

Wheaton students win Fulbrights

wheatonwireMay 7, 2016

As the year winds down and graduating seniors begin to make plans for their lives after Wheaton, some of those seniors are planning to use…

College Democrats examine media and the elections

wheatonwireMay 7, 2016

Especially today, the media plays a prominent role in US politics, and never is it more prevalent than during an election year. In order to…

33rd Annual Violence Against Women Symposium covers variety of issues

wheatonwireMay 7, 2016
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…

Dean Vereene Parnell to Leave Wheaton After Decade at Office of SSSR

wheatonwireMay 7, 2016

‘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,…

Newly redesigned Clark Language Lab creates comfortable space for learning

wheatonwireMay 7, 2016

‘Mingle with speakers of different tongues, test the new comfy chairs and taste delicious food from different places’ said an email invitation sent out to…

Christina Smith ’19 gives insight on music

wheatonwireMay 7, 2016

With strums on a pastel purple ukulele named Carrie came the voice of Christina Smith ’19, who sang Sara Bareilles’ “She Used to Be Mine”…

Beard Gallery features work by senior art majors

wheatonwireMay 7, 2016
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…

Wheaton’s Relay for Life Raises $15,000 for Cancer Research and Awareness

wheatonwireMay 7, 2016

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…

Lumineers review

wheatonwireApr 26, 2016

On April 8, 2016, The Lumineer’s second studio album titled ‘Cleopatra’ was released to the eager ears of waiting fans worldwide. The album comes four…

Sameena Mulla speaks on the violence of care

wheatonwireApr 26, 2016

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…

New theme houses approved for next year

wheatonwireApr 26, 2016

Next semester,  the Wheaton College theme house community will welcome two new theme houses onto campus. The first, House of REPS (Residents Engaged in Political…