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Every article The Wheaton Wire has published.


Need a Good Night? Go See the Arctic Monkeys Live!

BywheatonwireFeb 25, 2014
Need a Good Night? Go See the Arctic Monkeys Live!

One night, Carrie Slayton took the chance with Lauren Robinson to consciously steal a seat to a sold out concert of Arctic Monkeys so the…

Dennis Hanno named Eighth President of Wheaton College

BywheatonwireFeb 24, 2014
Dennis Hanno named Eighth President of Wheaton College

Dennis Hanno has been named the eighth president of Wheaton College, according to an email sent out to students and staff at 10 a.m. by…

Wheaton’s President-Elect Dennis Hanno: A Cheat Sheet

BywheatonwireFeb 24, 2014

In the next few weeks campus will be inundated with information about our eight president, but if you want to be ahead of the curve,…

Wheaton Women’s Ice Hockey hits the ice in 2014

BywheatonwireFeb 20, 2014

As the Wheaton Women’s ice hockey team dropped the puck for their most recent game, they accomplished a feat that no other Wheaton women’s ice…

NFL is expected to have its first openly gay player

BywheatonwireFeb 20, 2014

On Feb. 9, Missouri defensive end and NFL prospect Michael Sam came out as gay in an interview with ESPN. Standing at 6 feet 2…

Aiello’s Inner and Outer Space exhibit merges art and science

BywheatonwireFeb 20, 2014

Starting on Jan. 20 and continuing until Feb. 26, the clean, bright, minimal Beard and Weil Galleries in Watson Fine Arts will be crawling with…

A retrospective on the 2014 Sophomore Symposium

BywheatonwireFeb 20, 2014

It is very unusual to see the campus crawling with students at 9:30 a.m. on a Saturday morning. It is even more unusual to see…

FAW encourages students on Valentine’s Day: Love yourself!

BywheatonwireFeb 20, 2014

Valentine’s Day can be an easy time of year to question our lives, in terms of present and future relationships, social standing and generally what…

You Know He’s Right: When good politicians go bad

BywheatonwireFeb 20, 2014

Eight years ago, Ray Nagin was the popular mayor of New Orleans who rallied the city after Hurricane Katrina’s devastation. Now, Nagin is headed to…

14 reasons why BuzzFeed is polluting journalism

BywheatonwireFeb 20, 2014

Had the above headline been a link on your Facebook newsfeed, a simple click would direct you to a witty sequence of Leslie Knope and…

Wheaton College Class of 2017 hosts first open talent showcase at the Loft

BywheatonwireFeb 20, 2014

By 10:05 p.m. on Feb. 6, the Loft had to close its doors due to overcapacity and the door stayed closed for that reason until…

Miss the town hall meetings last week? Suggestions for the administration after the town hall meetings

BywheatonwireFeb 20, 2014

Effective policies begin with recognizing reality, and a reality of life on college campuses is that students drink, usually in large groups and often to…

Woody Allen: Should his crimes diminish his artistic recognition?

BywheatonwireFeb 20, 2014

For more than two decades, the accusation of Woody Allen molesting his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow was swept under the rug, hardly a shadow to…

Letter from the editor 2/19/2014

BywheatonwireFeb 20, 2014

As Thomas Holmes pointed out in our paper this week, Michael Sam will, in all likelihood, become the first openly gay football player to be…

Town hall-style meetings connect students and faculty

BywheatonwireFeb 20, 2014

Last week, students gathered to hear several on campus a cappella groups sing for the first time with their new members during the tradition every…