Wire Article Archive

Every article The Wheaton Wire has published.


Eight faculty granted tenure

wheatonwireMar 6, 2013

On Feb. 23, the Wheaton Board of Trustees unanimously voted to grant tenure to eight faculty members, the largest number to be approved in recent…

Office of the President, SGA host open forum on campus safety

wheatonwireMar 6, 2013

In response to an online petition that has now accrued more than 400 signatures, the Office of the President and the Student Government Association held…

Women’s softball kicks off a new season

wheatonwireMar 6, 2013

This Saturday, the Wheaton softball teams kicks off a brand new season from Kissimmee, Florida, with a doubleheader against both Skidmore and Simpson, the first…

Bruins back and stronger than ever

wheatonwireMar 6, 2013

Standing strong at 13-2-2 at the end of February, the Boston Bruins are well on their way to a deep run into the Stanley Cup…

Watson welcomes “Drawing Out of Bounds” exhibit

wheatonwireMar 6, 2013

Last week, a new exhibition titled Drawing Out of Bounds opened in the Beard & Weil Galleries within Watson Fine Arts. Organized by Michele L’Heureux,…

Letter from the Editor Week 5 Spring 2013

wheatonwireMar 6, 2013

Dear Wheaton,   There’s no way to say this easily, but I’ll try my best. I’m not really sure where we stand anymore. I know…

Profile: Director of Public Safety Chuck Furgal

wheatonwireMar 6, 2013

Outside of Director of Public Safety Charles Furgal’s office is an automated external defibrillator (AED) machine. At Public Safety, the joke is that the AED…

Kendrick Lamar restores ‘realness’ to modern rap

wheatonwireMar 6, 2013

Recently, the hip-hop charts have been dominated by albums like Watch the Throne. They rap about Bentleys and Hublots, ditching poor chicks in mall bathrooms.…

Preview day offers accepted students a glimpse into Wheaton life

wheatonwireMar 6, 2013

Last Friday began the first of four spring semester open houses for accepted students of the Class of 2017. Over 200 students arrived on campus,…

Commencement speaker announced

wheatonwireMar 6, 2013

Wheaton College has announced that the commencement speaker for the Class of 2013 will be former Federal District Court of Massachusetts Judge Nancy Gertner. Judge…

FAW kicks off Women’s History Month with Feminist Panel

wheatonwireMar 6, 2013

March is Women’s History Month, and to kick it off, the Feminist Association of Wheaton sponsored a Feminist Panel on Monday, Feb. 25, where a…

Trivia take-down: how to win Loft trivia nights

wheatonwireMar 6, 2013

Here’s a trivia question for you: how can you win more Lyon’s bucks? You may have noticed some of the fliers around the Emerson area…

Morton ’14: PlayStation 4 announcement signals the future of video-gaming

wheatonwireMar 6, 2013

Earlier in January Sony released a mysterious trailer containing symbols commonly associated with the PlayStation gaming controller.  For three weeks this speculation flared on the…

Obama urges fiscal action in State of the Union Address

wheatonwireFeb 27, 2013

In his State of the Union address on Feb. 12, President Barack Obama urged Congress to look past party lines to push the nation further on…

Asian American Coalition celebrates Lunar New Year

wheatonwireFeb 27, 2013

If you wandered through the Balfour-Hood Center on Feb. 15 at 7 p.m.you may have been hit by lettuce streaming from the mouth of a…

Play ball! Top ranked Lyons kick off season

wheatonwireFeb 27, 2013

Last spring, the Lyons marched all the way to the NCAA Division III College World Series game, and this year the team finds itself in…