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Every article The Wheaton Wire has published.


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…

Wheaton’s Equestrian Team has first show of the season

wheatonwireOct 4, 2015
Wheaton’s Equestrian Team has first show of the season

The Wheaton Equestrian competitive team is a club sport that gives students a chance to ride and showcase their talent. Yesterday, the team of twelve…

Abroad Blog: Thea Ziegler ’17; South Africa

wheatonwireOct 4, 2015
Abroad Blog: Thea Ziegler ’17; South Africa

Studying abroad? Yea, it’s a little bit terrifying at first. You’re basically signing up to start over at a new university, and we all remember…

Don’t Panic: An advice column (week 2)

wheatonwireSep 30, 2015
Don’t Panic: An advice column (week 2)

Dear Audrey and Emily, My neighbor makes a lot of noise having sex with her significant other every night around 2 a.m. She’s driving me…

Wheaton honors the memory of professor of Chemistry Bojan Jennings

wheatonwireSep 30, 2015
Wheaton honors the memory of professor of Chemistry Bojan Jennings

Chemistry Professor Emerita, Dr. Bojan Hamlin Jennings (1920-2015),  passed away on Sept.  8 of this year. A member of Wheaton’s Chemistry faculty from 1943-1946 and…

Thank you, Viola Davis, for explaining ‘opportunity’

wheatonwireSep 30, 2015
Thank you, Viola Davis, for explaining ‘opportunity’

The only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity”, said Emmy Award winner Viola Davis last Sunday night. We could only expect…

Linda Eisenmann will step down as provost in June

wheatonwireSep 30, 2015
Linda Eisenmann will step down as provost in June

On Sept. 16, President Dennis Hanno sent out an email informing the Wheaton community that Provost Linda Eisenmann would serve as provost until June 30,…

Shonda Rhimes changes TV

wheatonwireSep 30, 2015
Shonda Rhimes changes TV

If you google “Shonda Rhimes memes,” the results are endless. Scrutinized for killing off a major character in one of her hit dramas, Grey’s Anatomy,…

Disclosure’s new album is okay

wheatonwireSep 30, 2015
Disclosure’s new album is okay

In their highly anticipated follow-up to 2013’s Settle, the British brothers largely stick to the same formula that made them famous, although they don’t execute…