Wire Article Archive

Every article The Wheaton Wire has published.


The unique artistic integrity of Wheaton’s academia

wheatonwireOct 25, 2014

From Live at the Loft events to Open Mic Nights at the Den, Wheaton makes sure to display brilliant and diverse talent, both on and…

Pitts ’18: Let’s be honest about academic dishonesty

wheatonwireOct 25, 2014

According to David L. Jaffe, a professor at Stanford University, academic cheating is defined as “representing someone else’s work as your own”. It can take…

Letter from the Editor: Wheaton’s eighth president

wheatonwireOct 25, 2014

Last Friday Wheaton had the pleasure of officially celebrating the start of Dennis Hanno’s tenure as Wheaton’s eighth President. As part of the inauguration’s focus…

Poster session showcases wide variety of student service and research, helps launch #WheatonCares

wheatonwireOct 25, 2014

Late last month, Provost Linda Eisenmann put out a call for poster proposals showcasing student internships, service projects and research that fall under the theme…

Wheaton welcomes eighth president

wheatonwireOct 25, 2014

In a small ceremony in a chapel filled with sunlight, Dennis M. Hanno was inaugurated as Wheaton College’s eighth president on October 17. His inaugural…

Patrick Crane ’14 continues with lacrosse overseas

wheatonwireOct 10, 2014

If you mention his name to anyone on the campus of Wheaton College, you are bound to provoke an interesting response. He is the charismatic, passionate,…

Group brings traditional Indian dance to Wheaton stage

wheatonwireOct 10, 2014

Addressing an excited audience on Sept. 30, Viswanath Kaladharan said, “Kathakali means story play: ‘katha’ meaning story, ‘kali’ meaning play.” That Tuesday night, the intimate…

Influential Art Internships

wheatonwireOct 10, 2014

Several Wheaton students spent the past summer engaging in engaging off-campus internships. Two students, sophomores Audrey Spina ’17 and Liam Grace-Flood ’17, completed fun, insightful…

Studio art study abroad programs: Ireland, Scotland, Italy

wheatonwireOct 10, 2014

Sophomores and juniors are beginning the process of looking into studying abroad, attending the study abroad fair a few weeks ago as well as the…

Notes on record players and progressively moving backwards

wheatonwireOct 10, 2014

This just in: it’s beautiful, it tells a story, and it makes your ‘wanna-be-hipster’ even more convincing. Wait for it … it’s a record player.…

Sophomore Symposium, now in two parts, helps ease transition to the second year

wheatonwireOct 10, 2014

Sophomore year is a time when students can really get involved with Wheaton to leave a legacy, develop a program or be a leader,” said…

In Hong Kong, students lead reform push

wheatonwireOct 10, 2014

Students have been leading a huge and well-organized campaign of peaceful protest in Hong Kong, threatening to take over government buildings and calling for the…

Business lecture series kicks off with first guest

wheatonwireOct 10, 2014

Some of the country’s biggest businesses have been born in college dorm rooms and garages, from the minds of students.  To help tap into that…

Gilman ’15: Why Domestic Violence Awareness Month matters

wheatonwireOct 10, 2014

Trigger Warning: This article discusses forms of domestic violence that may be triggering for some readers. Read at your discretion. October is Domestic Violence Awareness…

Joy ’17: Derek Jeter’s amazing career and the mark he left on baseball

wheatonwireOct 10, 2014

Last week, five-time World Series champion and fourteen-time All-Star Derek Jeter retired from his twenty-year baseball career as shortstop with the New York Yankees. Being…

Letter from the Editor: Conversation on Hong Kong

wheatonwireOct 10, 2014

Last year in Oxford I met a student from Hong Kong who has been active these past several weeks in the protests there. I got…