Wire Article Archive

Every article The Wheaton Wire has published.


Joy ’17: The Wheaton production of The Vagina Monologues — The Eighth Natural Wonder of the World

wheatonwireMar 7, 2014

If a vagina voices its opinion in the middle of Cole Memorial Chapel, does it make a sound? According to the reception of the Vagina…

Chance the Rapper to headline Spring Weekend 2014

wheatonwireMar 5, 2014
Chance the Rapper to headline Spring Weekend 2014

Programming Council (PC) Chair Bailey McWilliams ’14 and Wheaton’s Student Government Association (SGA) have announced that independent hip-hop artist Chance The Rapper will be headlining…

NASA-affiliated artists Monica and Tyler Aiello lead Wheaton workshop

wheatonwireMar 5, 2014
NASA-affiliated artists Monica and Tyler Aiello lead Wheaton workshop

Coinciding with the “Inner and Outer Space” exhibit, NASA affiliated artists Monica and Tyler Aiello completed a residency at Wheaton this past week. In addition…

Senators Ratliff ’16 and Sharafaddin ’16 react to Hanno’s SGA presentation

wheatonwireMar 5, 2014

Dennis Hanno, Wheaton’s president-elect, came to the Student Government Association Senate meeting on Tuesday, March 4, to discuss what he wants to accomplish in his…

What Dennis Hanno hopefully brings to the table as president

wheatonwireFeb 28, 2014

On Saturday, Feb. 22, Dennis Hanno was appointed the eighth president of Wheaton College, being officially welcomed by the community for the first time on…

Wheaton Welcomes President-Elect Dennis Hanno

wheatonwireFeb 27, 2014

The Wheaton community congregated in the Chapel Tuesday afternoon to welcome Wheaton’s President-Elect, Dennis Hanno. President Crutcher opened the ceremony, recalling his own Presidential Welcome.…

TWAP elects new house President in Juwan Mimes

wheatonwireFeb 26, 2014

On the same date as the announcement of Wheaton’s President-Elect Dennis Hanno, Together We All Prosper (TWAP) House also elected Juwan Mimes ‘15 as president.…

UEFA Champions League is back with round of 16 play

wheatonwireFeb 26, 2014

The UEFA Champions League round of 16 has kicked off this past week with largely anticipated contests between some of the best European soccer clubs…

Intercultural Board event de-mystifies Rastafarianism

wheatonwireFeb 26, 2014

When we think of Rastafarianism, we usually tend to think of that black, red, and green image of Bob Marley smoking what is presumably marijuana.…

Wheaton dance groups stun at third annual Festival of Dance

wheatonwireFeb 26, 2014

Unhindered by the looming snowstorm or the copious amounts of chocolate potentially consumed on Valentine’s day or the day after for 75% off, the tappers…

Communication with Public Safety: a new house theme

wheatonwireFeb 26, 2014

Without a doubt, all students experience the effects on alcohol on campus, regardless of whether they drink or not. We all know the different types…

Fifty years later: Wheaties still trying to find something to do on weekends

wheatonwireFeb 26, 2014

Sitting in the Gebbie Special Collections and Archives, I leafed my way through the issues of the Wheaton News (the predecessor of the Wire) from…

Ellen Page: Why coming out is a big deal and why we should care

wheatonwireFeb 26, 2014

Standing at a podium in front of hundreds of people with trembling fingers and a wavering yet passionate voice, actress Ellen Page gave both us…

You Know He’s Right

wheatonwireFeb 26, 2014

Midterm elections are boring, especially compared to presidential elections. Rather than one nation-wide election between two well known candidates, midterms revolve around several state and…

Husband and wife create art from opposite views

wheatonwireFeb 26, 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…

Todd Reisz presents a lecture on the modernization of Dubai

wheatonwireFeb 26, 2014

On Monday evening, students piled into Ellison Lecture Hall in Watson Fine Arts to hear Todd Reisz present on widespread connotations and general misconceptions that…