The holidays are around the corner and work is piling up. It seems as if all of Wheaton has gone into permanent work mode- multiple coffee runs, endless hours spent in the Library, and a major lack of sleep are all familiar signs of finals. While exams, papers and grades are all very important, Wheaton's motto encourages us to live life abundantly.
For what seems like months now, we've had weekly reminders of conservative fantasy here in the Outside the Bubble section of our hardy Wire. Staff member Christopher MacDonald has routinely spewed vitriol toward U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and President Barack Obama- mainly on the topic of health care reform.
Hello Wheaton! As the fall semester comes to a close, I would like to give you a quick year-end update of SGA activities and a preview of what lies ahead. Over the semester, your SGA has worked very hard to get you involved in enhancing the student experience and moving Wheaton forward.
Recently, ABC lobbied the White House not to schedule the State of the Union on the same night as the premiere of Lost, which, coincidentally, would provide an admirable title for the President's annual speech. His word of the year may be "unprecedented," but he has left "bipartisan" and "transparent" by the wayside.
An Announcement from the Honor Code Commission One of the first official acts we do as Wheaton students when we come to campus as brand new freshmen is to sign the Wheaton Honor Code. For those who don't remember, on the first day of classes, the entire Freshmen Class reads the Honor Code aloud and then signs their names.
In the president's traditional pardoning of the Thanksgiving turkeys, he self-deprecatingly noted that he had "saved or created" four turkeys with this act (he quasi-blessed them with a regally raised hand). This was followed by a nervous sort of laugh indicating that the Communications staffer with the sense of humor is about to be hurriedly dispatched to 3-year assignment somewhere in Antarctica.
Are you a bigot for opposing gay marriage? Are you homophobic? No, not necessarily. That said, some people who oppose it may be a bigot, they may be homophobic, they may be both. Then again, they might be neither. But what are you when you impose aspects of you beliefs on other people who do not share those beliefs resulting in those other people having diminished rights? In Maine, the Catholic Archdiocese was a very vocal leader in the (effective) effort to repeal legalized gay civil marriages last month.
On Sunday, December 6th, the Voices United to Jam sang three musical arrangements for the congregation of the Lakeville United Church of Christ. The VUJ's music was inspirational and enthusiastically received. They unite their voices as one and connect themselves to those inside and and outside of the Wheaton Community.