Americans have been three times as quick to protest Iraq war as they were to criticize the Vietnam War, Wheaton College History Professor Alexander Bloom provided the historical and cultural context for a discussion of protest.

Wheaton’s Greenhouse will host an open house and plant re-potting clinic on Friday, Oct. 7, from 11 a. m. to 2 p. m.

The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation has named Wheaton College one of four Truman Scholarship Honor Institutions for 2005. The award recognizes the liberal arts college’s success in promoting the values of social responsibility and in preparing students to be leaders through public service careers.

Wheaton College has decided to establish an expedited admission/transfer process for students who are displaced by Hurricane Katrina and who live within commuting distance of the liberal arts college’s campus in Norton, Mass.