[retrokitten]

RK, have you ever driven through Wheaton--especially the area near the college? Its streets and homes look like something out of a magazine.

Yes, the Wheaton/Glen Ellyn area is so pretty! Those old victorian homes are really something else. It was all over the news a couple of months ago that they are going to allow some drinking at Wheaton College. I'm not sure of the exact details, though, but I think it is for seniors and higher only.

[Cordova Belle]

No, unfortunately, it is school-wide, I believe. Since my daughter is an alumna, I sent her the clipping about it (she now lives and works in Colorado--another opportunity to hone one's snow-shoveling skills!) :-)

Yes, driving the streets of Wheaton made me long to live there. But the cost of living is so high, many of the professors live elsewhere!

(Back to the new policy) they are relaxing their standards against alcohol and smoking...a mistake, I believe, considering the health hazards of both. It's still a really GREAT place.