Members of the Black Student Union, Ujamma (BSU), worked with University administrators to arrange events throughout February in celebration of Black History Month (BHM). The calendar included workshops, discussion spaces, social gatherings, film screenings, and performing arts events. The planning committee consisted of Alise Mackey ’24, Shekinah Mba ’26, Oluchi Chukwuemeka ’25, Tre Studgeon ’26, […]
“Small Mouth Sounds,” the creative component of Nina Jakobson’s ’24 senior theater thesis, follows six participants on a five-day silent retreat as they struggle to find their true selves, guided by their unseen meditation leader (Leo Kaplan ’26). Jakobson stumbled upon the script last spring when her friend Kieran Gettel-Gilmartin ’25, an actor in the […]
Last year ended in mixed emotions for the Cardinals. The men’s ice hockey team earned their first ever NESCAC regular season title and the #1 seed in the NESCAC Tournament. But their season came to an abrupt close with a shocking 3–4 defeat to Williams in the first round. Coming into this year, the Cardinals looked […]
I always knew I wanted to study abroad. I grew up surrounded by stories of my mother’s life in Freiburg, Germany—a small city in the Black Forest where she relocated after finishing her undergraduate degree. Her plan was to work there as a German language translator for a year, but she ended up staying for […]
Are you bored enough? If you’re reading this essay, you just might be. But I stand that our days remain over-structured and our Google Calendars over-scheduled, with our phones over-satiating any remaining free time. It feels damn near impossible to be bored at Wesleyan, and I think that’s dangerous. Study after study has concluded that […]
In Play(er) of the Week, we seek to highlight Wesleyan athletes or parts of games that deserve extra attention. Jenna Stevens ’24, a defender on the Wesleyan women’s ice hockey team, won high NESCAC honors last week. In addition to being the program’s first defender named to First Team All-NESCAC, she is the team’s first-ever […]
There was an undeniably electric energy in the Shapiro Center for Creative Writing and Criticism on Wednesday, Feb. 28, during the inaugural meeting of the Wesleyan Review of Books. 18 students from all grades gathered to discuss the magazine, led by Emmett Gardner ’26. Gardner, inspired by the New York Review of Books and the London Review […]
In the 2017 Chinese Chess League, a tournament between top clubs in China, future world champion Ding Liren with the black pieces has been playing a magnificent game against young grandmaster Jinshi Bai. Featuring unrelenting aggression, beautiful strategic play, and a completely unexpected queen sacrifice, this entire game is a must-watch. In the following position, […]
“What Comes Next?”—a staged reading of a play written by Senica Slaton ’26 and produced by the SHADES Theater Collective—was read in Russell House on Saturday, Feb. 24 at 2 p.m. The play follows five Black and Latina girls in mid-1960s Montgomery, Alabama as they live out their teenage years, confront the culture of racism […]
What even is an ampersand? Throughout The Argus’s history, the term has embodied a plethora of expressions, thoughts, and meanings, including the Latin word for the symbol “&,” an expression of inclusivity, and a break from traditional Argus coverage. After a long hiatus, the Ampersand is back. Ampersand Editor UG Shakhnovskaya ’24 and Assistant Ampersand Editors Lily […]