At the end of the spring semester, Student Life Facilities will open University Storage Services at Long Lane Garage due to the upcoming summer renovations of the Nicolson dormitories. Manager of Transportation for Auxiliary Operations & Campus Services Marcello Curridori was appointed to be in charge of the storage service.
The Student Budget Committee (SBC) of the Wesleyan Student Assembly (WSA) released its mid-year report Jan. 29 detailing Fall 2005 spending, which totaled $399,000. The report also listed various SBC policy changes.
Josh Aronson '07 gave a public presentation of his research on sustainable architecture to community members working to create an environmental education center on the North End. The presentation, held Thursday at the First Church of Christ on Court St., focused on the sustainable building materials and techniques that could be used in the final design for The Jonah Center on Earth and Art.
The University's Neuroscience and Behavior (NS&B) department hosted its first ever symposium this past Saturday, featuring presentations by five recent NS&B alumni who described their research and talked with students about graduate and career options.
For Valentine's Day, we would like to take a break from the monotony of complaining about what is wrong at Wesleyan and instead focus some attention on what makes us love Wesleyan— at least, until our next editorial.
Most people by now have probably heard from someone or other that the American health care system has major problems. You might have heard it from me... Well, I hope you didn't listen too hard, because I didn't know what I was talking about. Since then I've learned a bit, and I've decided to write this column as a way to share some information and perspective on a topic I believe many of us don't know enough about.
As a sports editor, I feel compelled to respond to Zach Waksman, who expressed his dismay over the coverage of Wesleyan Athletics in the Argus. Zach, I suggest that you take a chill pill and lighten up on my sports writers.
Dear Nathan Ratner and Eric Rosenblum: Gee, as a woman, I sure am glad that I have big strong men like you around to tell me that making references to "pimping" is not offensive. What would I do without you?
I remember, when I was offered admission to Wesleyan, randomly going through the Wesleyan website and reading somewhere that Wesleyan offers dual support for Macs and PC, support which also includes antivirus software. I then thought to myself about how nice that was, and then immediately sent my "yes" letter back to Wesleyan.
Thank you to all of the dedicated workers of the Wesleyan Grounds Crew. Without your help, the 2,000+ able-bodied students of Wesleyan University would not have been able to get out of their respective residencies.
News Editor Eric Lach wrote about Mayor Giuliano's visit last week, but the article missed or purposefully left out some important parts of the new mayor's visit. Giulano expressed his excitement over new luxury condos planned in the North End. In response to a question concerning relocation of current residents, he replied that they would most likely have to leave the city.
I typically only read the Argus when I'm waiting for my food to come up at Weswings, but an article headline caught my eye as I walked past a stack of them in the science center the other day: "Professor critiques contemporary hip hop music, Kayne West." "Hmm, I said to myself. What do the 'academics' have to say about 'Gold Digger'?" As I had expected, Dr. Tricia Rose had an incredibly erroneous view of music and its place in and relationship to society.
Results from a Wesleyan sex survey.
What can hold up to four quarts of liquid, was formerly made out of animal intestines, and is mandatory in order to have legal sex in Nevada? You guessed it: the condom. This year, spice up your traditional Valentine’s Day routine of roses and chocolate with some fun condom facts, in celebration of the twenty-eighth annual National Condom Week.
It's your neighborhood restaurant reviewer, back for some friendly tips on food and sex. Want to eat sex? Like to have food? Well, here are some aphrodisiac facts to spice up your love life!
Everybody's Valentine's Day dream is to go on the perfect date with their significant other. The ideal date for most is romantic and intimate. Some go the traditional route and go out for a nice dinner. Others think a little outside the box. And some have absolutely no idea what to do. For those of you who need some last-minute inspiration, the Argus is here, with suggestions for date destinations, including the usual and unusual.
Find out more about the sexy singles on the Argus staff!
What happened to last year’s incredibly sexy singles?
Profiles of Nick Gerry-Bullard ’06 and Emily Frost ’06, Sophie Pollitt-Cohen ’09 and James Rosenthal ’08, Jesse Young ’06 and Eliza Ford ’08, Manuel Sanchez ’07 and Jenny Low ’06, Justin Schmidt ’06 and Sara Cohen ’06, Janina Zorn ’06 and Michael Molina ’07.
Inspired by the unequivocally powerful film Brokeback Mountain, the most stirring and passionate love story of our time that has ignited the hearts and loins of moviegoers nationwide, millions of strapping straight lads throughout America have taken a cue this Valentine's Day from Ang Lee's masterpiece.
Inspired by the unequivocally powerful film Brokeback Mountain, the most stirring and passionate love story of our time that has ignited the hearts and loins of moviegoers nationwide, millions of strapping straight lads throughout America have taken a cue this Valentine’s Day from Ang Lee’s masterpiece.
Point: Contrary to popular belief, being alone is not a bad thing, especially on Valentine’s Day. You don’t have to worry about buying gifts or remembering anniversaries. Also, there are plenty of great things that are best when done on your own, like reading, single-player mode in Mario Kart, or riding a tandem bike alone.
In a effort to "spread peace and tolerance across the globe, while cashing in on the buying power of under-Valentinized religions such as State Shinto," Hallmark, Inc. announced Monday that they would release a new series of Valentine's Day cards featuring popular religious figures.
Dear Joss Whedon, Take us now. Love, Alpha Delt
The women's basketball team ended its regular NESAC season with a huge 76-49 win over Connecticut College at home on Saturday. With this win, the Cardinals secured the third seed in the NESCAC tournament and will host sixth-seeded Trinity in a first-round game of the playoffs on Saturday, Feb. 18. Bates and Bowdoin hold the top two seeds, being the only NESCAC teams to defeat the Cards in the regular season.
Pat Butsch '06 scored the game-tying goal with just under seven minutes remaining to keep the Cards playoff hopes alive, as the men's hockey team got a much-needed point this past weekend with a 1-1 tie against Bowdoin College on Saturday afternoon.
This season the women's hockey team has struggled against their NESCAC opponents. But in a rematch with Connecticut College on Feb. 4, the team scored a moral victory with a 1-1 tie against its NESCAC rival. The Lady Cards were highlighted by the play of standout goalie Rachel Stemerman '09 and Hannah Jackson '09, who scored the key goal of the game.
The clock stopped at 16:46. Ellen Davis '07 finished third overall in the women's 5,000-meter to log the fastest time in Division III this season by eight seconds. Davis also broke her own 5,000-meter school record from last year, 17:12, also run at the Valentine's Invite.
