This past June, Silverio "Silver" Vasquez ’07 was charged by the Honor Board with a Student Honor Code violation for incorrectly citing two papers submitted to an economics class.
The University shares the tenth spot with Davidson College on this year's U.S. News and World Report ranking of the best liberal arts colleges in the nation. It is a jump from last year's list, when the University dropped from nine to twelve.
University athletes were interrupted from their team practices on Monday afternoon by Public Safety officers, who warned them of an armed man in the area.
Mary-Jane Rubenstein, a scholar specializing in Christian theology and continental philosophy, joined the Department of Religion as an assistant professor this semester. She brings years of teaching experience from Columbia University and hopes to incorporate an orientation towards larger philosophical questions in her classes.
On September 10, Public Safety discovered racist graffiti on the inside of an elevator door in PAC. There is currently no information regarding when the graffiti was made or who made it. Anyone with information on this or other suspicious incidents is encouraged to call Public Safety at (860) 685-2345 or the Dean's Office at (860) 685-2600.
On Monday night, Harris Friedberg, professor of English, delved into the topic of nature's deepest, darkest orifices in his lecture, "Making Nature Afraid: Sodomy and Usury in Dante's Inferno." The talk explored the connection between the two themes in the classic work and identified some possible reasons behind its inclusion.
The position Silverio Vasquez finds himself in is not an enviable one. By all accounts, he has proven himself to be an extremely involved member of the Wesleyan community. In fact, he was even selected to be a Senior Interviewer, the face of Wesleyan to dozens of potential students.
I slouch. Once, in a coffee shop, a man who claimed to be a chiropractor said that if I didn't sit up and stop hunching my shoulders, I'd be paying him thousands of dollars a month by the time I was 40. Sitting next to five Shaolin priests at the kitchen table of the Small Forest Temple on Middletown's Highland Avenue, my slouch marked me as an outsider.
Evan Carp defended his bigoted statements about Muslims last year by using the equivalent of the following logical argument (Evan also defended himself in person by saying this directly to me, if you're wondering): "I don't mean to say that all Muslims are terrorists. What I am saying is that all terrorists are Muslim"
Dear Evan Carp: Nice sarcasm. Don't strain yourself.
Although virtually unknown to many underclassmen, undergraduate tutorials offer students the chance to share knowledge they have developed in any number of special areas in a classroom format. Taking the role of a teacher, students who run tutorials lead their peers while developing their own curriculum and assigning readings, papers, and projects.
Elissa Kozlov '08 had quite a busy summer. When she wasn't bringing plays to the other side of the big pond or interning as a bathroom monitor, she filled her days with ladders, burritos, and poop jokes. And, yes, she'd eat a horse.
"Where are you from?" ... "New Jersey." ... "Holy Shatner! Bless your poor soul! I mean…oh, that's cool."
With walls and windows as canvases, the artists featured in "Up Against the Wall," the latest exhibit at the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, utilize the space's unique and sweeping architectural surfaces to support their work.
A man stands in front of the dirt mounds of a ubiquitous Beijing construction site. His dark suit fits him well. He squints, chin tilted upwards, a quiet smile of pride and optimism shaping his cheeks. A briefcase anchoring each hand intimates importance—perhaps he is a businessman; or, as suggested by his posture and the halo of polluted urban sky, he is the embodiment of the dutiful Chinese official.
A Wesleyan audience of about 45 members witnessed the soulful, solitary performance of Dr. Chan E. Park, last Wednesday. Sept. 13, at the Mansfield Freeman Center for East Asian Studies. Park kept her audience engaged with her round drum and tremulous voice. She began with a lecture on Korean culture, history and art.
If a group of students arrived at "Actual Music: Process" just a minute late, they would have been greeted by an audience intently observing an empty stage with a lone microphone wrapped in brown paper. This is not in fact a "Dada happening," but the first piece of a three-work performance by The Composers of Wesleyan that took place Tuesday night at the CFA cinema.
Here's a little game for you to play: Never Have I Ever…. Ditched my Wednesday night TA session to go with friends to the Film Series. Asked that cutie who sits next to me in class to go see the hot foreign film Thursday night. Walked out of the CFS with a new and potentially dangerous obsession with Catherine Deneuve or Steve McQueen...
A distinction often occurs between "Actors" and "Movie Stars." The former sinks into his or her given role with quicksilver grace and chameleon-like skill. The latter imbues every on-screen moment with the intangible glow of personality, physicality, and that elusive quality known simply as star-power.
"Loose Lips," a subversive exhibition by Melissa Stern '80 on display in the South Zilkha Gallery, brought a unique creative experience to visitors during its opening this week. Stern compiled "Loose Lips" from a book of the same title by taking visual stories from the book and placing them onto the gallery wall.
There are only a few bands in the canon of indie rock that still inspire genuine awe: the Pixies, the Arcade Fire, and Pavement, to name three. The strangest of them all, though, is My Bloody Valentine.
After two overtimes, the men's soccer team came away with its first win of the season on Wednesday, against a Springfield team that refused to give in. The win came on the heels of a Saturday battle with Williams that ended because of weather interference.
After an embarrassing 2005 campaign, the worst in Wesleyan football history, the Cardinals will look to improve on their 0-8 record from a year ago. With 36 lettermen back, including 17 starters, the Cards should be more solid this year.
The women's volleyball team kicked off the season with a solid start at the Williams Invitational on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 8 and 9. After opening with a hard fought loss to Brandeis in which the squad fell in three close games, 24-30, 27-30, and 28-30, the team went on to defeat Wheaton and Smith.
Like Rodney Dangerfield, Josh Stephens '07 can't seem to get no respect. The men's soccer team's starting defensive midfielder, Stephens spends his time hustling to disrupt and neutralize opposing offenses. Last year, Stephens was a consistent presence on a Cardinal team that made a run to the second round of the NCAA tournament.
This Sunday, two Wesleyan alums and NFL masterminds will be facing off against each other on the sidelines. Bill Belichick '75, the head coach of the New England Patriots, takes on his former pupil Eric Mangini '94, who was hired as Head Coach of the New York Jets last spring. Our two sports editors provide their expert analysis on the AFC matchup.
Coming off a rebuilding year in 2005, the women's soccer team headed into the opening week of play ready to build off of last year's learning experiences. The Cardinals opened up their 2006 campaign with games against Williams and Mount Holyoke this past week, dropping a 5-1 decision to Williams on Saturday before evening their record at 1-1 with a 1-0 overtime victory over Mount Holyoke on Wednesday.
Argus NFL Expert Brian Valerio previews the NFL Season in a four part series. In the first of four articles, Valerio takes a look at the top teams in the AFC East and AFC North.