The Argus came out with a colored newspaper today, Tuesday, May 1, 2007. Congratulations—the Argus *does* look nice. But when we turned to page seven, the headline read, "Cho changes talk to discuss VA Tech." Oh really? We thought Cho had died.
Need help planning a course of action for Reading Period and Exam Week? The Student Academic Resources Network can help! SARN Peer Advisors and our new Associate Dean of Academic Resources, Sarah Lazare, will be hosting Finals Week Prep workshops this weekend and next week.
I want to sincerely apologize for the headline of the article on Min Hyoung Song's lecture.
Last September, we launched Incite Magazine with the mission of bringing together diverse, progressive voices in and beyond the Wesleyan/Middletown community. We aimed to provide well-researched commentary on important political, economic, and cultural issues.
Did you read the interview with Roth in the May 1 Argus? If you didn't, go read it. Holy crap. I'm shtepping nachas from this man. If you're not kvelling by now, get off your ass and kvell.
Shamefully, I did not attend President-elect Roth's address to the Wesleyan community the other day, but by the grace of the Internet was able to catch the webfeed. And I kind of got a little misty.
"You tell me it's the institution, / Well you know, / You better free your mind instead." -John Lennon
As I was reading over the write-ins in the recent WSA election, I read one that stood out in particular: "WSA must make meaningful accomplishments over the next year to prove to the…"—at this point, the comment stopped, but I assume it would have continued "student body that it is a worthwhile institution."
Every year at the end of spring semester, a shitload of stuff is thrown away as people realize they can't pack everything up with them. Last year the Recycling Committee attempted to remedy this by using PODS, where students could put stuff they didn't want any more and others could come and pick it up. Unfortunately, that resulted in much stuff getting broken as people rooted around for what they wanted.
Sometimes it seems like the only thing my girlfriends ever do is bitch about how they're not appreciated by men at Wesleyan—they just moan on and on about empowerment and respect to the point that I am moved to vomit. I, on the other hand, for the past three years have been searching in vain for a special someone at Wesleyan to talk down to me, silence me during sex, and idealize my anorexic body.
The men's tennis team recently closed out a disappointing 7-10 season, failing to qualify for the NESCAC Tournament for the third consecutive season. The Cardinals ended their season winning two of three matches with wins over Hamilton and Connecticut College, before dropping their final match of the year 7-2 to Brandeis.
The Spring Faculty Dance Concert on April 20th and 21st featured the original works and unique performances by a diverse group of faculty members and some of their students.
Despite the recent flare ups between students, Public Safety and the Middletown Police Department (MPD), unpublicized collaboration regularly takes place between these three entities, especially lately.
After ironing out the five-year academic calendar covering Fall 2009 through Spring 2014, the Educational Policy Committee of the Faculty (EPC) decided to institutionalize Spring Fling and restructure reading week.
The General Dynamics Corporation, one of two weapons contractors that campus group Students for Ending the War in Iraq (SEWI), and now the Wesleyan Student Assembly (WSA), have demanded the University divest from, is the sixth-largest defense conglomerate in the world, with $24.1 billion in earnings last year, according to BusinessWeek magazine online.
A recent $200,000 grant received by the Center for the Arts (CFA) and the sciences will pair together what is typically considered an unusual couple: the sciences and the arts. The Association of Performing Arts Presenters has awarded the money with an ambitious plan in mind: an interdisciplinary attack on global warming.
In recent weeks, 1. student group 2. double-entendre acronym has been making a lot of noise on campus about 3. cause. They held an open forum last week in PAC 4. room number which, dishearteningly enough, was attended by 5. number less than four students, all of whom are members of 6. said acronym. Despite campus-wide e-mails, a WESpeak announcement, and a post on Wesleying by 7. Xue Sun, the student body once again opted...
To those who feel as Mr. John Chisholm does: I find it somewhat deplorable and embarrassing (as a current Wesleyan student) that you so easily cast judgment on affairs of which you have shown no interest in involving yourself in. The WSA has spent many hours in the past weeks over SEWI's proposal to divest in a few weapons contractors.
Tuesday's Argus editorial, "Resolution without Representation," makes some provocative claims with regard to the WSA's April 29 resolution in favor of Wesleyan's divestment from weapons contractors. The Argus editors, on behalf of the newspaper, argue that the WSA should not have passed the April 29th divestment resolution without surveying the entire student body.
Whether you are a senior in hopeless denial that graduation is less than a month away or a frosh clinging to the last days of tumultuous year, we are quickly approaching the end of an era. And Wesleyan is too. Come September we will have a new President, a new University Center, and a new dining service. Before we move forward, we should all pause to evaluate where we are and what we've accomplished.
Despite valiant efforts, the women's crew team fell short this weekend in their races against Trinity College, Connecticut College and Clark University.
The baseball team split their two games this week, moving their record to 12-21 overall. On Tuesday, the Cards dropped their final home game of the season to Westfield State 12-7. The Cards then traveled to Elms College on Wednesday, where they unleashed an offensive onslaught on the Blazers, coming away with a 14-4 victory.
As beautiful ballerinas pranced across the stage in leotards and colorful masks and graceful monsters squirmed on the floor in outfits of pantyhose and cotton balls, I wondered what I had just gotten myself into. Although hard to follow, the costumes, music, and dance of "The Beast with Two Backs" invited its viewers into a fantastical world full of sensory beauty.
The Faculty Art Show at the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery showcased the work of 10 faculty members in several mediums, including painting and sculpture. Professor of Art David Schorr, who has taught in various artistic disciplines, has paintings on show. John Frazer, professor of Art, also has paintings exhibited.
Here we are. The end of the year. It's been a long road we've traveled together, you and I. I know that we are really close at this point. And that's why I know that I can tell you, in confidence: I'm so horny. Like, outrageously horny. It literally hurts. But I won't be satisfied with just one partner. No. There's room in this boudoir for three. So I've called up a few of my good friends from 1-800-Livelinks and we're going to have a really good night. I'll tell you all about it:
It is with immense sadness that Will Di Novi and I bid farewell to Wesleyan and conclude our Film Series column. The Film Series is an important forum that enables all of you to see films on a big screen that may not be readily available otherwise. To those who will be here next year, I implore you to take advantage of it.
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Last Saturday, students sat in a circle on the floor of the Center for African American Studies lounge playing "Star Power," trading colorful chips and receiving badges of different hues. But "Star Power" is no typical board game: it is geared toward exploring wealth and privilege in the United States.
About a month ago on a tropical night, steamy and close, I sat in a small, dimly-lit tree house in the heart of a southern Chinese jungle and listened to a familiar song ("Aqueous Transmission" by the alternative rock band, Incubus, for those who might wonder) on my iPod.
Johanna Goetzel '07 is about to graduate, having accomplished more than the average person does in a lifetime. She's helped write two books, been on Nightline and in a New York Times cover story, and has a vast knowledge of fine wines. But I guess everyone would be as motivated had their babysitter been Jessie Spano.
Lauren Sonnabend ’08 had never heard of the Javanese gamelan when she first came to the University, but decided to take Beginners Javanese Gamelan as a way to explore non-classical music. "It’s very meditative and soothing for an ensemble," she said. "That’s usually not the case when playing with an orchestra."
The small door next to the entrance of the stage in the Theater and Dance Studios may seem nondescript, but behind it lies the costume shop, filled with brightly colored cloth, mannequins, and sewing machines. The workshop, run by costume shop manager Christian Milik, provides costumes for all theater productions run by the University.
While sad-faced hobo-clowns and astute observations of Wesleyan's social scene may not strike many as the makings of great dance pieces, the University's many talented choreographers drew upon these ideas and more as inspirations this past weekend.
A gentle reminder was all it took to enliven the audience gathered last Wednesday night at the World Music Hall. The first of three performances making up "Sounds of the Fields," the Wesleyan Korean Drumming Ensemble concert, had just come to a close, the drums still reverberating throughout the now-silent performance space.
The Stone twins, Todd '05 and Adam '05, returned to campus last Thursday night to perform a comedic variety show, "Stone and Stone: Homeward Bound," in Memorial Chapel. The twins have recently entertained audiences at various clubs and theaters, many of which are in New York City, but "Stone and Stone" originated at Wesleyan during an event in which students shared various performances with the University community, the 10:10 series.
At the mere mention of a music recital, many University students may cringe, haunted by childhood memories of stuffy auditoriums, over-eager parents and sadistic symphonies. Few, however, may conjure up images of delay/compressor programming and interactive audience recording.