Since the beginning of the semester, students residing in 20 separate woodframe houses have reported extreme difficulty in accessing the University's Internet network. While ITS is still actively addressing these complaints, the problem has not been entirely resolved.
While many Connecticut voters spent the summer glued to their televisions following the highly anticipated Democratic Primary Election, Keith Schumann '09 was making headlines working for Ned Lamont, candidate for United States Senate.
If you feel that your residence has been suffering through an unfair amount of ear-splitting ringing, dinging, or wailing, it's likely you're not alone. This year, the campus has been abuzz with fire alarms and fire truck sirens sounding during the afternoon and oftentimes, in the middle of the night.
American libraries face a growing number of threats to intellectual freedom, said Caleb T. Winchester University Librarian Barbara M. Jones in a lecture held Wednesday. Jones touched upon the American library community's at-times tenuous relationship with legislation addressing constitutional issues. She also discussed the need to revise formal policy to better accommodate the Internet.
On Wednesday, Visiting Professor of Psychology Jennifer Rose presented her findings on subgroups of women smokers and the cessation methods to which they best respond. Approximately 8,500 young women began to self-report survey data while still in high school in the early 1980s. All of the women smoked at least monthly at the time of the first survey.
On Monday, the Russian Department contributed to the University's 175th Anniversary program Voices of Liberal Learning, as Jenefer Coates of Middlesex University in London presented her research on history, science, and art within Vladimir Nabokov's literature. "What could he possibly have known, what could he possibly have read?" Coates asked. "What kinds of principles are organizing [his texts]?"
Senior Associate Provost and Dean of Continuing Studies Billy Weitzer is resigning after 15 years in the University's administration and taking the position of senior vice president at Fairfield University in mid-October, citing the need to "grow." "I've had a great time at Wesleyan," Weitzer said.
Andrew Light, associate professor of philosophy at the University of Washington, addressed students and community members on the practice of ecological restoration in the 21st century in a Monday night lecture at Russell House titled, "When We Restore Nature, What Do We Owe the Past?" Light focused on the moral obligation that humans have to preserve remnants of industrial and agricultural sites when restoring the surrounding environment.
The simple movement that members of the audience made at the end of last week’s performance by the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company demonstrated an audience engagement unusual in modern dance performance. Jones initiated the gesture, a fisted hand uncurling to an outstretched palm, and as the audience mirrored it, they signified their willingness to be alert and actively engaged with the material and questions posited by the company.
In "Multiple Fascinations: Dutch and Flemish Prints from Bruegel to Rembrandt," viewers are amused by Bruegel's satire of peasants, amazed at depictions of real ruins, and reminded of their own mortality by Saenredam and Bloemaert's "Vanitas."
As the first speaker in the Wesleyan Writer's Series, Peter Blauner '82 shared parts of his sixth novel "Slipping Into Darkness" to an audience gathered in Russell House on Wednesday. Between reading passages from his book, Blauner spoke of wanting to portray characters driven by passion.
Three professional thespians discussed the strengths and shortcomings of the modern-day theater company in "Stories from the Field: How to Start and Sustain an Ensemble Theater Company," held Wednesday at the CFA Cinema. The panelists engaged an audience of 25 students, faculty, and community members in a conversation on both their unique collaborative processes and the complications of making group theater in contemporary America.
I bet you didn't know that there are about one million shows being sponsored by Second Stage this semester. There are only, what, forty movies in the film series? And none of them are starring, written by or directed by your friends and neighbors here at Wesleyan.
The men's soccer team unloaded a barrage of shots at Tufts on Tuesday, and when the smoke cleared, two had reached the back of the net and the Cards came away with a 2-1 victory. The Cardinals, who have won their first three games by 2-1 margins, put 16 shots on the board, compared to four from the Jumbos.
At six-foot-three inches and 255 pounds, John Harding '09 is an imposing figure to all who face him on the football field. All the way from Dallas, Texas, Harding joined the Wesleyan football team last year as a freshman. He quickly made a name for himself and started as a freshman on the defensive line.
The ball flies over the net and bends down toward Cardinal territory. Co-captain of the women's volleball team Tory Molnar '07 digs the ball and sends it up into the air close to her target, setter and freshman firecracker Ellie Healy '10. Ellie reads the ball and presents a clean set right by the net. Time slows.
Ranked number 14 in the country and second in New England in a preseason coach’s poll, the men’s cross country team is on the brink of its greatest season in history. Despite losing All-American runners Wes Fuhrman ’05 and Owen Kiely ’06, the Cardinals return a core of talented seniors to lead the team this fall. On the women’s side, All-American standout Ellen Davis ’07 returns to lead a young but talented group.
Argus NFL expert Brian Valerio previews the NFL season in a four-part series. In the third installment, Valerio takes a look at the NFC East and NFC North.
Will DiNovi reviews Thank You For Smoking, Speedy, Caché, and Black Orpheus.
Arguably the most stressful part of senior year comes in figuring out what to do after graduation. The Career Resource Center (CRC) can be a valuable resource in helping seniors find jobs. However, feedback from recent graduates on the CRC's ultimate effectiveness is mixed.
Since Sept. 7, Shane Lynch '07 and Maude Bass-Krueger '07 have been documenting University fashion on their website, Well Dressed Wes. The site features photographs of the best-dressed students at campus parties, written fashion reports on style icons, and opinion on the hit reality TV show Project Runway.
Here at the WesCeleb World Headquarters, we decided to branch out and do something new: try to break stereotypes. Ed Klein '08 is your typical jock: a preppy varsity athlete who frequents frat parties. Dig beneath the surface, though, and you'll find a self-aware, articulate, funny guy…with a lot of underwear.
Olin Library commemorated U.S. Constitution day with a talk on personal privacy, libraries, and the Patriot Act. Technology has the ability to record every transaction of our lives, a scenario that progressives agree has terrifying potential for abuse.
In September 2004, the Bush administration declared the existence of genocide in the Darfur region of Western Sudan, where local rebel groups have been waging a rebellion against the Sudanese government. Since that declaration two years ago, U.S. officials have paid only intermittent attention while an appalling record of human suffering has been amassed: over 200,000 dead and two million more driven from their homes by three years of attacks led by Sudanese troops and their proxy Arab militias.
Mike Pernick is a friend of mine (both in real life and on Facebook), but I have to disagree with his article. Ned Lamont is good for the Democratic Party. We do agree on one thing: this year, Connecticut is a battleground state. On November 7, in addition to electing Ned Lamont, Connecticut Democrats have the chance to elect three new Democrats to the House of Representatives.
Dear Mr. Benjamin, Unfortunately for you, though I graduated, I still read the Argus. (Think the admissions committee is shocked?) Let's pick up where we left off: You responded to Prof. Pfister's statements with the intention, I assume, of demonstrating that the commoditization of all parts of American culture in the post 9/11 world shouldn't be blamed (solely) on G. W. Bush.
Mike Pernick completely misses the point when lamenting the money, time, and effort spent on Ned Lamont's campaign for U.S. Senate (Why Ned Lamont is Bad for the Democratic Party, September 19). In Pernick's twisted world, it is somehow Lamont's fault that Lieberman and his giant ego have not dropped out of the race after he lost the Democratic nomination.
Hey guys, I just wanted to say thank you to the seven people who voted for me in the recent WSA elections. I hadn't really thought about running this early in the year, but your support is appreciated. And who knows, I may just spark something up in the near future.
To my wonderful Hewitt co-residents: You're all cool. We all have fun. We have acceptable bathrooms. Please use them. When partying, I'd understand if someone peed by the tree. Peeing over the balcony, however, is just not cool.
This autumn, Take Back the Night will add support and safe space for male survivors. Take Back the Night is an annual event at Wesleyan University and college campuses nationwide to raise awareness about sexual violence. The event is an opportunity for the community to gather in support of survivors of sexual assault and for those survivors to share their stories in a safe setting.
Coming to Wesleyan, I couldn't help but notice the dollar sign through the S in "Project $AVE." Since when did energy and resource conservation come to be about money? At an institution that claims to care about sustainability and the world outside of its own financial bubble, I think the name should be changed to reflect the thing that really needs to be saved: the environment.
In response to Professor McAlear's questions ("What if the new campus center was one percent smaller? Would it make a difference to the students?"), I've experienced such incredible congestion in the campus center this year and have been a witness to the ubiquitous effects of the housing shortage.
In the September 5th issue of the Argus, Jake Cuttler used my name without permission to defend the state of New Jersey. I do not like New Jersey, nor do I enjoy telling people that I come from such a wretched place, so I was quite angered to see my name used for such sinister purposes. Blah, offended Blah Blah, -ism, -ism, -ism, hierarchy, constructs, blah.