After almost two weeks of being out of service, the laundry facilities for Hi-Rise and Lo-Rise are fully functioning. All eight of the dryers and all nine of the washing machines were unavailable after a power surge damaged the electronic components of the equipment.
A Presidential Search Committee has formed for the first time in over a decade to discuss the search for Doug Bennet's successor. Patrick Senat '08 has recently joined WSA Vice President Brittany Mitchell '07 as a fellow student representative on the committee. Together they exercise what Mitchell called an equal voice with the non-student members.
"I left Wesleyan with relief and elation," said Bill Chace, the University's 14th president, in his recently released memoir, "100 Semesters: My Adventures as Student, Professor, and University President, and What I Learned Along the Way," an examination of American higher education over the past half century.
With the recent publication of former Wesleyan President Bill Chace's memoir, we would like to take this opportunity once again to reflect on the upcoming presidential search to find a successor for Doug Bennet.
Last week, a series of late-night web searches led me to a directory of militia groups. As is my habit, I scrolled through to see if any might be located near Middletown. Clicking, following a promising-looking link, I found myself at the homepage of the Connecticut Survivalist Alliance.
Last week, a series of late-night web searches led me to a directory of militia groups. As is my habit, I scrolled through to see if any might be located near Middletown. Clicking, following a promising-looking link, I found myself at the homepage of the Connecticut Survivalist Alliance.
Before this paper devolves into a debate on whether Project $ave is an environmental or an economic initiative, I suggest that people who think that these goals are mutually exclusive read up on Thomas Friedman's Geo-Green platform.
OK, save your money. There is no problem with that. Estrella Lopez seems to have missed the point. I think the very fact that there is no massive university campaign on a quest to save the environment but there is a massive university campaign on a quest to save money is telling enough of the unfortunate—and, quite frankly—detrimental priorities of this school.
When I read Andrea Domanick's review of Immortal Technique's performance in Tuesday's Argus, I was struck by the author's cynical attitude towards not only the artist she was critiquing, but the audience as well. Domanick found it "awkward" and "questionable" that the audience was made up of "predominantly white, shaggy-haired hipster kids."
Has anyone ever told you that you should be ashamed of yourself? Or that you are an embarrassment to your school, your friends, and your parents? In the midst of a college soccer game, nonetheless? Look, we love soccer. And we love Wesleyan. And when we combine the two, it's the best times of our college career.
I lost a polaroid camera yesterday (Thursday) on the grass in front of the campus center. It's a Sony Spectra Pro model and of little monetary, but significant utility value.
Dear Editor: Sadly, consistency trumps diversity as a rule in the realm of punctuation. That said, a quote that begins with a quotation mark must end with one, and not with some other indicator, such as double spacing.
I would like to commend Transportation Services on reinstating the call-in for pick-up method on the nightly RIDE Van. The RIDE van is now able to really fulfill its purpose, to shuttle students from one area of campus to another at night, helping to keep students safe and warm. Thank you RIDE.
"Sick flick." "Chilly." "Skied like a bitch gets cock on 15onone.com." These are not random phrases, rather they are quotes, often herby or herbacious (read en espanol: la h (hache???) en silencio) one might expect to hear on the sidelines of a game of disc, aka flatball, aka hightime, aka what the fuck is this "sport"? are you serious? No! no fucking way! it's a frisbee!
Davison Health Center (DHC) now offers two new advances in sexual healthcare: Gardasil, the latest preventative measure against Human Papillomavirus (HPV), and the over-the-counter version of the emergency contraceptive Plan B.
Presenting "Regulating Sex, Love, and Marriage" on Wednesday, Robert A. Burt, Alexander M. Bickel Professor of Law at Yale University, explored the parallels between interracial and same-sex rights.
On Sunday, the Wesleyan Student Assembly (WSA) passed a resolution regarding the University’s Academic Review process, promoting changes to the current system of forced resignation.
Dr. Lawrence Goldstone spoke about slavery's presence in the United States Constitution in the Center for African American Studies on Wednesday. "Slavery is the pivot that was most significant," Goldstone said. "America's most sacred document is shaped by slavery."
When you talk about the men behind the missions to Mars, you will probably mention Dr. R. Stephen Saunders. A former Peace Corps geologist with a degree from Brown University, Saunders has worked as a program scientist on a number of missions to the Red Planet, including Mariner 9 (1971), Viking 1 (1975), Viking 2 (1975), and now, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), which was launched last year.
Amy Borovoy began her lecture at Russell House Monday by asking the audience what cultural elements they associated with Japan. She received a few hesitant replies of "sushi," "anime" and "Hello Kitty." "That's exactly what I expected," Borovoy said.
Take a stroll down College Row or relax on the steps of Olin, and you might be surprised by the number of women you see smoking. While studies have shown that the number of women smokers trying to quit has increased over the past few years, the number of current women smokers in the nation has not.
A drunkard at age 6, Jonah actually turned out quite well. Not only is he one of the flagship students in both the economics and religion departments, but he is also heavily involved in Wesleyan's Jewish community. Join him Wednesday nights at 10 as he hosts the Yiddish club.
A common pastime for procrastinators on Sunday nights, the Wesleyan Anonymous Confession Board (ACB) is always captivating and often controversial. The website, which celebrated its first anniversary yesterday, is a LiveJournal account, an online open forum where students can anonymously discuss, complain, or vent about whatever they want.
This is how many subscribers to Internet-fueled rumors imagine the last day in the life of Steve Burns, the former host of Blue's Clues: Piles of syringes surround the man as episode 54 blares on his 87-inch television. He realizes the tragic fact that he will never frolic with Blue again, never pass those morning hours in ecstasy playing games like "Lolly Stick Project," "Let's Dream," or "Water Xylophone."
"Heart Play(s)," the first Second Stage production to grace the '92 Theatre so far this year, went up this past weekend with style and unique flair. Perhaps the most unorthodox show that will be put on this semester, "Heart Play(s)" feature the same vignette redone five times.
Daft Punk's appeal is hard to describe. Like Kraftwerk before them, their robotic techno grates as much as it soothes, pushing away many a listener. And yet they truly are appealing to huge numbers of people — just ask anyone who's been to an indie dance party sometime in the last ten years.
There were no giggles, coughs, or cell phones ringing during Nathaniel Mackey's Wednesday night reading at Russell House. Instead, students sat in respectful silence and experienced an intense evening of surreal poetry that dabbled with jazz rhythms.
The slowly evolving soundscape was trance-inducing, full of pulsing bass tones and rhythmic textures. The sounds expanded to fill the entirety of the performance space. Some resonances created the illusion of stereo panning, while other literally shook the walls.
Nuts! This weekend is going to be the bomb! The only way things could get any better for the Wesleyan campus this weekend is if I get laid. Seriously, folks. I wasn't kidding last week when I said, "there are about one million shows being sponsored by Second Stage this semester." And about a hundred of them (read: two) are happening this weekend.
To enjoy "Hell Meets Henry Halfway" is to accept the show as little more than a gleeful plunge into unremitting pessimism. Performed by the Pig Iron Theater Company last Thursday and Friday at the CFA Theater, its vision of human existence as a treadmill of boredom, disappointment, and suppressed fury is hardly a revelation, theatrically or philosophically speaking.
Join us at the Film Series this week for back-to-back nights of Piratey fun with this past summer's "Pirates of the Caribbean" and the classic pirate movie "Captain Blood." Put on your eye-patches (but not during the films) and practice your "Arrrrr!!!"
The men's soccer team won 6-0 on Wednesday, posting up one of the most lopsided scores in Wesleyan soccer history against a supremely overmatched Coast Guard team. This win extended the team's record to 6-0 this year, two wins shy of the best start in team history, recorded by the 1962 team.
Argus NFL Expert Brian Valerio previews the NFL season in a four part series. In the last of four articles, Valerio takes a look at the NFC South and NFC West.
With only one senior lost to graduation from last year's varsity squad, the men's crew team is looking to its incredible depth to improve on last year's fourth-place finish in the New England Championships. While the majority of the team's competition, including the New England Championships, takes place during the spring season, the crew team's fall schedule includes three competitive long distance races.
After starting the season running with a 2-1 record, the field hockey team has endured two tough losses, each by one goal. Last Saturday the Cardinals met the ninth-ranked Middlebury College on Middlebury's home turf in a hotly contested game.
After just missing the varsity four grand final at the New England Rowing Championships last season, the women's crew team rounded out a rough year in which the Cardinals won only one varsity race.
This weekend, women's volleyball placed third in the Blue Jay Classic at Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. The Lady Cards, in the midst of a powerful start to the 2006 season, were hoping to run the table in the tournament but fell short after a strong start.
Ed Kenney, a three-sport athlete, runs cross-country in the fall, wrestles in the winter, and runs track in the spring. He finished 12th in last weekend's Wesleyan Invitational meet, good for fifth on the team, but not up to his own expectations. I recently talked with Ed about his expectations for the cross-country season, his off-the-course antics, and his greatest attribute.