For music fans everywhere, the hallowed "band + band = band" equation has served for years as the simplest way to explain your latest obsession to your friends. Remember when you first discovered Joanna Newsom? "Devendra Banhart plus the Decemberists," you told your friends, and they listened, despite the fact that your questionable math gave them no clearer picture of what they were in for than if you had spoken of her sound in clear-cut terms: strained and folksy, wordless fables.
If as an eager-eyed prefrosh you went to a party at Wesleyan this year, then you’re familiar with our 2007 Spring Fling headliner, TV on the Radio. At the very least, you danced in some state of inebriation to their ubiquitous, "Wolf Like Me."
Belly Boat A melodic piano/accordion songwriter duo; band members Silvie Margot Deutsch '09 and Zoe Ruth Cusmus Latta (RISD '08) say, "We started playing together when our high school boyfriends collectively dumped us, and we started learning to play Amélie songs and playing them on the street to forget our unrequited love."
""I don’t know what it is about Hoosiers," said Hazel, "but they’ve sure got something. If somebody was to make a list, they’d be amazed." "That’s true," I said. She grasped me firmly by the arm. "We Hoosiers have got to stick together."
As we head into the Fall 2007 athletic season, the Argus looks back at the highlights of the 2006-2007 year in athletics.
Aside from several minor inconveniences, Freshman Move-In Day 2007 was a smooth operation that was capped off by an ebullient speech from President Roth (or "Rothie" as he referred to himself) that held the class of 2011 in rapt attention.
Although it may be fruitless to define the average Wesleyan student, the 739 students in the class of 2011 altogether reflect average trends in University admissions from the past three years, even as the number of applications continues to increase.
Here's a look back at the notable events and issues that dominated the 2006-2007 academic year at Wesleyan.
As of next semester, campus dining employees under Aramark will work for Bon Appétit. The dining experience at Wesleyan will be very different for students returning to campus in the fall. Not only will the opening of the Usdan University Center bring together most of the campus eating venues in a new environment, but the Bon Appétit Management Company dining service will occupy the spot filled by Aramark since 1988.
Michael Roth ’78 has been selected as Wesleyan’s next president, the University announced Monday. Roth, currently the president of California College of the Arts (CCA), will become the University’s 16th president effective in May.
The Suzanne Lemberg Usdan University Center came to life on Wednesday night as freshmen packed in for their first dinner in the new facility.
Editor’s Note: As prefrosh, we’re sure you heard all about the University’s renowned film program, including our weekly Film Series. Here are some of last year’s highlights and Wesleyan student favorites.
• Jessica Sanders ’99 screens her Academy Award-Nominated documentary After Innocence, featuring her interviews with seven exonerated ex-convicts. • Pulitzer-Prize Winner Jhumpa Lahiri reads at the CFA, causing a stir when hundreds of fans are turned away from a sold-out reading.
Men’s and women’s soccer, football, men’s cross country, volleyball, men’s and women’s crew, women’s tennis, golf, field hockey, and women’s cross country are previewed.
Though Middletown is hardly the dining capital of the Northeast, local restaurants are often crowded with students seeking respite from dining hall mystery meat. Who knew that central Connecticut would be home to a variety of world cuisines?
1. Michael Roth. This year, Roth ’78 became the University’s 16th president, replacing Doug Bennet ’59. Roth, who lived in Alpha Delt as a student, comes to the University from California College of the Arts, where he served as president. He has expressed hopes of being accessible to students, so don’t be afraid to shake his hand and chat with the new prez.
If the frat parties and the film series just aren’t cutting it anymore, try heading off campus for a change of scene. You may run into anyone from Wild Bill to Coco the sea lion during your off campus adventures.
Lawrence of Arabia, Holy Mountain, Stop Making Sense, and Adam’s Rib.
Decisions, decisions, decisions: in the end, that's what the first few days of Orientation are all about. Does the liquid expelled from the dorm water fountains taste revolting enough to merit buying a Brita filter? (Yes). To hang out with roommate, or to not hang out with roommate? (Unless you have arrived already on a speaking basis with your 193 friends on Facebook, then you probably don't have much of a choice).