Playing on a slick, muddy field at Bowdoin College this past Saturday, the Wesleyan football team defeated the Polar Bears 21-14. With the win the team improved to a record of 4-2, its best start to a season since 2002.
After defeating Bowdoin College 3-2 on Saturday in overtime to clinch a first round home playoff game in the NESCAC tournament, the Cards had their ten-game winning streak snapped on Sunday by the same Bowdoin squad. The early exit from the NESCAC tournament could spell the end to the Cards’ 2007 season, as their hopes at a NCAA tournament appearance rest with the NCAA selection committee. If the Cards do receive an at-large bid, it would be the third straight year they reached the NCAA tournament and the second straight after first round NESCAC tournament exits.
After losing the final game of the regular Field Hockey season to Bowdoin 2-0 on Saturday, the Cardinals entered the NESCAC tournament as the lowest seed of seven. With the top seed receiving a first round bye, the Cardinals traveled from Maine to Medford, MA, to face second-seeded Tufts University on Sunday. The Jumbos, ranked fifteenth in the nation, came out on top with a score of 1-0, beating the Cardinals for the second time this season.
The Wesleyan men and women’s Cross Country teams finished 9th and 8th, respectively, out of 11 teams at the NESCAC Championship Saturday, running through muddy conditions in Wiliamstown, Mass. The poor showing continued a string of disappointing finishes for the Cards.
The volleyball team went 2-1 in its final weekend of the regular season, sweeping Middlebury and Hamilton while falling to Williams. The team finished with a 6-4 record in NESCAC play and is seeded fifth for this weekend’s conference tournament, which begins Friday night at Amherst. The Cardinals will now turn their attention to their first round foe, Connecticut College.
Ten-year-old Harry Potter followed Hagrid out of the isolated cabin, leaving his aunt, uncle, and cousin dumbstruck. A streak of lightning flashed across the sky, illuminating the small boat that he and Hagrid were to take to the mainland.
Submitted for the approval of Tuesday afternoon society, we present to you, the reader, the spookiest, scariest, spine-tingliest-to-the-point-where-you-think-you-have-epilepsy Ampersand ever. Don’t read it alone... don’t read it after nightfall... don’t read it in the dark.
All Hallows Eve is coming up, and I’ve been hearing a lot of talk about scary things lately. And I’ve also been hearing a lot of talk about scary places. Well, dear reader let me tell you what is truly scary in life: opium dens. I’ve been trying to keep this close to the vest, but I’ve been doing some experimenting with time travel. My goal is to be able to go back in time and get in on one of those Roman orgies, but that’s for another article.
In the most frightening occurrence of paranormal tomfoolery to strike this campus since Alpha Delt’s “My Neck-rophilia, My Back” Valentine’s Day party last February, Film Hall, located on the bottom floor of Nicholson Six, is purportedly being haunted by Ghost.
I know what you’re thinking. How can this Halloween top last year’s Spooktactular Frightfest where you watched Monster House and ate those candy corns hat look like pumpkins? Well it can! There is spookiness all around you, if you know the right places to look. Just use this little guide to help put your Halloween in perspective.
1) Bessie Schöenberg Dance Studio -Scariest possible costume: tall white man with no rhythm, for example Arvydas Sabonis, Gheorghe Muresan, Detlef Schrempf (basically, any mid-1990s Eastern European NBA player).
Little Katie knew that something bad was going to happen. Her friend Sally said that all they were going to do was go into the spooky house, find the magical pills and then leave, but Katie knew better. When they got to the spooky house they saw weird symbols hanging over the door - letters and triangles.
“Students ignore God on a regular basis,” the Princeton Review writes of Wesleyan. Despite this and other anti-spiritual labels given to Wesleyan, there are many thriving faith-based student groups on campus. And, just like activism or any other passionate endeavor, religious convictions can drive students to take an active role on and off campus.
Upon entering the Usdan University Center, one may find oneself confronted with some group of activists peddling a political message from behind a table. Recently, the College Republicans took advantage of the lunch line for this purpose, and even groups as universally repellant as communists have set up a table in Usdan, in the hopes of attracting the occasional moral degenerate.
When Matt and Mikaela Kingsley ’98 decided to get married two years ago, they knew that Wesleyan’s campus would be the perfect location to tie the knot.
When Charlotte Cerf ’11 meandered through Usdan last Thursday night, she was confused to find cookies, coffee and tea displayed on tables downstairs. Cerf had come across a new weekly program sponsored by the Usdan Center Activities Board (UCAB). Composed of 10 students, UCAB plans events that are open to the entire student body and include free food.
On a recent misty Wednesday morning, inside a robin’s-egg-blue train car, a bulky man sporting a ginger beard greeted an older woman with white, wispy hair and hands knotted with arthritis.
Last Tuesday evening, several hundred students gathered in front of Olin Library in support of Wesleyan’s annual Take Back the Night rally and march. The event, held on college campuses nationwide, raises awareness about sexual violence on campus and in the broader community.
Olin Library staff members think that they have identified a new trend in the continuing shortage of senior thesis carrels, which has in recent years become one of the most hotly contested competitions for space on campus, second only to the dramatic General Room Selection process. Staff members said that in a preliminary tally, conducted several weeks after carrels were assigned, one of every five carrels showed no sign of serious use.
No one understands genes quite like James Watson, one of the discoverers of the structure of DNA. In an era in which we are grappling with complex questions of bioethics, Watson has long been venerated as our in-house “Mr. Science.”
Vice President and Secretary of the University Peter Patton spoke at Sunday’s Wesleyan Student Assembly (WSA) meeting, addressing questions about President Michael Roth’s initial strategic plans for the University’s future. In particular, Patton addressed concerns about both the University’s endowment and future construction projects.
As a new member of the Wesleyan community, it has taken time for me to become familiar with the distinctive culture at this school, particularly the events still stuck in memories from the past several years—Wesleyan folklore, after a fashion. It wasn’t long before the contentious issue of chalking was brought to my attention.
Almost exactly one year ago, I applied to Teach for America. As a senior at Wes, I started looking for something beyond the bubble, and I had always wanted to be a teacher in a public school system. The concept of joining a corps of like-minded individuals appealed to me, and while I had no idea what I was getting into, I decided to commit myself to two years teaching in New York City.
Throughout the month of November, Bon Appétit will be joining restaurants and other food vendors across the country in celebrating National Seafood Month. This will provide us the opportunity to highlight our Seafood Watch program that we follow throughout the year. Bon Appétit only serves seafood purchased in accordance with the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch guidelines for sustainability.
Dear Bon Appétit, I am writing you today to express a deep disappointment at your lack of cultural sensitivity. Every Sunday, the day after Shabbat, suburban Jews all across the Northeast sit down to a bountiful smorgasbord of bagels and schmear, schmoozing with family and wiping schmutz from our faces.
Dear Mytheos, I read your column with great interest. I’m glad that someone voiced his concerns about BiLeGaTA, because I think there are others in the Wesleyan community that may share your doubts. However, the sarcastic tone of your column could be interpreted as disrespectful and hurtful. Also, I would like to challenge some of your statements.
Last weekend’s march in New York City protesting the War in Iraq—attended by a large group from Wesleyan’s Students for Ending the War in Iraq (SEWI), Matt Lesser ’09’s campaign for Middletown’s Planning and Zoning Commission, and the ever-building media coverage of the 2008 presidential election bring to our attention an all-too-familiar topic: political activism on campus.
As the first Tuesday of November approaches, it is clear that Middletown has an unusual election on its hands. Mayor Sebastian Giuliano (R) is running unopposed. Five Democrats are running for four available spots on the Board of Education, and have consequently been pitted against each other. Matt Lesser ’09, as well as three other Wesleyan-affiliated individuals, are running for political office. The Wesleyan student vote, Lesser said, could potentially sway the outcome of the election.
Amid a sea of jostling umbrellas, 36 Wesleyan students marched through pouring rain in New York last Saturday as part of an anti-war protest sponsored by the national coalition United For Peace and Justice (UFPJ).
Members of prominent on-campus environmental groups have expressed approval and excitement over President Michael Roth’s decision to sign the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment. By agreeing to sign the document, President Roth commits the University to establishing a comprehensive plan that both assesses the University’s greenhouse gas emissions and puts forth a detailed strategy to reduce them.