WesFestivities were briefly interrupted on Saturday by a demonstration of Physical Plant workers for a new contract. Members of Physical Plant’s union, the Office and Professional Employees’ International Union (OPEIU), were joined by members of the dining workers’ union, the secretarial and clerical union, students and even a handful of prefrosh. The group gathered in front of North College, where Physical Plant workers aired their grievances with the new contract that the University has offered them.
The Wesleyan Student Assembly (WSA) is well on its way to establishing the first student government endowment in the nation. It plans to hold an official vote on the proposed endowment on Sunday evening.
Last week, it looked as though Mike Pernick ’10 had the race for president of the Wesleyan Student Assembly (WSA) locked up. “Vote Pernick” signs, Facebook groups, Wespeaks and even websites (www.wsaprogress.com) were hard to miss, and it appeared that the WSA was heading toward another uncontested election. Then on Friday, moments before the five o’clock deadline for submitting candidate applications, Chris Goy ’09 announced his campaign and filed papers for his own candidacy.
On Thursday night, in the Freeman hockey rink, students witnessed a video of an emergency occurring. However, rather than a police car or an ambulance that responded, it was the Fashion Victim’s Unit. A student dressed in a green floral-print skirt, blue track vest, scarf and a beaded necklace was aided by several fashion-savvy University students, and later left the scene without assistance.
In the next few months, the University will begin working with QuestBridge, a non-profit organization that connects high-achieving and motivated low-income high school students with elite colleges and universities across the country.
Residents of Freeman Road may have reason to breathe easier now that the U.S. Army has moved away from its original plan to locate a 31-to 45-acre Armed Forces Reserve Center there. Middletown residents remain concerned, however, since the Army is now investigating a total of nine sites—all within the city—for the planned facility.
On Friday, April 18 in Olin Library Lobby, Campus Progress facilitated a debate between Wesleyan Democrats and Republicans, which covered the death penalty, health care, and United States’ place in the world.
This week, two students battled it out in a debate for next year’s Wesleyan Student Assembly (WSA) presidential position. This lively competition represents a positive shift for our student government. While the WSA has previously been notorious for its conspicuous lack of action, our current student assembly has affirmed itself as a trustworthy and informed voice of the student body.
I arrived at Wesleyan as a transfer student this fall, I had little idea what to expect. Sure, I had heard all of the stereotypes about hippies and atheists and radicals, but beyond such superficial descriptions, I did not have the faintest idea of what life at the University would be like, or what the students themselves were like. And, despite the fact that I have been here for about eight months, it was not until recently—as my first year began to wind down—that I felt like I truly got a handle on the place.
As we were walking to Usdan over the weekend, we noticed an interesting piece of chalking that said: “SHARE! It’s better than capitalism!”
In 1954, President Eisenhower could see no reason why small nuclear weapons “shouldn’t be used just exactly as you would use a bullet or anything else.” After Agent Orange took a turn as the U.S.’ catastrophic weapon of choice against brown people and the earth, Ike’s nuclear bullet has made a stunning comeback as depleted uranium munitions.
Every Wesleyan student should support Mike Pernick ’10 and Saul Carlin ’09 for WSA President/Vice President. First, Mike. WSA President often goes to someone purely on the basis of seniority or popularity. Mike offers something different: competence, the ability to actually change the University for the better. He works harder than anybody, and the results show it.
The “Outside the Bubble: World Headlines” section of Friday’s Argus (April 11, 2008, Volume CXLII, Number 39) references the General David Petraeus testimony to a Senate committee at the Capitol. When I saw this, I realized I that should write in, because two other Wesleyan students and I were in the room with Petraeus and the Congress. We sat quietly and held signs in protest, and hanging around our necks were names of Iraqi civilians and U.S. soldiers killed in the war. We heard Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker dodge questions about the War in Iraq like bullets shot from frustrated Democrats and Republicans alike.
Killing people is wrong. Making money from killing people is disgusting.
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — Wesleyan Baseball set an attendance record on Sunday, as some estimates put upwards of 1,000 people attending at least part of Sunday’s doubleheader against MIT. Live music and bizarrely costumed people were both featured at what at times seemed more like a festival than a baseball game. Asked about the surge in attendance, Nina Foofaraw ’08 said that baseball had always been a popular spectator sport at Wesleyan. “I mean, we all love bases, right?” Foofaraw said. “When they get a hit, it’s like everyone gets a hit…hit…oh God.” Foofaraw then began convulsing in laughter.
Students get 'Contact' high MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — While many students passionately celebrated the highs of cannabis culture (zing!) this past Sunday on Foss Hill, a select group of Wesleyanites found themselves duped into illicit inebriation against their will. In trying to separate themselves from the hippie-stoner fray, yet still enjoy Sunday’s festivities, many students felt the unmistakable effects of a “‘Contact’ high.” While commonly derided as an urban legend, ‘Contact’ highs are very much a reality, and can often be as potent as a more conventional direct-inhalation high.
On an unseasonably warm April day, the Wesleyan runners, jumpers and throwers headed up to Amherst Saturday for the annual Little Three meet.
Wesleyan won two of three this weekend against NESCAC West rival Amherst College, good enough to win the NESCAC West division and host this year’s NESCAC tournament. The two wins were also good enough for the cardinals to capture their first-ever Little Three Title with a 4-2 record after going 2-1 in both series against Williams and Amherst.
It was a disappointing weekend for the men’s crew team, as the Cardinals dropped their first race of the spring to Little Three Rival Williams. The race was a match-up between the second- and third-ranked crews in the New England region. Williams, who had been in the third spot, took the race by a comfortable five-second margin.
In a battle of first-place teams on Saturday, the 13th-ranked men’s lacrosse team dropped a 11-8 decision to Middlebury to fall to 6-2 in NESCAC play with one game remaining. A win would have allowed Wesleyan to clinch the top overall seed and host the NESCAC tournament for the first time ever, yet the Cardinals are still in the running for the top spot. Wesleyan must now turn its attention to the season finale at Bates, a team that has given the Cardinals more than their fair share of trouble in recent years.
Joe Reilly, the head men’s basketball coach at Bates for the past 11 seasons, has been named Wesleyan’s head men’s basketball coach. He succeeds interim head coach Jay Johnson, who guided the 2007-08 Cardinals to their highest win total in three seasons.