Any bicycle found locked to a handrail or ramp blocking an entrance or exit to a building will have its lock cut and the bicycle confiscated, according to an all-campus e-mail on Sept. 24.
Recent changes to University meal plans have left many students with less money to spend on food, calculations of daily allotments reveal. Some students on financial aid, in particular, have encountered considerable difficulties in adjusting their budgets to the new “block plan” setup.
The University community was inundated with campus-wide alerts and circling helicopters Wednesday evening when a man was shot outside a barbershop just blocks away from campus.
Over the summer, the University received a start-up grant of around $100,000 from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to explore establishing a Middle Eastern studies program.
In early October of last year, President Michael Roth spoke to the Wesleyan Student Assembly (WSA) about his plans for the future of the University—most notably, his goal of doubling the endowment within five to eight years.
Most students are asleep in their dorm rooms at 3 a.m., but somewhere on campus a phone is ringing. Who is going to answer the call?
If you don’t know Claire Staples ‘09, (or at least know of her) then you probably don’t go to Wesleyan. However, apparently a lot of people only know her because of her distinctive hairdo, which recently changed from a full head of orangy dreadlocks to dreads on top with close crop on the sides. It looks cool. But Claire Staples is more than her hair—she does a lot of awesome things like working for a circus and making really cool art. And she’s a fabulous cook. Read on to find out more.
In memory of Psi Upsilon Brother Warren “Rib” Hall ’37, a commemorative flag from Senator Chris Dodd’s (D-CT) Office will wave on Psi Upsilon’s new flagpole come Homecoming Weekend. Hall, who died on April 17, 2006, served his country during World War II and was a frequent visitor of Psi U after graduating.
For the first time in University history, a new lounge is being built based entirely off of student suggestions. In response to feedback regarding the already existing study spaces on campus, a new lounge is projected to open in Exley Science Center as early as this December.
Every year, as the percentage of high school seniors applying to college grows, gaining admission becomes increasingly difficult. The process has been transformed into an industry that preys on this anxiety, commodifying each step along the way from SAT tutors and classes to AP tests to review books.
Good news, everybody: rock is back. This past week, our friends over at the Eclectic Society finally started doing their duty and supplied the Wesleyan campus with some kick-ass music. The Argus had a lot of homework and didn’t make it to see experimental art-poppers AU, who gave the first Eclectic show of the year on Tuesday night. But we made time to see An Albatross.
When “All the Pretty Horses,” Cormac McCarthy’s sixth book and the first volume in his Border Trilogy, was first published in 1992, it won both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Award for Fiction. McCarthy’s career had reached a seeming apex following nearly 30 years of writing with grant money. In the years preceding this book’s publication, McCarthy was thought of as a recluse, someone who would attain popularity among writers and no one else. With the commercial and critical success of “Horses,” his public image changed.
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Well folks, we are over halfway through our first calendar, and man, what a Film Series this one has been so far. I hope everyone has had a chance to experience the Goldsmith Family Cinema in all of its profound glory, and I hope your life has been bettered and/or ruined by some of the cinematic experiences that we have all shared together. I know at least one newbie has gotten his panties in a wad about the projection quality of some of the films, so I would like to briefly address that subject: Films break. Deal with it. It is almost always NO ONE’S fault in particular. As I have previously pointed out, this is by far the BEST college film series in the country, so show some respect and learn some freakin’ patience! Good, glad we got that out of the way. Now, sit back and enjoy these epic cinematic opportunities that may never present themselves to you ever again. This week is killer.
Whatever you think about the quality of his roles, it’s impossible to deny that Samuel L. Jackson has a lot of force onscreen; his gaze is intense but steady, his voice strong and deep. Sometimes, his presence is matched by filmmaking of energy and substance, but often it seems as if he’s employed either to lend gravity to elaborate genre exercises (e.g. “Star Wars” episodes I-III) or to provide an easy parody of his own badass image (e.g. “Snakes on a Plane”). What I’ve seen may not be representative of Jackson’s massively eclectic filmography, but it seems to me that for an actor of such power, Jackson stars in surprisingly few “serious” movies. This may be for the best. After all, it’s dangerous to put an actor of Jackson’s masculine magnetism at the center of a somber drama; his iconic force might throw a realistic world off balance. It’s much easier to give him portentous sci-fi dialogue, or to have him shout a lot and modify every other noun with “mothafuckin’.”
Tonight, Second Stage will present a staged reading of “Mark David Chapman: Live in Concert,” a play written and directed by Ben Firke ’12 at the ’92 Theatre.
This weekend, fans of South Asian music and dance will flock to the Center for the Arts (CFA) for the University’s internationally renowned Navaratri Festival. The annual festival is one of the World Music Program’s oldest and most beloved institutions.
Everyone knows that Disney animators tried to hide penises in all of your favorite kids’ movies. Here are some examples from last Friday’s installment in the Film Series:
Rob DeRosa — who most of you probably know better as the manager of the Red & Black Café — has been a fixture in the Connecticut music scene for years. When he’s not chatting up student musicians, or roasting whole pork shoulders in the R&B kitchen, the Meriden native is busy digging up local bands to book at nearby venues or feature on his “Connecticut connected” WESU show “Homegrown.” DeRosa even has his own label, Thin Man Music, which has released the music of over 50 Connecticut bands in its seven years of existence.
Semestrial Thoughts On Usdan
Mytheos, you’re killing my buzz.
James, I understand being frustrated with projection problems at the Film Series, but I think you’re missing a major portion of the argument.
I want to start by stating that yes, I am a straight white male; but no, this Wespeak will not try to marginalize or discredit the presence of sexism in American society, or women who confront sexism on a daily basis.
This semester, the University replaced an imperfect but fair meal plan with a more restrictive system—the block plan—that offers a set number of meals per semester rather than a set number of meals per week.
The Wesleyan field hockey team continued to struggle this week, losing Tuesday to Wheaton College for its fourth consecutive defeat. The 1-0 game was also the fourth time this season the Cardinals lost by such a narrow margin, adding to the squad’s frustrations. Though the majority of the game was played in the midfield, at neutral territory, Wheaton was able to score only one minute and 20 seconds into the match. That goal proved to be the game winner and sealed Wesleyan’s third consecutive shutout.
Currently, the average national price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline is roughly $3.63. Consumers are feeling the pinch as train and airplane ticket costs have skyrocketed, energy bills continue to rise, and packages at the supermarket keep growing smaller as prices keep getting higher. These ever-expanding fuel costs have had a particular impact on a department that routinely sends groups of students hundreds of miles away: Athletics.
The men’s soccer team dropped a closely contested match with Wheaton College on Tuesday, by the score of 2-1 in overtime. The Cards fell to 2-3-1 overall with a 1-1-1 record in NESCAC play. After going 2-0-1 in its first three contests of the season, Wesleyan has come up short in each of its past three games.
After a slow start in the first set, Wesleyan blew by Western Connecticut State University this Wednesday. The win marked the fourth year in a row that the Cardinals have embarrassed its Continental neighbors.
The women's soccer team earned a huge upset victory on Tuesday, despite abysmal weather conditions and a venerable opposing team. The Cardinals won 3-2 against Western Connecticut State University, which is ranked 4th in New England and 23rd nationally in Division III.