The Wesleyan Student Assembly (WSA) officially released a report this past Sunday from the September 2008 Board of Trustees retreat. While the primary function of these retreats is to provide an opportunity for Board members and faculty/student representatives to discuss current priorities and long-term goals for the University, the board spent considerable time reviewing the University’s current financial situation.
After a day’s work, students at Vassar College, Middlebury College and soon Trinity College can drop into a campus pub to have a beer or socialize. Wesleyan, however, recently shot down a proposal for a University-affiliated bar at WesWings.
Emille de Leon describes the ideology of Knight People, the mystical gift store he owns and operates with girlfriend Melissa Vivigatz, as “eclectic-metaphysical.”
The once booming and lively MoCon Dining Hall sits empty and desolate, hidden in the currently remote corner of campus between Nicolson and Hewitt. Now, according to Joyce Topshe, associate vice president for Facilities, the University may soon put an end to MoCon’s misery.
The volleyball team swept a pair of home matches on Saturday, pulling out a 3-2 victory over Amherst and also defeating Trinity by a 3-1 score to improve to 13-4 on the season.
A resolution brought up at last Sunday’s Wesleyan Student Assembly (WSA) meeting proposed that the student speaker at commencement be selected through an application process open to all seniors. Historically, the student speaker at commencement has been the senior class president. Additionally, a proposed amendment to this resolution would, if passed, put these changes into effect for this May’s commencement.
The first week of every October brings a hockey fan’s paradise—the sound of skates scraping the ice for the first time in months fills 30 arenas around the continent, as thousands pack the seats, dawning their team’s colors, greeting their fellow addicts, and counting down the remaining moments to the drop of the puck. The off-season brings new faces to every lineup and bids farewell to old favorites gone via retirement or trades.
Women’s soccer team excelled again on Saturday, beating Colby 1-0 to improve its record to 5-1-1. It was a dominating performance all around, as the Cardinals’ offense pummeled Colby’s keeper with six shots on goal, and the defense held the White Mules to only one.
Four senior woodframes were broken into this past weekend in separate but seemingly related incidents. In two of the four cases, students discovered one of the suspects while he was still present in their homes. That suspect is described as a tall African-American male between the ages of 25 and 35.
This Sunday, WSA members will vote on a resolution which proposes that the student commencement speakers will be determined by an application process open to all seniors. In addition, an amendment to this resolution proposes to enact these changes for the 2009 commencement.
I don’t usually use public restrooms. They’re not fun places and men’s bathrooms are breeding grounds for homophobia and macho competitions. However, this Sunday I was sitting on the sixth floor of the Science Center and decided to venture into the men’s bathroom.
Despite high demand for Olin Library senior thesis carrels in past years, this fall marks a 60 percent drop in the number of students on the waiting list for a carrel. Those on the waiting list have the option of claiming space in the microforms center—a new room for thesis writers that has drawn mixed reactions from students.
Gone are the days of Delmar drama, but why do I find that Bon Appétit leaves us with broken promises when they once whispered sweet nothings into our ears? In particular, I would like to bring your attention to the problem of the Cafés.
You may or may not be aware that the Wesleyan Student Assembly (WSA) is proposing a resolution that, if it should pass, would grant complete responsibility of selecting our student graduation speaker to a committee made up of senior class officials, faculty, and WSA members. You may or may not be aware that presently and in the past, our student speaker is selected by the student body, democratically, when we vote for our class president. Why, then, is the WSA and administration attempting to overturn such an old University tradition? The reasoning behind the resolution is that students are unaware that they are selecting their student graduation speaker as they vote for their senior class president. This argument is fundamentally illogical, especially in light of the WSA/administration’s current treatment of the issue.
Seniors, your class president, the honorable Ravid Chowdhury ’09, is presumably being barred from speaking at your graduation. It has been suggested that a private, basically secret assembly will decide who’s going to address us as we accept our diplomas. Wait a second here ... why the sudden change?
I slowly walked into Kline Commons, the dining hall at Bard College. The sorry excuse for a cafeteria, where I munched on hotdog pizza and fries with mayonnaise, was full of students, despite the fact that dinner was over. In the middle, two tables had been pulled together and eight or so students were frantically sorting through papers, testing microphones, and trying to settle down the eager crowd. I saw what the crowd was so anxious about; behind the tables there was the most magnificent pyramid of beer I had ever seen. This stronghold of alcoholic goodness must have contained nearly 50 racks of beer.
With the endowment at Wesleyan having declined by 3.9 percent, there are already more cures being offered for Wesleyan’s financial problems than would be present at a snake oil salesmen’s convention.
Men’s soccer put the brakes on a two game slide this Saturday, trouncing Colby College 5-2 on the road. Looking to make up for disappointing back-to-back losses against Trinity and Wheaton, the Cards exploded for their largest offensive output to date against the NESCAC rival Mules.
Vinny Colangelo ‘09 is the epitome of Jersey…well… guy. I had the good fortune of getting an interview with the football team’s co-captain and all-around interesting fellow. The linebacker is currently injured, recovering from a sprained MCL, but that didn’t stop him from sharing great stories and unique opinions.
The Ampersand has two great loves. One is a superficial understanding of the philosophical thinkers over the past 200 years. The other is children’s games.
Players take the role of children sneaking towards their mother late at night, trying not to wake their sleeping father (who lies in the middle of the board on a large bed next to your mom).
Should you bop it, twist it, pull it, or run it like a wheel up a hill in hell? Existential “Bop-It” just doesn’t know. Existential Bop-It has absolutely no inner essence, nor does it recognize what it really wants. You decide for “Bop-It.”
There is no banker; he has been replaced by the state. Starting with the state each player rolls the dice. It doesn’t matter what you roll; the state goes first and dictates the order in which the players follow him.
