NESCAC Changes Emphasize the Athlete in Scholar-Athlete

The NESCAC presidents’ recent decision to add Hamilton as a full-time member, while well intentioned, is not in the best interests of either Hamilton or the existing NESCAC institutions.

Eggs Make You Think

A surprise, a fragile, prophetic surprise ... Eggs!

Cinefiles

We’ve finally reached the home stretch of the semester. Only six days of class to go, and only six ridiculously good movies left on the Film Series calendar.

A Correction

I just wanted to make clear that the Ponytail concert is in fact NOT free, but is very close to it, tickets being a mere 3 dollars.

Go Green: Hug a Queer

Here’s what I think about Earth Day.

Intelligent Design(s): A Night of Fashionable Sin

Last Thursday night, student designers and models dared their audience to “rethink all definitions of sin and fashion” during “A Night of Fashionable Sin,” the annual Wesleyan fashion show.

Top 5 Mentally Disturbed Robots

Liz Tung and Gabe Lezra share their extensive knowledge of pathological psychology.

Men's and Women's Frisbee Dominate In Sectionals

Over the weekend, Wesleyan’s men’s (Neitzsch Factor) and women’s (Vicious Circles) club Frisbee teams had a pair of standout performances in the sectionals.

Cardinals Baseball Goes 2-1 Over Bates

The baseball team traveled to Maine this past weekend and snatched two wins from Bates to win the three-game series.

SciLi DVD Report #2: Douglas Sirk Edition

"Though you are gone from me We never can really be apart What’s written on the wind Is written in my heart...”

Women’s Lax Stumbles After Historic Win Against Amherst

The women’s lacrosse team, fresh off its first victory over Amherst since 1994, dropped a 17-9 decision against Williams College this Saturday on the road.

Hamilton to Join NESCAC

Hamilton College, a charter member of the NESCAC that currently splits its membership between the NESCAC and the Liberty League, will officially join the NESCAC in all sports beginning with the 2011-12 season.

Golf Finishes 7th at Johnson & Wales

The golf team finished seventh of 13 teams in the two-day Johnson & Wales Invitational held at the par-71 Cranston Country Club in Cranston, R.I. over the weekend.

Women’s Tennis Falls to Trinity

The women’s tennis team suffered a 7-2 defeat at Trinity on Tuesday in a match played indoors, extending its winless streak in Hartford to four matches.

Financial Issues Delay New Camera Installation

Despite the Wesleyan Student Assembly’s (WSA) approval of camera installation last summer, there are currently no surveillance cameras monitoring the Vine Street parking lot.

Deliver Us From Fooly - "Go Hard of Go Home": An Excerpt from Method Life

Tamar Charles and Simone Plummer dispense fashion advice. Hilarity ensues.

Hall-Atwater Remains Closed After Fire

The ongoing investigation into the Hall-Atwater fire was further complicated on Wednesday, when an electrical reaction following the restoration of additional electricity to the building resulted in a cloud of smoke.

Santigold Set To Headline Spring Fling

The Spring Fling lineup has finally been announced—on May 6, King Khan and the Shrines, Clipse and Santigold will play on Foss Hill.

Waiting to Inhale

This past Monday, the University announced in a campus-wide e-mail that it has expanded its smoking policy to forbid smoking within 25 feet of all University buildings.

Mytheology: Wesleyan Viewed from the Right

Deconstructionist Decisions

At-Risk Assets: The Green Street Arts Center

In early March, the Board of Trustees announced that they would consider eliminating Green Street Art Center (GSAC) if the University’s endowment continues to plummet.

The Great Sukkah Project: The Collaboration of Architecture and the Jewish Tradition on Campus

This semester, the students enrolled in Architecture II have been diligently working to design and build a custom sukkah in time for the Jewish festival of harvest, Sukkot.

Wesleyan Friends of Africa Gain Momentum on Various Fronts

Whether you have seen them mentioned on the University homepage, hosting a concert at Psi U or organizing a walk-a-thon in front of Usdan, Wesleyan Friends of Africa (WFA) seems to be all over campus.

Sightings

The Connecticut River valley was slowly warming after a mild frost on the night of Sunday, April 12th. The self-named “Suburban Sleuth” Dan Schniedewin ’12 saw a Virginia Opossum outside the Graduate Liberal Studies building and a Red Fox on vine Street.

Thesis Film: Fries '09

The Argus sat down with senior Gabe Fries to talk about his upcoming film, “One Missed Call.” Fries was hesitant to describe the plot of the film, but did divulge that it will be a musical juxtaposing romance with the dullness of reality.

No Half-Steppin': Method Publications Show Out with Sass and Style

Procrastinators beware: Method Magazine, a new student-run magazine, and Method Life, a new student-run blog, may be the best excuses to put off your homework since Facebook.