There is a definite buzz around campus these days about the passing of the College in Prison program here at Wesleyan.
While I share many of the concerns held by those who oppose the College in Prison program based on an abolitionist critique, I do NOT feel that such ideological apprehensions fully negate the beneficial qualities of the program.
In the midst of all the excitement over the near approval of a Wesleyan College in Prison pilot program, I wish to take a step back to consider the possible implications of the proposed program, and to re-imagine the best way to move forward at this moment in time
Alas, the time has come for us to bid farewell to Wesleyan for the summer – a time to pine for gender-neutral pronouns, Usdan sushi, and, of course, the Wesleyan Film Series.
Today I read/heard something that offended me.
After much discussion and careful reflection, student of color leaders have come to the conclusion that Wesleyan needs to make a sincere commitment to recruiting, mentoring, and retaining faculty of color, more specifically Black and Latino/a faculty members.
Summer music festivals are practically a rite of passage for the young and unburdened. You know the drill – drive South with a carload of friends, spend two or three uncomfortable days pretending you’re a hippie, and then have a spiritual epiphany--while listening to Radiohead, of course--which you later realize was the combined result of dehydration and the fact that you were tripping balls.
Last weekend in the ’92 Theater, 2nd Stage presented “Sunday in the Park with George,” a Stephen Sondheim musical that investigates the ideas and mythologies surrounding artists. For better or worse, the focus of “Sunday” is all there in the title: an artist and his one moment of glory.
I took Introduction to American Government last semester with Melanye Price, and it was one of my favorite classes at Wesleyan.
Historically speaking, the summer months are a time for wonderful, horrible movies (e.g. “Snakes On a Plane,” “The Love Guru,” anything involving Brendan Fraser).
After a 14-6 victory over Westfield State College on Tuesday, the Cardinal baseball team is looking towards this crucial weekend that will determine whether they make the postseason.
Psychedelic pop-rock band The Morning After Girls may be new to the U.S. but they’ve already made their mark on the Australian music scene.
The NCAA has said that facebook groups encouraging players to apply to schools are attempts to influence the college choice of a recruit, and therefore violate its recruiting rules.
The women’s tennis team ended its season on Sunday with a NESCAC victory over Bates College.
Next Tuesday, the last day of classes, Foss Hill will be the site of the revival of a University tradition last practiced over half a century ago—field day.
The morning after the fire in Hall-Atwater Laboratory, professors, graduate students and University staff scrambled to transport samples to functional freezers in other labs.
Following a resounding 11-5 victory over Williams on Jackson Field on Sunday afternoon, the men’s lacrosse team is headed to Middlebury for the NESCAC tournament semifinals.
The softball team fell at Coast Guard 9-1 on Tuesday in the makeup of an April 1 rainout in its final action before the NESCAC Championship.
he Capitals were NOT the better team in the series because they have the best player in the world in AO8.
The golf team fell to Amherst and Williams on Wednesday in the annual Little Three match, falling to the Lord Jeffs by an 8-4 score and the Ephs by a 12-0 count.
A clump of Inky cap mushrooms were eating themselves outside of Angus Dykman’s ’09 house on Home Avenue on April 24th.
The Argus Editorial Board recently made the trek down to Pho Mai, a small Vietnamese restaurant on the far-end of Main Street. Although known for its pho, a Vietnamese noodle soup made in a beef broth, the editors taste tested a variety of the dishes.
In an effort to generate revenue, the University is considering plans for an undergraduate summer program, slated to begin in summer 2010.
Despite the fact that it does not yet have all of its members, the University’s Committee for Investor Responsibility (CIR) is now active.
During these final weeks of the academic year, the Honor Board is revising the University’s Honor code for the first time since 1972.
This week, MIT announced that it would be discontinuing eight of its varsity sports teams in order to save money.
The recent collapse of the American International Group has significantly impacted the University’s fifteen-year-old Freeman Asian Scholars program.