A recent article in The Chronicle of Higher of Education revealed that President Michael Roth is one of the highest paid liberal arts college presidents, which, in light of the budget cuts that campus programs currently face, generated significant criticism from students.
He’s traveled on chartered jumbo jets with Pope John Paul II, conversed with Martin Luther King, and covered 12 wars, six major political assassinations, eight hostage sieges, seven earthquakes, and even the marriage of Prince Charles and Lady Diana
Most students would probably agree that the prospect of a liberal arts education is appealing: in-depth study, strong foundations of learning, critical thinking, all building a broad base of knowledge and a confident segue into the job market.
Sitting comfortably in the PAC computer lab I stared in disbelief at pictures of the destruction Typhoon Ketsana had caused to my hometown of Manila, Philippines. My reaction was immediate and highly emotional—as soon as my last class was over, I began speaking with my Dean and professors about wanting to help.
Last spring, in response to the University’s budget crisis, the Administration implemented the Voluntary Retirement Program, a plan to encourage early retirement of senior staff by offering Voluntary Separation Packages. Eight employees accepted, while an undisclosed number lost their jobs as a result of involuntary layoffs.
“SCANDALOUS AFFAIR. See how submissively the white slaves of New England cringe, even upon their own soil, to southern upstarts. This is insufferable.”
The University’s endowment recently experienced an upswing, increasing from a low of $488 million in Jan. of 2009 to $531 million in Sept.
University Relations (UR) and Information Technology Services (ITS) recently launched the brand-new University Community Blog. The blog is part of an ongoing effort that began last year to revamp the University website.
Talk to Professor of Chemistry Rex Pratt about his research and you’ll get a crisp description of his field (biochemistry), his specialty (enzyme inhibitors), his research project (finding new molecular structures to make into antibiotics), and as much of the science behind it as you can understand.
Zipcar officially launched its Wesleyan fleet of two cars, a Prius and a Civic Hybrid, yesterday outside of the Usdan University Center, concluding a yearlong collaboration between the Wesleyan Student Assembly (WSA), Zipcar, and Wesleyan Administration officials.
When Samantha Pop ’11 approached the University about starting a traditional sorority chapter in the fall of 2007, she was turned down.
The College of the Environment (COE) will formally be announced during Homecoming this weekend in conjunction with the fiftieth anniversary of the College of Social Studies (CSS) and the College of Letters (COL).
“When the truth is found to be lies / And all the joy within you dies / Don’t you want somebody to love?” —Jefferson Airplane
Ladies and gentlemen, whether you were ready for it or not, fall is here and in full swing.
On Tuesday, the Republican incumbent Middletown Mayor Sebastian Giuliano beat his Democratic challenger, Dan Drew, to enter his third term.
Fusion, a student-run dance troupe, performs mostly hip-hop but also incorporates elements of salsa, step, ballet, and jazz into its shows.
Football, or soccer, is a cosmopolitan, over-arching sport that reaches people in every part of the globe, bringing hope to the hopeless and light to the darkness.
The Voluntary Separation Program (VSP) seemed like the perfect solution for minimizing the effects of the University’s financial troubles on the staff. Unfortunately, the program did not accomplish all that it was supposed to.
We have to admit, we’ve been coy with you. We never meant to mislead you, it’s just that…well, we wanted to impress you.
Having ecstatically declared conservatism dead several times, each time with an increasing level of sickening nausea, the liberal community seems to be shocked, shocked, that, like Freddie Krueger or Jason Voorhees, conservatism has once more risen from the grave, alive, well, and out for blood.
Our favorite Kiwis are finally back with their bold sophomore effort, I Told You I Was Freaky.
If you enjoy shows aimed at more mature audiences, whether they’re crassly funny cartoons or intense network dramas, you know what the Parents Television Council (PTC) does even if you aren’t familiar with the organization by name.
Professor Alvin Lucier may be the most famous professor here that you’ve never heard of.
There is something strangely—but significantly—slippery about the idea of a "profession" and what it means to have one.
There seems to have been some confusion recently, and I just wanted to clear the air again. I still do NOT have swine flu.
I greet you with good tidings and a warning. My roommate is the infamous Ben Carman. He has the H1N1 virus, and he has it real bad.
In light of the recent controversy surrounding one of our more prolific writers and face of Swine Flu on campus, it’s the least we can do to bring to light other terrifying epidemics that have been created either by the media or by super-villains.
Between the Buried and Me is a metalcore/progressive metal band from North Carolina.
I’d like to address your last Wespeak, in which you seek to defend your opinion piece, “…But I don’t even like boys.”
Vis a vis the removal of the Burrito Bar, we the students hitherto demand the reconstitution of said esteemed Mexican burrito apparatus in the Campus Center.
All right, it’s official. I can handle the Yankees winning the World Series, or the Steelers winning the Super Bowl, or the Penguins “winning” the Stanley Cup.
NESCAC News and Notes
Jed Hoyer ’96 was recently named general manager of the San Diego Padres.
A Handy Guide
