Open Letter to President Roth

by Martin Benjamin, . 22 Comments

From your 9/10 blog: “On the faculty list serve this week Wesleyan’s Muslim Chaplain, Marwa Aly, sent a thoughtful, heartfelt message deploring the hate speech being directed at Muslims in many parts of the country. She asks for something as basic as it is important: that we act with care and understanding toward members of our community, and that we stand up to hate when it is expressed around us.”

Who’s Who on Campus: Faces to Know and Love

by Justin Pottle, Features Editor. 5 Comments

A roundup of campus celebs.

Dawn of a New Era

by , . 2 Comments

The MoCon building has been sitting on campus without a purpose for several years now, and the administration has stated recently that it will likely demolish it. However, many students do not want the building to be destroyed and have ideas for the administration on what to do with MoCon. We have written the best of these ideas here for the administration to consider:

Death Match: Quarterfinals

by , . Comments Off on Death Match: Quarterfinals

Them v. Martin Benjamin So, we’re a little sketchy on the details, but if we’re reading his last Wespeak right, Martin Benjamin has become a god. So while They made mincemeat of the last conservative commentator they encountered, They just weren’t prepared for Benjamin’s divine rhetoric.  Winner: Benjamin Mamoun’s v. Taylor Swift Taylor Swift sure […]

Death Match: Semifinal

by , . Comments Off on Death Match: Semifinal

Martin Benjamin v. Mamoun’s Martin Benjamin has showed more grit during this tournament than anyone predicted: for a creepy old guy, he can sure wield a brick, a Molotov cocktail, and a cunning rhetorical device. Not to mention that he recently declared himself a deity. But when it came down to it, Martin seemed to […]

Death Match Blurbs

by Rob Wohl, Gabe Lezra, . Comments Off on Death Match Blurbs

Bracket brackness.

Death Match Predictions

by Rob Wohl, Gabe Lezra, . Comments Off on Death Match Predictions

Pretty predictions.

Response to Vahidi

by Martin Benjamin, . Comments Off on Response to Vahidi

The Argus is fast becoming the gift that keeps on giving.

Curmudgeonly Benjamin’ 57 Unveils Sensitive Art Exhibit

by Liz Tung, Arts Editor. 2 Comments

Anyone who’s ever read a Wespeak by famed Wesleyan curmudgeon Martin Benjamin ’57 probably wouldn’t peg him as the “sensitive artist type.”

Benjamin’s paper trail of bigotry

by Drew Flanagan, . Comments Off on Benjamin’s paper trail of bigotry

In seeking to summon up a coherent response to the Wespeak by Martin Benjamin ’57 featured in the Nov. 7 Argus (“Open letter to President Roth,” Volume CXLIV, Number 18), I decided to do a Google search for the terms “Martin Benjamin” and “Wesleyan University.”

Newer posts » « Older posts

Twitter