Javapalooza Under New Management

by Emma Gross, Staff Writer. Leave a Comment

t underwent a management switch on March 9, and the new owner, Andie Carrozzella, is in the process of transforming and revitalizing the cafe. Carrozzella, age 23, is the youngest store owner on Main Street, and she says she has big plans for Javapalooza’s future. Under its previous ownership, Javapalooza had a mixed reputation in […]

Students Fight Global Hunger with Two Degrees

by Miranda Katz, Staff Writer. 4 Comments

Students at Wesleyan have perhaps single-handedly shod thousands of children worldwide through their penchant for TOMS™ shoes, so many may choose to take that philanthropic spirit one step further by picking up a Two Degrees food bar the next time they are at Weshop. Benjamin Firn ’14 and Christopher Law ’14 have brought the TOMS model of “buy one give one” to campus in the form of an energy bar business.

Cinefiles

by Sarah Shachat, Film Board Representative. Leave a Comment

Valentine’s Day is here, and while your Classics major friends may be choosing to celebrate Hallmark Day by secretly marrying Christians and/or hating on Chaucer, the Film Series has put together a week of…well, how loosely do you define the term romantic? In all seriousness, though, this week at the Goldsmith there’s a ripe melodrama, […]

Open Letter to the Faculty Affirmative Action Faction

by Martin Benjamin, . 2 Comments

Two bake-salers tossed a pie in the face of Affirmative Action. (They must have been drunken bake-salers.) Finding yourselves out-manned, you 34 strong had a panic attack.

Blintzkrieg Bop: A Hanukkah Delight

by Cordelia Hyland, Contributing Writer. 1 Comment

Hanukkah may be the festival of lights, but these delicious ricotta cheese blintzes are anything but.

Tortoise Rigor Mortis: Usdan Vendor’s Illegal Turtles Jump Hurdles to Survive

by Erin Newport, Staff Writers. 4 Comments

According to the University Events Calendar, Usdan University Center vendor Randy “The Plant Guy” Skolnick “brings all things green to Usdan.”

Main Street Endures Recession

by Pei Xiong Liu, Assistant Features Editor. Leave a Comment

With the recession dragging down business, restaurants and shops around Middletown’s Main Street are trying various strategies to lure in customers and cut costs.

The Greasiest Spoon: Scaling Mt. Olympos: Visiting an endangered Meriden diner

by Alissa Greenberg, . Leave a Comment

There are many ways one might describe Meriden’s Olympos Diner: old-fashioned and comfortably down-home are some of the first to come to mind. But sit for a bit amidst the vintage decor, talk to the customers and the owner, and the most significant descriptor will present itself: the 75-year-old eatery is, as of this year, a limited time offer.

Can you walk the walk?

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We love that President Michael Roth is charming, personable, a great public speaker and a sincere man who doesn’t give us the usual administrative jargon. It’s great to see him in attendance at soccer and football games, Yom Kippur services, the queer student reception, and buying cupcakes from the WeSTAND bakesale. We’re proud that in his one month on campus, Roth has found many ways to make his presence felt and seen.

Gills Films: Historias Minimas

by Libby Gills, . Leave a Comment

"Historias Minimas" (Intimate Stories), a road film by Carlos Sorin, is a key film in the New Argentine Cinema that has emerged in the past five years. Obviously influenced by Italian neo-realism, this film tells us the story of three individuals -all played by non-professional actors- from a small, impoverished town called Fitz Roy who journey across the plains of La Patagonia to get to San Julian, the nearest city, where the possibility of hope, love, and fame still remains.

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