Government and Environmental Studies double major Lydia Brutvan ’25 spent her childhood running around outdoors. Now she’s competing in triathlons and is set to race in the World Triathlon Championship in Spain next year. Outside of her time-consuming training plan, Brutvan is involved with classical music and sustainability efforts on campus and just got into […]
Partners in Data is a column written by Executive Editors Caleb Henning ’25 and Elias Mansell BA ’24 MA ’25. We are partners who share a love of data analysis—which includes tracking our dates through graphs—as well as writing. While we both have experience with data collection and data analysis, this column is exploratory and […]
Connecticut’s coastline, shielded by Long Island, N.Y., and bordering the frigid North Atlantic, rarely suffers the severe hurricanes familiar to the state’s tropical, southern counterparts. Even so, cyclones that reach campus have sparked interesting reactions since the University’s beginning. Each of these early disasters pushed the importance of community into the spotlight. 1884 Atlantic Hurricane […]
For nearly three decades, the Freeman Family Japanese Garden 逍遙庵庭園 (Shôyôan Teien) has quietly flourished within the embrace of the University’s Mansfield Freeman Center for East Asian Studies. The garden was designed, built, and curated by Stephen Morrell, a landscape architect renowned for his expertise in Japanese-style gardens, with financial support from the family of […]
Wesleyan’s computer science club, Code_Wes, hosted 85 undergraduate students from around the country to participate in a 24-hour hackathon event called “WesHack” on the weekend of Nov. 16. Students worked overnight to develop innovative software and hardware solutions, competing for prizes that included paid summer internships, keyboards, drones, cameras, and more. “WesHack is a weekend-long […]
In this paper’s ink over the past month, students have described feelings of weariness, during election discussions, in dramatic performances, at parties—even the groundhogs have gone quiet. In the dimming winter light, it can feel like we’ve lost the knack for celebration. That’s why this week’s issue of the Argives, a retrospective column on The […]
In 2023, the Shapiro Center for Writing began an internship program for students at the University under Shapiro Center Director and Professor of Creative Writing Merve Emre. The program began with one internship for a student at The New York Review of Books and has quickly expanded to a broad range of media and publishing agencies, including […]
If you asked me what makes me happiest in this world, a yogurt bowl would be my first thought, although I would actually say something along the lines of “my family and friends, of course.” But I would still heavily consider saying a yogurt bowl. Greek yogurt was always somewhere in our fridge when I […]
This week, The Argus sat down with Sierra Van Wijk ’25. As a triple major, tour guide, and longtime student worker, Van Wijk told us about managing the fullest schedule, making homes, and discovering the soul-y nature in things. The Argus: Why do you think you were nominated to be a WesCeleb? Sierra Van Wijk: Freshman year, […]
For the first time in University memory, we have a women’s club basketball team. Spearheaded by co-captain Audrey Nelson ’25, the team provides a space for women and non-cisgender men to engage in competitive basketball alongside other experienced players, breaking down gender barriers that historically kept them out of organized play. When Nelson arrived at […]