This week, we’ll be looking at a position taken from a game played between two Soviet grandmasters, Yuri Averbakh and Alexander Kotov, in the 1953 Soviet Chess Championships. After a long positional struggle, the following position was reached. Both kings are somewhat vulnerable, and the pawn structure is totally fixed in place. Can you find […]
In the past few years, the debate around the use of artificial intelligence (AI) has intensified. It is used for entertainment, studying, research, shopping, and many other purposes. Despite its convenience, many people oppose the incorporation of AI into daily life. Many worry about inaccurate information, increasing dependence on technology, loss of creativity, and shrinking job […]
Dylan Ng ’24 may be one of the most dynamic artists at Wesleyan, utilizing mediums from painting to photography to graphic design to express the inner workings of his mind. You will likely find him biking around campus, walking quickly—in the direction of the Center for the Fine Arts (CFA)—with an iced Americano in hand, or […]
Students are forbidden to access the attics and basements of many houses on campus that now serve as classrooms and offices. You may have asked yourself: What’s in these restricted spaces? This semester, we were 5 out of 14 students who discovered the answer to this question for one building in particular: the Anthropology Department […]
Welcome to Office Hours, a series brought to you by the Features section! In these articles, Argus writers speak to faculty, staff, and members of the administration about their interests, classes, and lives on and off campus. Meet Visiting Assistant Professor of Art Scott Kessel ’88, Wesleyan alumni, educator, and artist in residence at Kidcity […]
The University has hosted a range of Greek organizations throughout its history, although only four remain: Eclectic, Psi Upsilon (Psi U), Alpha Delta Phi (ADPhi), and Delta Kappa Epsilon (DKE). The University has required all Greek societies to be co-ed since 2014, although DKE remains a fraternity. Rho Epsilon was the only sorority before it […]
Every two or three weeks since Fall 2022, 13 faculty and teaching staff members have gathered to discuss the possibility of a business program at the University. Led by Chair of Economics Abigail Hornstein, the committee has reached many conclusions about the scope and curriculum they will propose for the major. The committee is partial […]
Welcome to Argus Overseas, a column brought to you by the Features Section. In this column, we chat with students who have spent time abroad to highlight student experiences with studying outside the University. Have you ever wondered whether danishes are actually Danish? Well, we can’t answer that question, because we are not the Food section. […]
Could you pack your life in three boxes? That is the impossible challenge the University demands from its low-income international student community. In partnership with Physical Plant, the Office of Student Affairs launched a pilot program over the summer of 2023, advertised as free on-campus summer storage for all students, domestic and international, whose family […]
Ruby Clarke ’24 does it all—or, as much as she can. An American Studies and College of Social Studies (CSS) double major, Clarke represents the class of 2024 as the chair of the Student Life Committee (SLC) on the Wesleyan Student Assembly (WSA), serves as the chief steward for the Wesleyan Union of Student Employees […]