Picture this: it’s midnight on Friday, Feb. 22, 1867. Your knees are aching; dirt and blood—not entirely your own—cake your breeches. Your cheeks sting with the cold air of a late winter blizzard, and your grandfather’s wool coat is not faring well in combat. Jameson, the first-year who shares a pew with you during your […]
This month, the Resource Center, the Office of Equity and Inclusion, the Office of Student Involvement (OSI), and the Black Student Union (Ujamaa), along with the greater University community, came together to celebrate Black History Month through a variety of events, initiatives, and performances, all of which highlight the richness and importance of Black culture. […]
This week, we will be looking at something a little different: one of the oldest puzzles in chess. Written around 840 AD, the puzzle features in the Kitab ash-shatranj (Book of Chess) by Al-Adli ar Rumi, an Arab player known as one of the best chess players at the time. The book is believed to […]
Looking over the Connecticut River just a few blocks away from the University’s campus, one sees a quintessential Connecticut scene. Only a few birds and boats disturb the stillness of the water and the surrounding banks. Not too long ago, however, this same river and the valley surrounding it was a hotspot of weapons manufacturing […]
For Allie Godwin ’23, as well as many other Wesleyan students, college is a time to explore interdisciplinary academics and different spaces for belonging on campus. Godwin, majoring in Studio Art and the Science in Society Program (SISP), is no stranger to intersections of seemingly opposite ideas. In the midst of thesis work, Alpha Delta […]
When asked about his childhood abroad, Professor of History William Pinch couldn’t help but smile fondly. Pinch was born in India and moved from Pakistan to Iran and then to the United States before attending college at the University of Virginia. His youth in India and Pakistan played a dramatic role in his decision to […]
Bird scooters—manufactured by a company that makes electric scooters and bicycles—first appeared on campus as part of a Middletown sustainability initiative at the start of the Fall 2022 semester. The scooters were temporarily removed from campus during the winter and are scheduled to return in the spring. Though the scooters offered a new, convenient method […]
Since the beginning of time, humans have been love-struck and love-lorn. From Plato and Aristotle to the great students of Wesleyan University, no one seems to have figured out love. In simultaneous celebration and condemnation of the season of love, we look back at some of our Valentine’s Day issues from the 1990s to the […]
Welcome to Ask The Argus, a column brought to you by the magnificent Features Section! Every once in a while, we bring you the hottest advice from your wonderful, trusty, seasoned editors. Wondering what to do this Valentine’s Day in Middletown? Having trouble approaching your crush? Not even really into Valentine’s Day in the first […]
Last week we had a puzzle featuring Fabiano Caruana crumbling to Magnus Carlsen’s superior positional play. This week, Caruana has a chance to redeem himself and showcase that he is no opponent to mock. In the eighth round of the blitz section of the St. Louis Rapid & Blitz tournament, Caruana with the white pieces is battling […]