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 […]
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. This week, The Argus spoke to Ethan Geiger ’24, who spent the fall semester in England at the University of Oxford. […]
At the beginning of the semester, the Office of Student Involvement (OSI) announced that events held in program houses will no longer be booked through OSI. Instead, events in a program house must be hosted by that house’s residents and approved by the Office of Residential Life (ResLife), per a campus-wide email sent on Jan. […]
For many students at the University, college is a time to hone in on a particular area of study, learn as much as they can about it, and prepare for a relevant career. But Savannah Russo ’23 has had the opposite experience. She has done it all: learning from the school’s diverse offerings, getting involved […]
Over the weekend, a cold arctic breeze covered the Northeast, creating dangerous conditions across Connecticut. Brutal winds accompanied the frigid temperatures, which dropped five degrees Fahrenheit below zero during the night. Unaware about the impending arrival of critically low temperatures, many students were surprised by the freezing cold. The Argus spoke to students about their experiences navigating […]
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. Having trouble re-acclimating to campus life, Middletown, or the freezing winter? We’ve got you covered! To submit a question to Ask The Argus […]
Second Stage was, for nearly half a century, a household name at the University, synonymous with student-run theater and taste-making performances. For many current and past students, Second Stage was an essential part of the University’s advertising, with big-league hitters sharing their work as part of the organization; Lin-Manuel Miranda ’02 famously debuted his Tony-winning […]
To start off this semester, we will be looking at a game by Magnus Carlsen, possibly the greatest chess player. He is the highest-rated competitor, considerably further than anyone else, and the current world champion. It is a historical anomaly when he loses two games in a row. In practically every tournament, he is the […]