The study of history has always been a personal experience for Visiting Instructor of History Anna Bisikalo ’17. Bisikalo was born in Ukraine and moved to the U.S. at the age of five. While her cultural heritage remained a facet of her childhood, Bisikalo did not dive into the intricacies of her background until she […]
Charissa Lee ’23 thinks about the big ideas underlying her experiences at Wesleyan. The training on sexual violence prevention that she received as a WesWell intern is in the back of her mind even when she’s talking with friends. As a contributing writer for Disorientation, a student publication with a candid perspective on the University, […]
The first-floor ballroom of Movement House is alive: Dancers step side to side, swinging their hips and arms back and forth as they follow Crystal Peña ’24 and Emily Rodriguez ’24 to the pulsing rhythms of Romeo Santos’ “Sobredosis.” These joyful gatherings are a weekly respite from the stresses of student life for many Wesleyan […]
7:00 a.m. feels like the middle of the night for most college students. However, from Monday, Oct. 3 to Friday, Oct. 7, Wesleyan community members gathered at this time each day to meditate in the upper room of the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life (ORSL). After just a few minutes of sitting quietly, the […]
Naya Jorgensen ’24 and Shweta Kondapi ’24 lived out their Broadway dreams as the Phantom and Christine Daaé from the musical “Phantom of the Opera.” With Jorgensen in a mask made of white face paint and Kondapi in a flowing white dress, the pair was easily recognizable as the show’s title character and his angel […]
Disclaimer: This article discusses sexual violence and violence against women. On Friday, Oct. 31, 1997, the University campus was abuzz with chatter about the event that was planned to take place that evening called “Take Back the Night.” The event, during which students marched around campus to raise awareness about rape, sexual assault and intimate […]
This week, we will be looking at a position taken from one of Hikaru Nakamura’s immortal games. Playing the black pieces, the young prodigy faced the experienced Polish grandmaster Michał Krasenkow in the second round of the Casino de Barcelona tournament in 2007. Krasenkow, known for his aggressive attacking style, had just unleashed a brutal tactical shot after […]
The Shapiro Center for Writing, located at 116 Mt. Vernon Street, works to help members of the Wesleyan community develop their academic and creative writing skills. By hosting writers and book readings, it is a space where the English language blossoms. This academic year, the Shapiro Center brought three globally renowned writers into its newly launched Distinguished […]
Picture this: you’re a student at Wesleyan on Friday, Sept. 10, 2004. You’re reading your precious, irreplaceable copy of The Argus and you flip to a page with the headline “Thefacebook.com Comes to Wesleyan” by then-Features Editor Dan Bobkoff ’05. You are ecstatic, this hip new college social media site has finally entered into campus […]
This week, we will be looking at a much more unusual game, for more than one reason. We set the scene in the year 1850, where a 13-year-old Paul Morphy with the white pieces is playing against his father, Alonzo Morphy. Moreover, Paul Morphy is offering his father rook odds, meaning that at the start […]