You may have seen this week’s WesCeleb behind the counter at Weshop or on stage performing with the University’s only stand-up group for women and trans and nonbinary people, Hysterics. Lilah Hixson ’22 sat down with The Argus to talk about her love for comics, working in the Integrated Design, Engineering, and Applied Sciences (IDEAS) lab, […]
In the early hours of Thursday, Feb. 24, President of Russia Vladimir Putin launched an invasion into Ukraine, breaching international law as bombs dropped on the country of 42 million. In the subsequent days, regular citizens have taken up arms to protect their people and their sovereignty. Over 4,000 miles away, on the second day of […]
The 90 minutes I spent on Tuesday, Feb. 8 at the first webinar of the Pachaysana Collective’s “Restorying Our World” series were transformative, leaving a deep impression on me about the aspects of our global society that I have the power to change. The series, led by the Pachaysana Collective—a non-profit organization based in Ecuador that has […]
The University’s campus has been crowded during the 2021-22 academic year, and perhaps no group has been more aware of this than the Facilities Department. The class of 2025 is the second-largest first-year class in University history, and there are currently 96 more students living in University-owned buildings than there were before the COVID-19 pandemic, […]
Sponsored by the Office for Equity & Inclusion, Wesleyan’s second annual Diversity Summit was held from Monday, Jan. 31 to Friday, Feb. 4, and aimed to spark conversation and foster understanding among the wider Wesleyan community. This year’s theme, “Critical Race Theory: From Concept to Action,” was explored through four Zoom events throughout the week. The events were recorded […]
If you know anything about dance at the University, you’ve probably heard about Kevonte Payton ’22. In addition to being a director of X-Tacy and Fusion, Payton is also a QuestBridge scholar from New Orleans, Louisiana, works at the Office of Admission, and conducts research for the Economics Department. On top of all of that, he is an active member […]
Two years after Spring Fling was canceled due to COVID-19 for the 2019–20 academic year, the University’s Student Involvement Office has decided to replace its end-of-year tradition with University Day. The celebration will take place after the last day of classes on Thursday, May 5 from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. The decision was initially […]
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. When Adjunct Associate Professor of Spanish and Education Studies Louise Neary traveled to Santander, Spain, a few years […]
When asked for an interview, Joseph Cohen ’22 suggested going for a walk to show The Argus around the tunnels below the Center for the Arts (CFA). Cohen spoke about finding space to concentrate, teaching sensory experience through a student forum called “Going Virtual: California in Ontological Crisis,” listening to the layers of sound, and a […]
With the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to impact life on campus, the University instituted a grab-and-go dining policy for students during the initial stages of the spring semester. While this dining policy officially ended on Monday, Feb. 7, the restrictions on indoor dining during the first week of the semester saw long lines, sometimes stretching out the doors […]