Whether creating the incredible OurCampus app to guide University students in choosing classes or helping out with Wi-Fi and computer issues, Tyler Lederer-Plaskett ’21 has dedicated his Wesleyan career to helping other students on campus. This week, The Argus Zoomed with the OurCampus co-creator and prolific Information Technology Services (ITS) head manager to talk about […]
WesWings (’Swings) and Red & Black Cafe (RBC) have substantially altered their protocols in order to safely serve customers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Gone are the days of cash, indoor dining, and crowded lines. Plexiglass has gone up, social distancing markers have been spray-painted onto the pavement, and disposable to-go containers have replaced bowls and […]
The summer before the first year of college is always complicated. Choosing classes, crafting the perfect WesAdmits posts (plus stalking your future classmates), and preparing to move away from home are only a fraction of the worries running through many students’ minds. This year, students had all the typical concerns plus the additional stressor of […]
Small businesses in Middletown that rely heavily on students for economic revenue have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic and the extra months students spent away from campus. As most students’ quarantine periods come to an end, they can now safely support the city’s small businesses they’ve become partial to over the years. “The Wesleyan student […]
This year has been one long experiment in uncertainty and adaptation. For first-years arriving on campus, the start to college was yet another item on the list of experiences that did not go as planned due to the pandemic. Not only was the move-in process spread out over the course of an entire week, but […]
With her passion for social justice, Alice Swan ’21, a double major in government and the College of East Asian Studies (CEAS) and an African American Studies minor, has made the most out of her time at Wesleyan. From Ujamaa (Wesleyan’s Black Student Union), to MIX (Multiethnic Interracial X-Cultural) Club), to her participation in Xtacy […]
Twenty-five isn’t necessarily that big of a number. By the time you turn 25, you’re already halfway to 30, and you don’t gain any cool new rights. Twenty-five dollars can get you about two meals at Swings. Twenty-five minutes is probably just enough time to take a shower and change before the Zoom lecture you probably don’t want to […]
Last spring, after COVID-19 forced students and professors to transition to online learning, Wesleyan Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Nicole Stanton started assembling a curricular planning task force to explore different options for the next semester, hoping to invite students back to campus in the fall. But amid the uncertainty posed by COVID-19, whether or […]
Ujamaa, Wesleyan’s Black Student Union, circulated a letter to the University administration with a list of demands for tangible actions towards anti-racist work and inclusion efforts on campus. The letter, released last Friday, Sept. 4th, spans 11 pages and articulates students’ concerns about the July 31 email that President Roth ’78 and Alison Williams ’81 sent out about anti-racism on campus, a […]
Content Warning: This article contains references to suicide. 4/4/20 I’d never seen my sister do the dishes before that day. But after we all started to realize that the whole quarantine thing was going to be our new normal, my dad told us we’d all be expected to “help out around the house.” So there […]