Despite what you may have previously thought, Allie Levey is not just that guy who sings a lot of a cappella. He wants the world to know that he does other stuff, too. When he’s not singing, he dabbles in scaling the walls of MoCon and dressing like a woman. Also, he’s not gay. Just in case you were wondering.
Ed Klein, a friend of mine has a yellow sweater that would look so good with your yellow pants. Just saying. Don’t you think they should pass out a pair of topsiders to each of the incoming freshmen and by senior year everybody’s topsiders will be rugged enough to guarantee safety in the harsh world ‘out there’?
With the University’s reputation for being radical and quirky, many may assume that naked parties are an integral part of campus social life. It was thus little surprise to many that Wesleyan, alongside Yale, Brown and Columbia, was profiled in a recent New York Times article on the “phenomenon” of naked parties on college campuses. But is this still the reality?
Just a minor clarification: in my previous Wespeak I mentioned the Afrikaaners as an example and said they weren’t backed by a parent state. I used Great Britain as an example because they were also in South Africa, but I did NOT mean to imply that Afrikaaners came from Britain (rather they’re mostly of Dutch descent). Sorry for the confusing wording.
Alex Salzberg, while colonialism may have a specific definition according to a dictionary, it’s most often used to describe any settler movement, regardless of its backing by a parent state(s). Take, for example, the Afrikaaners in South Africa.
How can you [Kol Israel] say that Alison Weir’s media analysis concerning the wide disparity in reporting between Israeli deaths and Palestinian deaths is perhaps correct yet in the same sentence say they [the media] don’t present the same type of sensationalized personal stories as she does?
I wanted to thank Alexandra Early for writing such a poignant and dignified Wespeak. My friends and I recognize and appreciate the bravery required to speak out on such a sensitive subject.
In response to Professor McAlear’s questions ("What if the new campus center was one percent smaller? Would it make a difference to the students?"), I’ve experienced such incredible congestion in the campus center this year and have been a witness to the ubiquitous effects of the housing shortage.
In response to Brendan Larkin’s obituary: I feel like most people just liked Mr. Pibb because it was retro. There’s a reason why Coke trumps all dark colas—and I suggest you jump on that bandwagon before it leaves you behind.
I met up with Jessica Firshein ’05 at the campus center one afternoon to talk about thefacebook versus Friendster, teaching yoga at Wes, and her plans for after graduation. Jessica also enlightened me on career options for a religion major—both of them. She enjoys saying hello to people. So if she says hi to you, be sure to reply, because she’s also a black belt.