On Wednesday, Oct. 10, Professor of American Studies and Chair of the American Studies Department J. Kēhaulani Kauanui led a discussion at Wesleyan’s R.J. Julia Bookstore about her new book, “Speaking of Indigenous Politics: Conversations with Activists, Scholars, and Tribal Leaders.” The book is a collection of interviews that were featured on Kauanui’s radio show, […]
Sara Omar, a Postdoctoral Associate at the Yale MacMillan Center Council on Middle East Studies, visited campus on Thursday, Oct. 11, to discuss her studies pertaining to homosexuality and the development of modern Muslim discourse surrounding the topic. She began the lecture with a description of the scope of her studies and the information she sorted […]
It typically begins with a fever. The fever is soon followed by a loss of appetite, then a sore throat. This is where the symptoms of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease (HFMD) begin to diverge from those of the common cold or flu. Painful sores will start to appear on the inside of the mouth, […]
The Anthropology Department hosted Lila Abu-Lughod to deliver a talk titled “Framing Islam: ‘Violent Extremism’ and the Rise of Securofeminism” as the department’s 2018 Annual Lecture on Thursday, Oct. 11. Abu-Lughod is the Joseph L. Buttenwieser Professor of Social Science at Columbia University, and her ethnographic research centers on the dynamics of gender and women’s […]
During the Alternative Career Paths for STEM Majors panel on Friday, four alumni talked with around 30 students about their non-traditional career paths and networked with attendees in a casual reception. The NSM Coalition and the Gordon Career Center (GCC) co-organized the event, and the Office of Equity and Inclusion co-sponsored the event. NSM Coalition member […]
The Powell Family Cinema held a screening of the 2017 film “Whose Streets?” directed by Sabaah Folayan on Monday night. The movie, a documentary, includes raw footage and interviews from the 2014 protests and police-provoked riots in Ferguson, Mo. Sponsored by the African American Studies Department, the College of Film and the Moving Image, the […]
Last Saturday, Adolescent Sexual Health Awareness (ASHA) brought artist and activist Amy Oestreicher to campus to perform her one-woman, autobiographical musical, “Gutless and Grateful: How Losing My Stomach Made Me Hungry For Life.” The event served as a fundraiser for New Horizons Domestic Violence Services, a domestic violence shelter and advocacy organization based in Middletown. […]
Students and faculty gathered at the College of East Asian Studies this past Tuesday, Oct. 9, to participate in a town hall event which featured a webcast of former U.S. Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice. In a broadcast reaching over 100 town hall locations, Rice discussed United States-China relations. The National […]
A Wesleyan Student Assembly (WSA) resolution calling for the Wesleyan Educational Policy Committee (EPC) to raise the maximum grade that allows a student to retake a class to a C- passed unanimously on Sunday, Oct. 7. As it stands, the University only allows students to retake a class if they fail it. The EPC will […]
Last Tuesday morning, a group of about 20 Wesleyan students stood in solidarity with the family of Caleb Tisdol at the State of Connecticut Superior Court in Middletown. On Dec. 14, 15-year-old Tisdol was shot by the New Britain police, who claim that they were attempting to stop a car whose passengers they suspected were […]