Usdan Marketplace switched to paper plates and plastic utensils beginning on the night of Wednesday, Oct. 2, through Tuesday, Oct. 8, due to a malfunction in the dining hall’s commercial dishwasher. The dishwasher was repaired on Oct. 8 after the required parts were delivered. Soon after the commercial dishwasher broke, new parts were ordered, and […]
To mark the beginning of a new Jewish calendar year, the University’s Jewish community celebrated Rosh Hashanah from sundown on Wednesday, Oct. 2, to sundown Friday, Oct. 4. The Jewish calendar follows the lunar cycle, and Rosh Hashanah typically falls in September or October. The festivities began with spiritual services on Wednesday at 6 p.m., […]
The first and only vice presidential debate of the 2024 presidential election between Democratic candidate Governor Tim Walz and Republican candidate Senator JD Vance took place on Tuesday, Oct. 1. Broadcasting the event live, the Frank Center for Public Affairs (PAC), the Government Department, and the Albritton Center for the Study of Public Life hosted […]
In an all-campus email sent Saturday, Sept. 28, Director of Public Safety (PSafe) Scott Rohde released the 2023 Annual Security Report and the Annual Fire Safety Reports. The reports outline various University policies, safety guidance, and statistics, including those for the 2023 calendar year. The reports are mandated by the federal government under the 1990 […]
Graduate students and Foreign Language Teaching Assistants (FLTAs) voted on Thursday, Sept. 26 to become part of the Wesleyan Graduate Labor Union (WesGLU), which is represented by the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU). The election, hosted by the National Labor Relations Board, was held in Usdan room B25. Of the 117 eligible voters, 79% voted […]
Information Technology Services (ITS) rolled out Duo Push, a phone application used for multi-factor authentication, to students on Monday, Sept. 30. This change comes alongside a recent switch to Workday, the University’s new financial management system. While Duo has been used by faculty and staff at the University since 2021, this is the first time […]
The board of trustees’ Investment Committee rejected a recent recommendation submitted by the Committee for Investor Responsibility (CIR) to divest from around 300 companies charged with contributing to or profiting from the Israeli occupation of Gaza and the West Bank, according to an all-campus email sent by the University on Saturday, Sept. 21. Citing a […]
Ahead of the board of trustees vote on a divestment proposal from the Committee for Investment Responsibility (CIR), pro-Palestine student group Beyond Empire held a demonstration outside of the Frank Center for Public Affairs (PAC) and Olin Library (Olin) at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 21. The rally, held a day after five students were […]
The University Organizing Center (UOC) has been temporarily closed as of Tuesday, Sept. 17 after a failed fire safety inspection, according to an all-campus email from the Wesleyan Student Assembly (WSA). The building, located at 190 High St., will be reevaluated on Monday, Sept. 30 after further survey. “We are requesting that all student groups […]
A student group identifying themselves as Beyond Empire staged a 10-person sit-in in North College’s Investment Office on Friday, Sept. 20, calling for the Board of Trustees to vote yes on the Committee of Investor Responsibility’s (CIR) proposal regarding investments in companies supporting the internationally-sanctioned occupation of Gaza and the West Bank. The Board of […]