Opinion
Embrace Your Spring/Summer Body
I’m writing this for me as much as for anyone else out there. It’s spring, the weather is pretty nice, and Foss Hill is teeming with people sporting bathing suits and bare skin. Like holidays, springtime tends to be a … Continue reading
Supreme Court: Support Same-Sex Marriage
The year 2013 has the makings of a landmark year for gay rights. State by state, nation by nation, marriage equality has moved forward in locales as varied as Rhode Island, New Zealand, and France, which now lives up to … Continue reading
Prioritize Sexual Assault Prevention
There has been no shortage of controversy surrounding the Tour de Franzia and the administration’s threat to impose a series of drastic penalties on all individuals who participate. I want to set aside for a moment the discussion about the … Continue reading
Prioritize Food Safety over Appearance, Shelf Life
Many of you have probably noticed the signs in Usdan and Pi Café recently reminding us about the carbon footprint of the foods that we commonly eat. I want to draw attention to another food issue: preservatives. Most people wouldn’t … Continue reading
Why I Don’t Relay for Life
Every April, I feel extremely conflicted when I see purple Relay for Life paraphernalia and get emails from various email lists about joining the event. Part of me gets very emotional about the idea of running in honor of those … Continue reading
Don’t Blame Boston Bombings on a Faith or Ethnicity
The horrific bombing attack on the Boston Marathon this past week left us a whole set of painful questions. These are questions that, at least right now anyway, don’t have easy or satisfying answers. We don’t really know who the … Continue reading
Disordered Discourse: Words Can Perpetuate Eating Disorders
Before attending Wesleyan, I didn’t know anyone who had an eating disorder. However, I had attended enough high school health courses to know that such conditions are prevalent among people my age. According to the Eating Disorders Coalition, a federal … Continue reading
Preserve Civil Rights in Responding to Boston Bombings
The recent bombings in Boston brought out the best and the worst of the American public. In attempts to unite in response to senseless violence, social media users and journalists highlighted the resilience of Bostonians and the futility of any … Continue reading
Security in Schools: Ask the Children What They Want
People like to throw around the notion that we must act on behalf of children, to secure them a better future. I vaguely recall being a child once, and some children seem to think that they have it all figured … Continue reading
Activism: Actually, THIS Is Why
Every year at this time, we show off our stripes as proud members of the Wesleyan community, eager to show prospective students that our university deserves to be their top choice. We show off our accomplishments, our virtues, our benefits, … Continue reading