Right now, I am blissfully in the plausible deniability phase with someone new, where the question marks around our connection make it all the more exciting. Dill and my other close friend are in a similar situation, enjoying the fun of questioning whether the people we are talking to are attracted to us. Since this […]
It was October 2020. I don’t know how I made it onto orthodox Hindu TikTok. Perhaps my ethnicity joined forces with my For You Page and worked against me, or I liked too many videos of cute old ladies frying pakoras in their Delhi apartment kitchens. Regardless, I remember distinctly when my feed suddenly filled […]
The Opinion section created the column “Argus Apps” to humanize the college process. Often, we forget that there are people behind Common App essays with real emotions and experiences. These essays are also always looked at within the framework of the college admissions process, so to publish these essays without pairing them with someone’s SAT score […]
Today, I’ve got a bit of unconventional dating advice for you all. I was listening to a podcast the other day, and the host kept using the expression “Never judge a book by its cover.” I’m certainly no stranger to this quote; it’s been shoved down my throat since kindergarten. While I understand the sentiment […]
On Saturday, Oct. 7, news alerts across the world blared devastatingly: Hamas (the terrorist or militant group, depending on who you ask), had mounted a widespread and devastating attack against civilian communities across Israel, assaulting, kidnapping, and killing hundreds. The following days have seen bombing and starvation and fighting grow in nauseating intensity. Like hundreds […]
On Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022, President Michael Roth ’78 announced the departure of former Vice President for Equity and Inclusion Alison Williams ’81 from the University in an all-campus email titled “Campus Update.” Sound familiar? This is the first line of an article I wrote a year ago after students were informed that Williams would […]
I truly cannot express how excited I was when I learned that someone had written a reply to my last opinion piece, and how excited I honestly still am. Before replying to the objections made against my work, I want to give a sincere thank you to my critic. I find it genuinely touching that […]
The Opinion Section created the column Argus Apps to humanize the college process. Common App essays only ever exist within the framework of college admissions, alongside a list of accomplishments, extracurriculars, and test scores. With Argus Apps, we’re revisiting old Common App essays written by Wesleyan students to think about where we’ve been and where we’re […]
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a long-standing, profoundly complex, and nuanced topic characterized by both external and internal disagreements regarding conflict resolution. Nonetheless, we should fundamentally agree that this does not justify genocide. Personally, I don’t agree with many of the actions of the Netanyahu government, and am not alone as the majority (52%) of Israelis share this […]
While scrolling through TikTok and seeing the app’s perpetual outburst of trivial trends, I stumbled across a particularly interesting online fad: “girlfriend air.” The trend is quite sweet, and for those unfamiliar, it looks a little something like this: A girlfriend will post a few pictures of her boyfriend before they started dating. The pictures are […]