A couple of months back, my girlfriend and I separated painfully but mutually. It is hard to realize that someone you loved for so long would no longer be part of your present and future. The process of healing has been a lot like mourning: no contact with them, an empty hole in my heart where […]
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 […]
Today, I woke up to a recommended playlist entitled “baroque pop twee thursday morning.” This playlist, which featured Brian Eno, The Velvet Underground, and Belle and Sebestian, among others, did in fact encapsulate what my Tuesday mornings sound like. But while they got the artists right, what my playlists don’t usually have is a four-fold […]
It’s no secret that many Wesleyan students are overburdened. At some point in your time here, you’ve probably heard of the Rule of Seven—that is, the suggestion that students should have no more than seven commitments at once including classes, extracurriculars, jobs, etc. It’s meant to be a guide that makes sure we all maintain a […]
This Wednesday, Sept. 27, hopeful Republican challengers will take the stage at the Reagan Presidential Library in California for their second presidential primary debate. From Chris Christie’s fruitless criticisms of Trump to Desantis’ apparent struggle to generate human emotions, the debate will certainly generate enough content for at least another week of political punditry by […]
After lugging all of my belongings up to the third floor of Butterfield B, my parents took the trek to Lowe’s to pick up my mini fridge. I, on the other hand, attended my first orientation event: my floor meeting. Having been to college before, I knew what to expect: a ramble of rules (no […]
Orientation is, for many of us, that bridging experience that sets the tone for how you expect your first year to turn out. It’s that not-so-sweet, slightly scary spot to pass through on your way to becoming a college student. For me, and many others, it set the tone for life in another country. Being […]
Barbie, upon her entry to the human world, breaks down in tears, overwhelmed by the intensity of a non-plastic experience. As she cries, she turns to her left to see an old woman sitting beside her. She tells the woman that she is so beautiful, and the woman responds: “I know it!” This scene was my […]
As someone with incessant mental chatter cluttering up my headspace at all times, I am well-versed in “should” thoughts: “I should call my parents,” “I should go do my homework right now,” “I should break up with my partner.” Sometimes this mental voice is right (e.g. I really do need to go do my homework […]
Summer brought us a plethora of world-changing events and developments to discuss upon our return to campus: the Supreme Court’s affirmative action decision, several coups, India landing on the moon, and the now-recurrent array of natural disasters, to name a few. However, despite this myriad of subjects to debate, discuss, and bemoan, the dominant topic […]