“Out of the tree of life, I just picked me a plum.” – Frank Sinatra Like many, my parents promised one another, hand in hand, to endure the turmoils that love necessarily entails and feel love’s grace, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and health. Such willingness to enter into […]
I’m sure you’ve grown tired of hearing the time-honored idiom “we’ve only got one Earth.” Well, let me take a moment to say it again: we’ve only got one Earth, so let’s invest in it! Happy Earth Month, Wesleyan! We celebrated Earth Day this past weekend, which presents an opportune reminder for all of us […]
The other day, my friend asked me, “If you could sit down with any historical figure (past or present) who would it be?” To their surprise, I said Phyllis Schlafly. As a feminist myself, I am baffled to see another woman promote beliefs that hinder the progress of her own gender. In my time here […]
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 going. In this edition, we hear […]
I was a freshman in high school when 17 people were killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. A little more than a week later, my older brother, a high school senior at the time, published a letter to the editor titled “Me Next?” in our small town newspaper. This week I […]
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 […]
My ideal Saturday night consists of the following: ordering fried dough from Mondo, dimming the lights in my room, turning on a cheesy Netflix rom-com to watch with my friends, and going to sleep by midnight. So why is it that come 10 p.m. on any given Saturday night, I find myself getting ready to […]
The thunder of wooden drums and the trickle of shakers fill the sterile, light gray interior of Wesleyan’s Cross Street dance studio. My sweat pools around me and my breath escapes my grasp—after 90 minutes of strenuous work, the very fact that I am still standing for the final minutes of class is enough to […]
Beauty has never meant much to me. It’s a shameful thing to say, but it is true. My family loves hiking, loves towering trees and crisp air and glistening streams, and while I have no qualms about jungles or mountains or oceans, I have no special fondness for them either. “What’s the point of going […]
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 […]