This past week, the University experienced an increase in COVID-19 cases. While the case level on campus has remained at zero the majority of this semester, at least 18 students have tested positive as of Nov. 10. With the on-campus vaccine requirement and the indoor mask mandates that have remained in place since the beginning […]
Last year at Thanksgiving, I took a really careful look at the turkey. Even though it was only my family of four gathered to celebrate with relatives over Zoom, the bird was enormous, shiny, golden, greasy, bare. As usual, I took a helping of dark meat and sat down at the table to eat. The […]
For many people, the sole purpose of attending college is to have their own taste of the “college experience.” Frat parties, game days, and a huge community that feels both like a small town and a huge city at the same time can be appealing. Others seek the quieter, less rah rah atmosphere of a […]
Every year of college, someone I love dies. Freshman year, my grandfather succumbs to lymphoma. Sophomore year, my grandma has a heart attack and is gone in hours. Just last month, Henry dies, but this time it is different. Henry is 21, just two weeks older than I am. Henry, Alia, Simone, and I meet […]
Earlier this week, during an after-class stroll in the CFA, my friend turned to me and called the first semester of college a “liminal space.” I’d never heard the word “liminal” before. When I asked what it meant, she went on to explain that liminality refers to those ambiguous and empty spaces in the middle […]
The class of 2025 is made up of 919 students. Compared to years before us, this makes the grade a particularly large one. But, what truly sets my grade apart from others is that it is made up of people from all walks of life. During orientation week at Wes, I conversed with multiple 17- year-olds, […]
Located on the edge of campus is a congregation of boxy gray buildings known as the Center for the Arts, or the CFA if we’re being hip. Perhaps you’re familiar with it. Eleven stone angular buildings centered around a wide grassy courtyard. According to legend, upon its completion in 1965, the CFA was originally intended […]
Last week, during my shift on the monitor desk of the Freeman Athletic Center, a parent came in looking for directions to the field hockey game that was taking place on Smith Field. I have been a student at Wesleyan for almost three years, but I will happily admit that I did not have a […]
We’ve all heard the story by now: the Butterfield colleges flooded a few days before classes started, everyone had to evacuate and spend the night in the field house, people had their stuff ruined, and, basically, it sucked. As a Butts resident myself, I can confidently say that anytime I tell someone where I live […]
Many oppressive regimes put an emphasis on work. Work is the most important thing. Work is worth more than human life. Work is salvation. These seem like extreme phrases, don’t they? That’s because they are. Work distracts. Work leaves no space for creativity, for rebellion, for thought. But the truth is that nowadays, university students […]