I brought a treasure box with me to campus this semester. It is a vintage metal box a bit larger than a hardcover textbook, and it is filled with a collection of strange, colorful objects which I specifically picked for their distinct textures. When you open the box, you see a small, impressionistic painting of […]
Divestment, the Wesleyan Committee for Investor Responsibility (CIR), and Wesleyan’s Endowment’s relationship with oil and gas are three confusing and often misunderstood topics. We, the Co-Chairs of the CIR, are here to clear up some confusion about these concepts, and introduce some news. What is Divestment? While the concept of divestment might feel relatively new, […]
It’s your first week on campus as a first-year student. Along with the excitement of a new adventure, orientation, and fresh Wesleyan merch, you’re also required to complete an online training course about bystander intervention training, after which you are given a magnet that lists sexual assault resources. The training, with its colorful slideshows, awkward […]
For the past two weeks, I’ve been searching for members of the Bell and Scroll, a student group that plays the carillon bells above South College. I found out about the group through a WesAdmits post inquiring about membership and decided to pursue my own investigation. To find out more about the society’s history, I […]
President Biden’s first few months in office have been productive, a welcome change from the sheer chaos of the previous president. When Democrats in Congress sent Biden a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, the president signed the bill with little to no fanfare, and $1,400 checks started hitting bank accounts the very next day. This sort […]
On March 18, Kylie Jenner shared an Instagram post with her 222 million followers, urging readers to donate to a GoFundMe page dedicated to Samuel Rada. The makeup artist had undergone major surgery costing upwards of $10,000, after being involved in a serious car accident. In the post, the youngest of the Jenner sisters said, […]
It was the second week of April, and for the first time this year, I could feel spring in the air. As I was walking down to Vine Street, Santigold thundered through my headphones. My heart was beating out of my chest, though whether that was from nerves or from the copious amounts of iced […]
Trigger Warnings: Racism, Sexual Assault, Colonialism NBC’s “The Office” is a cultural icon. The television show debuted many iconic actors—Steve Carell, Mindy Kaling, and John Krasinski to name a few—and boasted an interestingly intimate show design that made all the characters lovable in their own way. It has been a large part of most people’s childhoods, […]
Over the course of April, my social media feed has slowly but surely become filled with three types of photos: Washingtonians posting pictures of themselves against blooming cherry blossoms, thesis students complaining about deadlines, and various images of people getting COVID-19 vaccinations. While the first two seem specific to my identities as a Northern Virginian […]
A model home is set against the side of the hill. Surrounding it, there is a perfect patch of sod which stops abruptly, a hard line against the naked dirt which bleeds over the rest of the hillside. In the background there is empty, untouched space and patchy developments. They are houses which look exactly like […]