About a week after Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race, I was sitting down to dinner with my Indian immigrant grandmother when she asked: “So…Kamala [Harris] really likes to talk about her Black identity more than her Indian side, it seems?” Implicit in this question was the idea that Harris was not Indian […]
Imagine this: You and I are trying to decide on a movie together, and we are scrolling through some streaming service, and I see a 90s thriller movie that has an eye-catching description and looks like it would be a fun watch. So I suggest we see it, and you take out your phone and […]
A friendly PSA: Celebrating Earth Month means acknowledging environmental degradation in Palestine. With the end of Earth Month, it’s time to seriously consider the implications of war and occupation on Palestine’s environment. As an Eco-Facilitator for the Sustainability Office, an environmental studies major, and above all, a self-proclaimed environmentalist, I’m always enthusiastic when Earth Month […]
Hello dear readers, Surprise! I know we said our official goodbyes in our article last Thursday, but we couldn’t leave you all on such a sad note. We’re popping back in with a fun article featuring Wesleyan’s very own Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology Professor Christine Curley! Professor Curley co-hosts the podcast “Sex Ed Debunked” with […]
New York’s Court of Appeals, in a 4–3 decision on April 27, overturned Harvey Weinstein’s historic conviction. This decision came as a result of an appellate argument that the original trial wasn’t conducted fairly because the prosecution called on witnesses to testify to crimes on which the conviction wasn’t based. Harvey Weinstein is perhaps one […]
Marc Casper, for those unfamiliar, is the former chair of the Wesleyan board of trustees and is currently the chair of our finance committee. He is the single most influential person at Thermo Fisher Scientific, one of the world’s largest biomedical companies, with a valuation of $220 billion as of May 2024. Casper has been […]
Shimmering skirts and brightly colored halter tops glow under white lights as a cast of female dancers twirl and spin. A horde of male dancers rush onstage to join them, wearing colors contrasting with their female counterparts. They line up next to the women and form partnerships to complete the dance. These couples perform to […]
“Can we pleassseee have class outside?” This was often the question I found myself asking my teachers in elementary and middle school. However, as I have begun my career in higher education, I have found it to be a socially unacceptable request. Why is that the case? I mean, it seems like almost everyone I […]
Hello dear readers, This Friday marks our last article. In honor of this, we thought we’d be a bit sentimental and take a walk down memory lane. When we started this column, neither of us thought that two years would fly by so quickly. We were juniors who were (and still are) a little too obsessed […]
Rolling Stone magazine pumped out an impressive interview with acclaimed musician Billie Eilish a few days ago. The interview was more than 6,000 words of thoughtful, honest, and raw reflections, where Eilish discussed her sexuality, mental health, artistic process, and activism. In the voice of one of the most awarded singers of her generation, she […]