While attending a wedding celebration, I found myself scribbling a cliché sentiment in the guestbook: “You two are truly meant to be.” As trite as it may sound, I meant every word. Their love story, with its mysterious encounter at a nightclub that the now-bride was DJ-ing, felt like the epitome of destiny. In Western […]
I always knew I wanted to study abroad. I grew up surrounded by stories of my mother’s life in Freiburg, Germany—a small city in the Black Forest where she relocated after finishing her undergraduate degree. Her plan was to work there as a German language translator for a year, but she ended up staying for […]
Are you bored enough? If you’re reading this essay, you just might be. But I stand that our days remain over-structured and our Google Calendars over-scheduled, with our phones over-satiating any remaining free time. It feels damn near impossible to be bored at Wesleyan, and I think that’s dangerous. Study after study has concluded that […]
It’s hard to go half a mile in Chennai, India, without seeing the decorated archways of a music festival venue during the month of December. Filled parking lots and hordes of patrons follow, crowding around venue entrances and theater canteens. The smells of fresh sambar and coffee waft through the air, as distant violin melodies sneak […]
I would never describe myself as a perfectly well-balanced individual. Recently, I asked some friends of mine whether I was normal, to which I got a resounding no. I asked if I was chill, got the same answer. Asked if I was neurotic, and the group all enthusiastically said yes. This is especially true when […]
One of Wesleyan’s incredible strengths is its student-run extracurricular activities and initiatives. Many prospective students choose Wesleyan because of the over 300 student-run groups that each have a unique purpose, leadership structure, and community. We feel that having a multitude of student-run clubs provides students with opportunities that prime them to become diligent and effective […]
“Every day when you’re walking down the street And everybody that you meet Has an original point of view.” For those of you who don’t recognize those lyrics, they are from the theme song of one of the most influential PBS Kids television series: “Arthur.” For me, “Arthur” sparked not only my ability to […]
Hello, dear readers. Today we have a special article for our seniors because we know you’re all going through an intense transitional period. Even though it feels like we just started the semester, graduation is sneaking up on us quickly. For many of us, post-grad is looming as a sea of unknowns. Some of us […]
Recently, my roommates and I started watching “Glee” as a house. We have all seen it before, but watching it as a so-called adult after first experiencing it as a middle schooler (I was late to the trend) is truly enlightening and got me thinking about how such an enigma of a show came to […]
When I open my phone, I see the bodies of Palestinian children ripped to shreds by bombs I’m paying for. When I close my eyes, I see crushed bodies under the rubble of Gazan homes, 300,000 of which have been destroyed by Israeli bombardment. When you ask me how I am, the answer is: terrible. We […]