Like many people I’m still trying to make sense of the numbers and tabulations that I saw on CNN at 2:30 AM. Despite such a polarizing, mean-spirited and divisive campaign and even with Wolf Blitzer’s countless “we have an update from Florida,” I had no idea what Nov. 9 had in store for our country. […]
Dear Readers, My OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT ROTH, the giant one-paragraph blob which ran in print last Friday and online the Monday before, is not the multi-paragraphed letter this contributing writer had submitted for publication. When the blob failed to appear in print last Tuesday I counted my blessings: better a non-appearance than a grotesque […]
A visit to Exley Science Center on Monday, October 10, 2016 may have been business as usual for many Wesleyan students, faculty, and staff. Others may have been sidetracked on their way to class or work in their observation of the various signs, posters, and placards strategically placed throughout the first floor lobby, with a […]
Dear Michael, University Reels from Scott Backer Firing over Sexual Misconduct Tensions Heighten in Wake of Backer Scandal Those recent Argus headlines and the stories beneath them didn’t amount to much of a public shaming. Sadly, they just don’t make ’em like they used to. I fondly remember a sham you staged some half dozen […]
My name is Eli Sands, class of 2018. On Saturday evening, while on a break from working on a senior thesis film, I read the Argus piece titled “Technically, I Don’t Care: The Merits of Informal Film Analysis”. The thesis of the article is “I don’t think that lacking technical knowledge of filmmaking makes me […]
To the Wesleyan Community, In a recent email to the campus community, Michael Roth wrote that, “In regard to Title IX, we are meeting with students and bringing in a consultant to review all our procedures and help us decide if we should use outside personnel to handle accusations of sexual misconduct involving students.” He also wrote, […]
This past week, Michelle Myers-Brown, Director of the Usdan University Center, announced that Joanne Rafferty will be taking up the position of Director of Student Activities and Leadership Development/New Student Orientation. Some background on Joanne, as well as some additional updates, from Michelle’s e-mail: Joanne has been with Wesleyan since 2007 in the role of […]
Dr. Kali Gross and Dr. Khalil Johnson, Welcome to Wesleyan University, to the Program in African American Studies, and to our multi-faceted and engaged communities of students, alumni, faculty, and staff. We honor your presence, we celebrate the power of your scholarly work, and we thank you for the ways in which you will further […]
At Sunday’s WSA meeting, further discussed the recent firing of Scott Backer. Students continue to be deeply dismayed by the Administration’s handling of the situation. Specifically, we are upset about the failure to proactively disclose the news and the narrow scope of the Pepper Hamilton review, which was conducted without seeking or allowing any input from survivors or […]
I’m angry. As a Wesleyan student, I am of course unhappy with the recent information that has come to light concerning the administration. I am also unhappy, however, with how some of my peers have decided to vocalize their sentiments. I will always support student activism and protesting, but it is important to me […]