Dear readers and friends of The Argus, We can’t believe that the end of the semester is already here. It really feels like time has flown, and it doesn’t feel quite real that finals and winter break are right around the corner. When our predecessors Rachel Wachman ’24 and Andrew Lu ’23 handed us the […]
On December 4th and 5th 2023, alums from multiple class years submitted updates to their class notes for the Wesleyan University Alumni Magazine. These updates highlighted their support of a petition demanding that Wesleyan divest from companies which profit from Israel’s occupation of Palestine. They were informed that their submissions would not be published due […]
Father Bill was my first real friend at Wesleyan. There were many times in freshman year where I doubted myself and my place at Wesleyan, but he always made me feel welcome and created home for me. He would often tell me that I am a great asset to the community and meet up for […]
An open letter to the Jewish community at Wesleyan— We write to you as Wesleyan alumni who have been watching with great concern the increased tensions on many college campuses concerning Hamas’ terror attacks on October 7 and Israel’s military response. We understand that in this time of heightened discourse, challenging rhetoric and concern for physical safety, […]
To President Michael Roth and Provost Nicole Stanton: We, the members of the Wesleyan Classical Studies Major Committee, are deeply disheartened that the university has chosen to not offer Dr. Serena Witzke any sort of long-term professorship at the end of the academic year. Dr. Witzke has been a visiting professor at Wesleyan for seven […]
Flames rise as ashes disperse, clouding the air with smoke and specks of pages burnt off of the revolutionary and racially educational books, and fly all around you. You look down to see that the faces of books you once studied and used to see in libraries and bookstores have now turned black, their memory […]
The Argus reserves the right to withhold anonymous Letters to the Editor and makes decisions about publication on a case-by-case basis. Recently, I came across an article circulating social media entitled The Misandry Problem; naturally, I felt compelled to read this piece and see if it had any substance to it. What I found was a puzzling narrative which, […]
Reading Friday’s edition of The Argus last week, I came across a Letter to the Editor that I assume most readers of this article have also seen, (I know others have already written in response) titled “The Misandry Problem.” The opening line of that letter entreated its readers to “take misandry seriously,” to not let […]
I recently attended my third Wesleyan Parents Weekend, and I wanted to thank the entire community for a fun and engaging opportunity to meet my child’s friends and see campus life on display. This year, in particular, I felt a stronger connection to the school. In addition to the administration-sanctioned, choreographed athletics and arts on […]
Today I’m going to ask you to take hibernophobia seriously, because Wesleyan University has a hibernophobia problem. Hibernophoba, or anti-Irish sentiment, refers to acts of discrimination against the good-faith, kilt-clad, ale-drinking people of Ireland. Even at today’s supposedly progressive institutions, it is unfortunately common to witness hibernophobic jokes, jabs, or otherwise discriminatory gestures; this weekend’s […]