I just got a fundraising call from Wesleyan and to be perfectly frank, since the WSA has voted to cut the Argus’s funding, I honestly do not want to donate any of my money to the university. What kind of message are wesending to the students ? If you don’t tow party line, you will be […]
Dear: Wesleyan Argus Editors Wesleyan Student Assembly Officers University President Michael Roth It seems as though Wesleyan is failing to educate its students regarding the concept of “Op-Ed” articles. Per a Merriam Webster dictionary, the definition of an Opposite-the-Editorial-Page article is “an essay in a newspaper or magazine that gives the opinion of the writer […]
To the Editor, Wesleyan Argus, Substantive questions can be raised about recent events at Wesleyan ranging from limiting free speech (recent Argus issue), the February, 2015, drug arrests and medical hospitalization, lower rankings compared to major small colleges, and interactions between the Wesleyan community and law enforcement. Clearly these events give an impression of a […]
As a Wesleyan Graduate (1954) I find the recent WASHINGTON POST article about partial defunding of the Wesleyan Argus a total embarrassment. However, this is not the first time I have felt this way, dating back to 1994. As a consequence, I only show my degree from Wesleyan on my resume, but in my public […]
I received a letter from President Roth to Psi U members trying to explain the University’s ban on students entering Psi U (thereby ending the housing plans of members who had secured rooms there, presumably leaving them with the leftover housing slop). While that is unfair to the members as a group, the president’s letter had two more ominous statements. […]
To the Editors: About 1964, a Wesleyan student board decided to invite the head of the American Nazi Party to speak on campus. The Board had college money, and the head of the Board (who was liberal and Jewish) thought it would attract a large audience. One of us, Peter, defended the action as free speech; the […]
I am writing to urge the Wesleyan Student Assembly to reconsider its recently approved proposal that threatens to cut the Argus’s budget. As a Wesleyan alumnus and long-time journalist, I was alarmed to learn that the Student Assembly had unanimously approved an initial plan that would punish the Argus largely because of a single unpopular column. Although some […]
Campaign finance reform damages our political process. It is a problem that affects all political races, from the national level to local politics including our own community, Middletown. With both candidates running for Mayor of Middletown pointing fingers at each other for how they finance their campaigns, it becomes necessary to take a step back […]
The members of the student government who voted to cut Argus funding in response to the newspaper’s content are going to be in for quite a shock after graduation. Censorship may be legal inside the protective walls of a private university, but it is outlawed by the first amendment of the United States Constitution. Cohen […]
On the main quad of Colby College, our sister institution in Waterville, Maine, stands a handsome brick building known as Lovejoy Hall. It is named after Elijah Parish Lovejoy, Colby class of 1826, who is remembered as the “first American martyr to the freedom of the press.” A native of Maine, he moved to Missouri […]