As an alumnus, I was glad to see the Argus’ recent articles discussing the cruelty animals are forced to endure in laboratories (“Animal Testing Poses Ethical Questions” 3/26 and “Ratting Out Animal Testing: Labs Seek Ethical Experimentation” 4/2). Last month, Nobel laureate J.M. Coetzee and more than 150 other thought-leaders and scientists endorsed a comprehensive […]
I will start by saying I celebrate Passover. As I begin to write, my dad is driving down from Boston in the dark and the rain just so I can be at my family’s Seder the next day. This is how important the holiday is for my family and me. Most people assume I’m going […]
Ladies and Gentlemen: The NY Times reports that one of those hospitalized for being Mauled By Molly gave his friends 3 doses of Molly beforehand. Is this how Wesleyan students treat their friends!? Exposing them to extremely dangerous substances without even knowing what is in them? How dangerous are they? Ask the student who apparently […]
If anyone at Wesleyan ever engaged in ethnic profiling they’d be drummed out of the University community, but not only is socioeconomic profiling permitted, it’s inflamed by the administration itself. In the debate on the future of Wesleyan’s fraternities, one argument that is constantly used to discredit fraternities is that they are bastions of white […]
Dear Michael, What strand of your balled-up yarn about Race have my eyes not already (Feb. 21 Wespeak) strained to unravel? Ferguson? That would be Benghazi revisited: ebony Nero fiddled while ebony Ferguson burned. Why? Ask Valerie Jarrett, White House Cardinal Richelieu, with whom Dem Governor Nixon was tete-a-tete the night he ordered the National […]
This past Friday we ran a Shabbat service through Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), which is starting a chapter on Wesleyan’s campus. For those who may not know, JVP defines itself as “a diverse and democratic community of activists inspired by Jewish tradition to work together for peace, social justice, and human rights” in support […]
Why would this son of Wesleyan University, Class of 1975, join in an on-going argument with his alma mater on the cusp of his fortieth reunion? Because leaders who practice distortion, discrimination and deception need to be called out on it. Based on their attacks on the school’s 147 year old Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity […]
In the words of Wesleyan United with Israel, “You are going to hear a lot in the coming weeks. You are going to hear that Israel is an apartheid state.” This accusation is part of the message of Apartheid Week, a university-based movement that ‘seeks to raise awareness about Israel’s apartheid policies towards the Palestinians.’” […]
I love Wesleyan. I love it so much—even as I acknowledge that it is quite flawed. I, like most of the campus, have been shocked, angry, and overwhelmed by the events that have unfolded since the night of Saturday, February 21st. In the wake of these events, I’ve also been dismayed and depressed by most […]
In the midst of our arguing, finger pointing and defending ourselves all we have truly learned is to be prejudice to some, dismiss the concerns of others and essentially marginalize each group that has some issue that needs to be heard. Discussion have become nothing but pointing out flaws and issues based on one’s own […]