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I’ll Donate When Wesleyan Earns My Donation
All right, I’m going to throw my hat into this ring. The University is cash-starved. Thus, the Wesleyan administration’s primary concern at this point in time is to try to find ways to maintain and develop a financial base that will … Continue reading
Stand Strong and Stand Together: Why Wesleyan Must Get Active on Need-Blind
I was never involved in activism before this semester. Any kind of activism, let alone that concerned with Wesleyan. I was never consciously complacent; I just never went out of my daily routine to learn more about the petitions that … Continue reading
The Problem with “Resigned Acceptance” in the Need-Blind Debate
In the most recent weekly poll put out by Wesleying asking “Which option below aligns most closely with your thoughts on the administrative plan to scale back need-blind admissions?,” the most popular student response has been, “I don’t like it, … Continue reading
In Defense of “Hot Pants”
Reading Gavriella Wolf’s article on what she apparently viewed as the eyebrow-raising rise in hemlines on campus, I was momentarily confused by her usage of the term “hot pants”. Short shorts have ceased to be termed “hot pants” since the early Noughties … Continue reading
An Open Letter to President Roth
May 1, 2012: Dear Michael, “Last [spring], during the HOLI festival on Foss Hill, several members of Shakti, one of the groups that organized the event, put up signs on the doors of Usdan…that prompted broad student criticism and discussion. … Continue reading
Lessons We Can Learn From Québec
In February of this year, university students in the Canadian province of Québec went on strike in protest of the government's plan to raise tuition by 75% over the next five years. In May, 400,000 people marched against the plan … Continue reading
PSafe and Forced Hospitalization
This article regards the harassment I suffered on Friday night, by PSafe officers, during the Tour de Franzia. I was at the fountain backyard and am not ashamed to say that I separated from my friends because I had to … Continue reading
Introducing the Troubling Tummies Team
“COMMUNAL FOOD!” Every college student’s ears perk up at that phrase. It’s free food and it usually attracts a swarm of people to hang out with. But what if you cannot eat many types of food? Having a digestive disease/allergy/problem, … Continue reading
A Letter Concerning The Art Library
It is not my habit, as a member of the faculty now long retired, to submit copy to The Argus. My position for many years has been that your paper is published for and by the undergraduate body and ought … Continue reading
Send Silence Packing: A Call to Action
It’s been about two weeks now since Active Minds laid out 1,100 backpacks on the lawn of Olin Library to represent the 1,100 college students who die by suicide every year in America. Having spent four months planning and envisioning … Continue reading