Dear Michael, “White male privilege” (the term is a neo-Marxist Hail Mary, a strong-armed play to get back in the game) is being gossiped about and romantically linked with the term “fraternity.” Cute linkage, you reckon? Not half as cute as yours. To whom? To the very incarnation of “white male privilege,” the Crown Prince […]
Trigger Warning: This article contains graphic details of sexual assault and may be triggering to some readers. Dear everyone, You haven’t heard this before. This isn’t something I talk about. Chances are even if we’re friends, this is new information: at the end of my freshman year, just days before finals week began, I […]
This Sunday, there is a chance for a Middletown native to accomplish a major sports feat. Joey Logano, born in Middletown, is one of four drivers in contention to win the Sprint Cup, the championship prize for the highest level of NASCAR. The four drivers will race among the field of 43 in the Ford […]
Trigger Warning: This article gives a detailed account of a sexual assault and may be triggering for some readers. There are few things more degrading than being sexually assaulted. Your body is forced to submit to the absolute authority of someone else. You desperately try to have your voice heard, but your protests are meaningless. […]
Wesleyan is a campus that prides itself on its openness. Yet when Israel comes into the conversation, any dialogue that supports the country is prematurely dismissed. Here, being pro-Israel is ostracizing. Any pro-Israel sentiment is painted as a disregard for Palestinian life, which could not be farther from the truth. The humanitarian tendencies of Wesleyan […]
Last week, I checked my Facebook account to find an invitation to a tailgate with the Wesleyan Republicans. I could not attend the tailgate, alas, but I was pleasantly surprised to learn that a new group has formed. I had covered the group’s previous incarnation for the Argus when I was a freshman, only to […]
The Argus’s story about alumni and fraternity brother dissatisfaction with the administration’s forced coeducation policy, as displayed at Homecoming, did a good job of describing the events of the day, but we want to make sure everyone understands that the flyers and signs are only the first public indications of our unhappiness and not the […]
My name is Ashley, and I’m a senior here at Wesleyan. I’m very involved in peer health education on campus, and I’ve been noticing that while Wesleyan students are typically excited to participate in discussions surrounding health-topics such as sex, nutrition, and mindfulness, students seem much less willing to engage in open discussions about alcohol. […]
I initially wrote this letter to class of 2014 on their graduation day, but never managed to publish it. Perhaps it is for the best: graduation is a special day, a day to bask in your accomplishment, to sit in the sun, nurse your crushing hangover, and silently curse the Taiko drums. Perhaps it is […]
When I started my freshman year at Wesleyan University, I immediately noticed that despite the ample discussions on gender and social institutions, equality was not the reality. It is clear that men are in power here at Wesleyan; they own beautiful, historic mansions and are thus able to control a large portion of the social […]