CH ’15 – Sarah Mahurin has been many things to my Wesleyan experience. She’s been my professor, advisor, committee-mate, confidant, and perhaps most importantly, my mentor. When I was informed about the push to get Wesleyan to hire her and her husband in a permanent capacity, I knew that I had to speak out. However, […]
I was going through a personal matter my first semester here, at Wes. Something tragic had happened and I had no family or friends here to help me through it. I was all alone in this new place and situation. Professor Mahurin heard my situation and gave me the option to miss class that day. […]
I met Professor Mahurin on the first day of Introduction to African American Literature, a requirement for all African American Studies majors, during the spring semester of my sophomore year. “If you don’t like participating,” she said with a serious look on her face, “then this class is not for you.” I’m a shy student […]
I never had Sarah Mahurin as a Professor – yet I met with her multiple time during her office hours, collaborated with her on campus-wide events, and continue to seek advice from her as a graduate. Prof. Mahurin embodies what it is to be a member of the Wesleyan community – she is passionate, charismatic, […]
Look who supports the BDS movement against Israel? When will we have the courage to face the truth in the Academy? My Wesleyan University colleague, Richard Ohmann, [appeared on Friday, Jan. 10] in Chicago at the Modern Languages Association panel united by a passion for boycotting Israel. Why does a retired professor of English choose […]
Dear President Roth, There has been a great deal of controversy with regard to financial aid on this campus over the past year and a half. Many numbers and statistics have been floated from all sides of the discussion. We have heard talk about a 68-32 split in University resource allocation. We have heard that […]
Dear Mica Taliaferro, When I was a student, I probably would have been likely to respond to your defense of the trans* community with one thousand words of pure snark, revulsion, and theatrical hand-wringing about the rise of Stalinism/Maoism on campus. But now, I must admit I can’t really muster anything but confusion while reading […]
Dear Mytheos Holt, You are correct, the language of the alumni open letter was exclusionary. But I’m not apologizing. The letter wasn’t meant to be an objection to the particulars of this specific hearing. It was meant to declare opposition to the entire paradigm that led the administration to send the students to the SJB […]
This past Wednesday, alumni of this university joined to author a letter condemning the administration’s alleged abuse of transgendered students, and calling for it to drop its controversial SJB case against trans* students. I respectfully dissent. This is not an easy stance to take. For one thing, it is unpopular among the Wesleyan community to […]
It is hard to believe that Wesleyan once had strong religious roots as a Methodist Missionary school. Now the venue of trippy concerts, progressive lectures, and sexologist talks, the Chapel is one of the last vestiges of this former identity. Unfortunately, it is not the only thing the missionaries left behind. Deep within the collections […]