During my junior year of high school, as I stepped out of the admissions building to start my tour of Wesleyan, the first students I encountered were a group of students camped outside the Investment Office protesting investments in weapons contractors. More than anything else I learned on that tour, seeing such passionate and committed […]
In light of all the conversations that we have had on this campus lately, it seems fair to deduce one very basic concept: we, as a community, care deeply about each other. Though our community has its flaws, we must recognize and admire our collective spirit for progression. Wesleyan is teeming with passionate students, faculty […]
Dear President Roth and the Wesleyan Community, I was dismayed by the news that Wesleyan had ended need-blind admissions. I believe that this decision damages Wesleyan morally, as well as academically. Further, I anticipate that this decision will have a disproportionate effect on Wesleyan’s science departments, whose student body comes almost entirely from the middle […]
I initially wrote the following letter to thank a member of the WSA, and lifelong resident of Middletown, for expressing her opinion against relocating the bookstore. The campus’ decision concerning this proposal is a big issue, and will affect more people than some may realize. It has the potential to impact the lives of those […]
Now is as good a time as any to start thinking about post grad employment opportunities, especially if you’re a senior (what up fellow seniors!). However, for many of us, the job search yields mostly discouragement and dismay. Ideally, we want to support ourselves financially, to learn valuable skills, to fall in with supportive peer […]
Yes you can vote for Jill Stein or Rocky Anderson or Gary Johnson or Virgil Goode or Eugene V. Debs or Aynwar Randte or whoever you support without possibly being guilted into thinking you’re aiding a Romney/Ryan victory. Love, Zach Zach Schonfeld is a member of the class of 2013.
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 allow it to do its job, which is to provide a liberal arts education […]
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 flood everybody’s inbox on a regular basis. Last May, when President Roth met with the […]
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, but I think it’s necessary, considering the University’s financial situation.” Bracketing the concerns of representative […]
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 and the term conjures up images in my mind more of low-waisted, True Religion knockoffs […]