On May 5, 2009, Katherine Eyster ’10 submitted a Wespeak advocating for the approval of a pilot program in which Wesleyan faculty and students would teach two college level courses a semester to a specially selected group of 19 inmates at the nearby maximum security Cheshire Correctional Institution.
JM Jaffe is interested in sex. We mean really interested in sex.
Although most students put their coursework to rest at the semester’s end, the hard work of the students of last spring’s Architecture II class has continued to pay off.
Charles Salas sits at President Michael Roth’s conference table, which is cluttered with old internal University documents and past issues of the Argus. The new Director of Strategic Initiatives, as of Dec. 1, is reading up on the University’s history as much as he can while his new office in South College is being prepared.
Last February, the University’s Institutional Research Office conducted a survey on the use of prescription drugs on campus. The finding? Students think they are taking a lot more study drugs than they actually are.
Though the University offers over 25 program houses and halls for its students, David Thompson ’11 still felt that a widespread student interest—music—had been curiously ignored within the program house pool.
In recent months and weeks, America has watched its economy take hit after hit. On campus, these events have caused us all to question the financial future and security of the University. President Michael Roth began his presidency by stating that he would work hard to double the endowment, yet events out of his control have caused the University’s funds to drastically shrink—without considering the market’s recent volatility, the University’s endowment for Fiscal Year 2008, which ended June 30, declined by 3.9 percent.
At the beginning of the semester, John Bagley, the owner of Forest City Wine and Spirits, asked his employees to brainstorm possible promotions for the store. One concept quickly took off in the minds of Bagley and his employees—they would send judges to the University to evaluate parties that served alcohol purchased from Forest City.
At the beginning of the semester, John Bagley, the owner of Forest City Wine and Spirits, asked his employees to brainstorm possible promotions for the store. One concept quickly took off in the minds of Bagley and his employees—they would send judges to the University to evaluate parties that served alcohol purchased from Forest City.
Since she left Thai Gardens in 2001 to open Typhoon across the street, Sarinee Trisub and the story of her allegedly dramatic break with her former employer has become a permanent fixture of gossip on campus. In her own uniquely convivial manner, Trisub has done little to dispel or confirm the rumors of the two restaurants’ rivalry, only offering vague allusions to Typhoon’s superiority as well as backhanded criticisms of Thai Garden’s employment practices.
Emille de Leon describes the ideology of Knight People, the mystical gift store he owns and operates with girlfriend Melissa Vivigatz, as “eclectic-metaphysical.”
Each day from noon until 1 p.m., the bells of South College ring out across campus, playing tunes from the Wesleyan Fight Song to the theme from “Pirates of the Caribbean.” However, few students or faculty know of Bell and Scroll, the somewhat secret society of students who climb the steep spiral staircase at the top of South College to play the bells each weekday.
On Sept. 8, 2002, Middletown police broke up an outdoor party on Pine Street using batons, pepperball guns, and a K-9 unit. Twelve students were arrested.
Next semester, students will fill out course evaluations online through their electronic portfolios instead of on paper forms in class. This change follows a year of pilot studies prompted by the implementation of similar systems at several of the University’s peer institutions. The new evaluations should streamline the evaluation process, reduce waste and increase student participation.
Richard Van Wickler, Superintendent for the Cheshire County, NH Department of Corrections, spoke out against the United States’ War on Drugs, which he characterized as ineffective, prejudiced against blacks, and bad for the economy. Winkler, who spoke in PAC 002 on Wednesday evening, is a member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), an international non-profit organization made up of both working and retired policemen who work to legalize drugs.
Politician Mike Gravel wants to put the power of government in the hands of the people. On April 8, the newly-Libertarian presidential candidate spoke candidly for over two hours to a crowd of University students in the Woodhead Lounge.
As a result of plans to build a new Molecular and Life Sciences Building and to reduce University costs for students with the highest needs, the University is projecting an annual deficit of just under $2 million beginning in the 2012-13 school year. With annual deficits projected to continue through the 2017-18 school year, University officials are hopeful that a new fundraising campaign will counteract these deficits.
New smoke detectors in the Butterfield dorms were installed over winter break, a move that caught residents’ attention. A Jan. 20 post on the student-run blog Wesleying set off speculation that the new alarms are more sensitive than the previous model. Both Middletown and University fire safety officials explained that the changes were made for routine maintenance.
As the lights dimmed and the crowd grew silent, the orchestra stood ready and a single note was played, that ominous shriek that we all know, enough to scare many of us out of the ocean. The conductor looked back at the crowd and grinned. “Jaws the Musical” had begun, and the audience settled in for a night of great music and acting, as well as campy jokes and show tunes.
Early last Monday morning, three Public Safety officers entered Out House uninvited. They knocked on several bedroom doors before taking down the names and numbers of two residents Galen Degraf ’09 and Isaac Levy ’09. Why Public Safety came into Out House in the wee hours of a school day is the story of an old, playful grudge between Out House, and their neighbors across High Street, German Haus.
As the sun set and the air became chilly last Tuesday evening, Eclectic’s ballroom was filled with eager students, gathered around an empty stage and chatting to the sounds of generic dance music. Shortly thereafter, acclaimed Swedish pop musician Jens Lekman stepped onto the stage, accompanied by a blond girl on the bongos. The room fell silent, and Lekman broke into his first song.
Five girls have found themselves living in a college fraternity. It may sound like a sitcom, but for Ingrid Parl ’10, Alisha Neptune ’10, Beth Kenworthy ’10, Kiran Sheffrin ’10, and Kalen Flynn ’10, living at Delta Kappa Epsilon (DKE), one of the University’s three fraternity houses, it’s reality.
Each section in Vonnegut’s "The Sirens of Titan" is like a book in itself, stories brimming with the meaning and insight usually gained over a lifetime. One chapter explores the deepest yearnings of a single man, while the next outlines the movement of the entire human race, and yet another describes a global religion based on an absent God and the insignificance of the individual.
A standby in the Ampersand and the subject of the Facebook group that claims that he, among other things, “majored in Efficiency” and has “a black belt in Tae Kwon Do,” Delmar Crim is fast becoming an icon on campus. The resident district manager of Bon Appétit, Crim sat down with the Argus Monday afternoon to discuss his early life, his opinions of Usdan and even the Argus itself.