While both Presidents Bennet (1995-2007) and Michael Roth (2007-) have provided justifications for the ban on chalking, both arguments appear to be predicated on the notion that, because Wesleyan is a private institution, the University has no responsibility to state or federal protections of freedom of speech. However, state law suggests that this story is not so simple.
At its final meeting on April 18, the Student Budget Committee (SBC) was able to fund all reasonable requests of the 33 student groups present, despite rumors that it was low on funding, according to SBC Chair Andrew Huynh ’11.
This Friday, the Powell Family Cinema will be home to the second annual Lauren B. Dachs Science and Society Symposium, entitled “Protecting Great Apes: How Science and Ethics Contribute to Conservation.” The free daylong event will explore the relationship between humans and other great apes as well as current issues of ape conservation.
As of early April, WesMaps now includes a Disabilities Studies Course Cluster. The cluster, which includes 11 courses across seven academic disciplines for the 2011-2012 academic year, allows students to identify courses relevant to disability issues.
The Wesleyan Student Assembly (WSA) submitted a proposal on Feb. 16 to the Educational Policy Committee (EPC) to create a University Certificate, which would be modeled after the University Major. A University Certificate would allow students to develop their own individual topics of study on an interdisciplinary area of their choice.
After being tabled at the March 27 meeting of the Wesleyan Student Assembly (WSA), a campaign finance reform proposal was passed by a vote of 22 to 1 this past Sunday, with two abstentions and nine absences.