It was halftime of the Student vs. Faculty/Staff Basketball Game. The scoreboard read Students 24, FacStaff 13. Continue reading
Both the men’s and women’s squash teams were well prepared for the challenge of the Wesleyan Round Robin and finished with records of 4-1 and 5-1, respectively. Continue reading
Coach Ken Alrutz is entering into his eighth season at the helm with one of the most talented top-to-bottom rosters to date. Continue reading
The Wesleyan men’s and women’s crew teams set out with high hopes at the New England Rowing Championships last Saturday. These postseason races against the toughest squads in the region gave the races a greater sense of importance than the previous two races Wesleyan attended at the same 2000-meter course on Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Mass. Continue reading
It was a national nightmare wrapped in catastrophe, but it is finally over. At long last, the 2011 NFL lockout has come to an end. It was pretty touch and go there for a while, but cooler heads prevailed. Continue reading
Coming off a sweep at the hands of the Williams Ephs, the Wesleyan men’s and women’s crew teams looked to bounce back last Saturday in Derby, CT against Trinity. Continue reading
Wesleyan’s men’s and women’s crew teams had been making strides throughout the season. The Cardinal men’s first eight-man varsity boat was undefeated in its first three races of the spring, defeating traditional rivals Bates, Middlebury, and Tufts en route to a 6-0 record. Continue reading
I have some very troubling breaking news to report. On Wednesday afternoon, Barry Lamar Bonds walked into a San Francisco courthouse. Continue reading
The Wesleyan men’s crew team continued its successful spring season of dual races on Saturday, as the first varsity eight-man boat rowed to victories over New Hampshire and Bates. Continue reading
The Wesleyan men’s and women’s crew teams took to the waters of Lake Quinsigamond last Saturday with promising results. In the 2000-meter sprints, all four men’s boats were very competitive in their respective races, while the women’s squad was markedly more successful than it was last weak, when the Cardinal women rowers delivered a substandard performance against Coast Guard. Continue reading
The Wesleyan men’s and women’s crew teams were primed to open their spring seasons at home on the Connecticut River, but the wild winds and perilous conditions on the water had other plans. Continue reading
The Wesleyan men’s basketball team entered this past weekend on the precipice of either tournament play or an early off-season, toeing the line between redemption and disappointment. Continue reading
The men’s basketball team performance spanned the spectrum from spectacular to substandard for the this past weekend. A furious comeback spearheaded by the scoring of guard Shasha Brown ’13 resulted in a 66-65 win at Eastern Connecticut, while an 81-73 loss to Connecticut College Camels left yet another obstacle in the Cardinal’s road to the NESCAC Tournament. Continue reading
We have finally arrived. After months of hard hits, big plays, and some perplexing changes to the fining policy, we now know that the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers will descend on Dallas for Super Bowl XLV, or Super Bowl 45 for ye plebeians not erudite in Roman numerals. Continue reading
The Wesleyan men’s basketball team came back to campus in style for the spring semester, battling Manhattanville College to an exciting 80-75 overtime victory at Silloway Gymnasium. Continue reading
Men’s basketball is now surging following a slow start to the season, with consecutive victories at Silloway Gymnasium over Albertus Magnus College and City College of New York. Continue reading
The Wesleyan men’s basketball team entered the season with high hopes but stumbled out of the gate; after winning the season opener, the team lost their next three games. Continue reading
Men’s and women’s crew capped off their fall season with promising results this past Saturday at the Head of the Fish Regatta in Saratoga, N.Y. Both teams sent out their full squads with four boats apiece, demonstrating months of improved rowing across the board. Continue reading
The most significant free agent signing in baseball this off-season has already occurred, except you wouldn’t know it based on the amount of coverage it received. We now know where Albert Pujols, undisputedly the most consistent and formidable hitter in the game, will be playing next year. Continue reading
The men’s and women’s crew teams continued to make strides in their respective fall seasons with promising finishes this past Saturday at the Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston. The men’s team delivered yet another display of its fall dominance, while the women’s squad showed more of its recent flashes of potential and improvement. Continue reading
In recent years, and more notably this season, football players have begun leading with their helmets as they tackle, using their own skulls as weapons against the incoming ball carrier and engaging in what’s referred to lightly as “the big hit.” Continue reading
The men’s and women’s crew teams showed potential at the Head of the Housatonic Regatta on Saturday in Shelton, Conn. The men’s team excelled in its races, tapping into the potential displayed during a strong spring season last year, while the women’s team finished impressively, despite a communication breakdown. Continue reading
The Cardinals men’s tennis team suffered a surprising 5-4 defeat to Roger Williams on Sunday. A team that drove up to Bristol, R.I. with dreams of an undefeated fall season returned home 3-1, looking to regroup with their first setback of the year fresh in mind. Continue reading
I am a New York Giants fan. I absolutely despise the Philadelphia Eagles. I hate them more than I hate people who say baseball is dying and hockey is stupid, more than I hate the Cowboys, Redskins, any other team in the NFL, any other team in any league for that matter. Continue reading
The Cardinals men’s tennis team is currently firing on all cylinders, coming off a 9-0 win over Springfield College on Wednesday. Wesleyan is now 3-0 in the fall season, with sights set on a perfect 5-0 fall season following such a strong road victory. Continue reading
A select group of the Cardinals’ men’s tennis squad traveled to Williamstown, Mass. for the 2010 ITA Regional Championships this past weekend. Jeff Legunn, Ravy Uong, Alex Hirsch, and Donald Kleckner, all members of the Class of 2013, represented Wesleyan against some of the best competition the region has to offer. Continue reading
The Cardinals men’s tennis team looks to be at the top of its game in just the second match of the fall season. Wesleyan took to the Vine Street courts last Sunday and thoroughly dismantled the Union Dutchmen with a resounding 9-0 victory. Continue reading
Imagine it is 2004, and you are on the set of the blockbuster cinematic adventure Catwoman. Now take a moment to think back and figure out exactly where your life has gone so horribly wrong. Continue reading
The Wesleyan men’s tennis team opened up the fall season on the right foot, traveling up to Nichols College last Saturday and returning with a 1-0 record following a 6-3 road victory. Continue reading
After nearly a year of collaboration between a committee of administrators and students, the University has published a revised version of its Sexual Misconduct and Assault policy. This policy, which falls under the Student Non-Academic Code of Conduct, is currently in effect. Continue reading