Frustrated with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, a handful of Wesleyan students who participated in Our Spring Break devoted their two-week breaks to protesting, dancing, chanting and marching against wars that they feel are unjustified and immoral.
Though Middletown is hardly the dining capital of the Northeast, local restaurants are often crowded with students seeking respite from dining hall mystery meat. Who knew that central Connecticut would be home to a variety of world cuisines?
If the frat parties and the film series just aren’t cutting it anymore, try heading off campus for a change of scene. You may run into anyone from Wild Bill to Coco the sea lion during your off campus adventures.
Yesterday at lunch, about 40 students wearing black blocked the main staircase of the Usdan University Center in a protest that connected police brutality off campus with issues of racism and racial profiling on campus.
With an applicant pool of 8,250, the University has admitted 2,242 students for the prospective class of 2012. “We were looking for students who will use this opportunity well, and who will have the capacity to study across the curriculum,” said Senior Associate Dean of Admission Greg Pyke.
In the next few months, the University will begin working with QuestBridge, a non-profit organization that connects high-achieving and motivated low-income high school students with elite colleges and universities across the country.
On Thursday, March 27, Annemarie Bean, a visiting associate professor in the African American Studies Program, was informed that her tentatively one-year teaching position at the University would not be extended to a second year, a possibility that was stated in her contract.
At a meeting on divestment from weapons contractors, trustee Michael Klingher revealed the exact amount of money that the University has invested in weapons contractors"$1.6 million in General Dynamics and $600,000 in Raytheon. This information was previously unavailable to the campus community.
Frustrated with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, a handful of Wesleyan students who participated in Our Spring Break devoted their two-week breaks to protesting, dancing, chanting and marching against wars that they feel are unjustified and immoral.
In a meeting yesterday afternoon with several members of the Board of Trustees, representatives from the Wesleyan Student Assembly (WSA), Students for Ending the War in Iraq (SEWI) and Wesleyan College Republicans (WesReps) engaged in a heated discussion on divestment from weapons contractors General Dynamics and Raytheon.
U.S. Senator Edward (Ted) M. Kennedy P’83, P’08 has been selected to deliver the featured address at the University’s 176th commencement on Sunday, May 25.
Yesterday, the University joined over 1,550 colleges, schools, businesses and places of worship in hosting “Focus the Nation,” a national environmental teach-in that explores solutions to global climate change. The day was filled with lectures, panels and presentations intended to incite discussion on one of the most pressing issues facing the country.
Although divestment was not a major focus at the recent Board of Trustees meeting, Chairman Jim Dresser raised the issue at the Board’s otherwise confidential Executive Session. The trustees will begin to look into the possibility for divestment in the coming months, but details of how the investigation will be conducted are still in the works.
In a Friday afternoon meeting with Students for Ending the War in Iraq (SEWI), President Michael Roth committed to discussing the possibility of divesting from weapons contractors with the Board of Trustees when they convene on Nov. 16. “I think we could have a conversation,” Roth said.
“So, where do you go to college?”
“Wesleyan University.”
“Oh, sure. Ohio Wesleyan?”
Though Middletown is hardly the dining capital of the Northeast, local restaurants are often crowded with students seeking respite from dining hall mystery meat. Who knew that central Connecticut would be home to a variety of world cuisines?
If the frat parties and the film series just aren’t cutting it anymore, try heading off campus for a change of scene. You may run into anyone from Wild Bill to Coco the sea lion during your off campus adventures.
When entering SciLi, Jonathan Sigworth ’10 has to maneuver his wheelchair at the perfect angle, then swing around as he opens the door. It’s a move that he has perfected over the course of the year as the only student on campus in a wheelchair.
The Class of ’11 consisted of 45 men and four women, who hailed from all corners of the East Coast, from Waterville, Maine to Montclair, New Jersey. No, this is not the class of 2011. It is the Class of 1911, the 100-year-old ancestor of next year’s Wesleyan class. When the Class of ’11 arrived on campus in the fall of 1907, older students and faculty remarked at the unusually small size of the class.
Hidden in the twists and turns of the halls of the Exley Science Center lies the Office of Graduate Student Services. Just as the office is out of sight, graduate students remain out of mind for many undergraduates on campus. According to Director of Graduate Student Services Marina Melendez, there are about 200 students enrolled in graduate programs on campus.
This summer, students will travel to all corners of the world—from India to Cameroon to Middletown—to conduct University-funded research, financed through a variety of programs, grants and fellowships. Every year, the Public Affairs Center (PAC) offers a number of Davenport Grants, which provide up to $3,000 for student research in the social sciences. Students use the information they gather in their research for senior theses.
It is not unusual to catch Wendy Norton mid-hug, as she greets students entering Summerfields at lunch or dinner. "I love hugs," she said. "I love to give them, love to get them." During the eight and a half years that Norton has worked at the University, she has formed many close relationships with students.
This past Saturday, students milled around the first floor of Eclectic, tasting hemp milk, signing petitions, and making hemp bracelets—all part of NORML’s Industrial Hemp Fest. NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) is the Wesleyan chapter of the national organization of the same name that seeks to legalize marijuana.
The title of the campus’s newest literary magazine—Ostranenie, which means “to estrange the familiar” in Russian—is meant to cause readers to stop and think, in the true nature of any literary or artistic work.
Though she has 15 grandchildren of her own, Laverne Pharham, who works the register at MoCon on the weekends, considers all the students who dine in MoCon her grandkids. "They treat me nice and I love every last one of them," Pharham, who is known fondly by many students as "Grandma," said. "They’re my babies."
Usually, Hwinei Tavengwa ’08 returns to campus after breaks thinking about the worsening situation in her home country, Zimbabwe. “It’s upsetting [to see the state of the country],” Tavengwa said. “But I also feel helpless to some extent. I wish things were better but sometimes I feel like there’s nothing I can do.”
When Arshad Chowdhury ’98 was working as an investment banker a few years ago, he noticed that many of his sleep-deprived colleagues were in need of a nap. Desperate for a few minutes of sleep, Chowdhury and his coworkers found creative places to catch a few winks.
Students with armbands sprint across campus, pursued by groups of students wearing colorful bandannas on their heads. Marshmallows and socks fly through the air. This is not a regular occurrence at Wesleyan, but this past week students across campus looked on as students attacked, tagged and ambushed each other.
While most students only need to walk two blocks to Broad Street Books to purchase the materials for their courses, University art students are forced to look further than just Middletown for necessary supplies.
Girls dance around in short white dresses with nurses’ hats, while others socialize wearing pink leotards with pairs of white bunny ears atop their heads and cotton rabbit tails on their behinds. It is a typical college Halloween party. For many, the notion that Halloween is a once-a-year opportunity to dress sexually and not be judged is a widely accepted thought.
When Collin Cutrone McMichael ’09 headed down to the laundry room in Butterfield B last Thursday, he sensed something was off. In the basement tunnel that leads to the laundry room, McMichael was shocked to find the once-grafittied walls gone, covered by two sterile white and black stripes.
When Lillian Ruiz ’08 wakes up in the morning, she’s ready to get to work — quite literally. For the fall semester, Ruiz has left behind textbooks and professors for deadlines and late nights at The ABC News Law and Justice Unit. The division investigates news stories that involve legal issues. Segments she has worked on have appeared on "Nightline" and "20/20."
As LaShawn Springer ’08, a Resident Advisor in Clark Hall, was moving into her room before freshman orientation this year, she noticed racial slurs etched into the metal of the elevator. She says she was not taken aback. "I’m not surprised because these are reoccurring issues at Wesleyan," Springer said.
When Mike Moody ’10, found out that he was going to be living in a temporary triple this year, he felt uneasy about his future living situation. "I found out by e-mail a few weeks before summer ended," Moody said. "I was upset and disappointed. I didn’t know how big the room was going to be and how much I would be able to bring."