At the Wesleyan Student Assembly (WSA) meeting on Sunday, a $15 per semester student fee that will go toward a Green Fund was approved by a vote of 31 to 1.
A group of students from Wesleyan, members of the Sierra Club, and the Connecticut Public Interest Research Group met with aides in Senator Chris Dodd’s and Senator Joe Lieberman’s offices on Friday afternoon to lobby for strong national climate legislation.
On Monday, Nov. 2, members of Food Not Bombs attended a small ceremony at the Buttonwood Tree Cultural Center to receive a check for a $2,000 grant from the Liberty Bank Foundation.
Stephen L. Morgan’s pre-trial at the Middletown Superior Court on Tuesday, Oct. 20 was postponed until Dec. 15. Morgan, who was charged with fatally shooting Johanna Justin-Jinich ’10 last May, appeared in the court for the first time since early September.
The criminal case of Stephen Morgan will continue in the Middlesex Superior Court today with his pre-trial hearing.
This Thursday, students will gather on the steps of Olin Library to support survivors of sexual assault and abuse for the annual Take Back the Night event. The night will begin with a march across campus, break into speak-out circles, and end with a candlelight vigil.
Changes to a Connecticut food distribution law that will allow food cooked in private kitchens to be distributed via charitable organizations such as soup kitchens were approved by the General Assembly on Friday.
Food Not Bombs concluded a hearing on Monday to appeal the cease and desist order issued to the group by the Middletown Health Department last March.
On Monday, Sept. 21, Abe Bobman ’11 will appear in front of a hearing officer from the State Department of Public Health in an ongoing battle over the status of Middletown’s chapter of Food Not Bombs.
A number of security changes were made on campus over the summer.
With the University’s plan to increase each class size by thirty students for the next four years, about ten percent of freshmen will be housed in triples each year.
A look back at several significant events of the 2008-2009 school year.
This week, MIT announced that it would be discontinuing eight of its varsity sports teams in order to save money.
The Spring Fling lineup has finally been announced—on May 6, King Khan and the Shrines, Clipse and Santigold will play on Foss Hill.
n 1957, William Lockwood, a University alumnus, and Richard Bilber, a poet working in the English department, set in motion the creation of the Wesleyan University Press. Half a century later, the Press can be found on a list of programs currently being considered for elimination.
When Carolyn Sinclair-McCalla ’10 awoke a little after 5 a.m. on Tuesday, March 31, to the sound of someone opening the door to her room in Womanist House, she expected to see her roommate walk in.
On Tuesday, March 31, Womanist House was broken into.
On Saturday night, a senior dance thesis that took place in the lobby of Exley Science Center developed into a dance party. “What are we already?,” choreographed by Molly Birnbaum ’09, had three performances at 8 p.m., 11 p.m. and midnight.
The Middletown Police Department (MPD) is cracking down on underage drinking laws using an $85,000 grant received in 2006.
On Monday, Residential Life sent an e-mail to all residents of senior housing asking for any information about a vandalism that occurred in the 253 Pine Street laundry facility.
After years of conversations about First Year Initiatives, the FYI program is in the process of being formally discussed by the Educational Policy Committee.
To accommodate for increased Internet usage on campus, Information Technology Services (ITS) finalized an agreement with the Connecticut Education Network (CEN) to purchase more bandwidth for a discounted price during peak hours.
In an effort to save the University money during the economic recession and to make the campus more sustainable, Chris Goy ’09 and Benjamin Firke ’12, both members of the WSA, are introducing a contest called the Wesleyan 3Green Challenge.
On Monday evening, controversial Israeli historian Benny Morris presented a speech in Usdan about his most recent book, 1948: A History of the First Arab Israeli War.
The University’s Office of Admissions received a record-breaking 10,034 applications for the class of 2013, a 22 percent increase since last year
According to the Office of Admission, the number of Early Decision (ED) I applications increased by 36 percent since 2007. ED numbers are up at many schools across the country, despite the current economic climate--but the University’s spike is one of the highest.
Two weeks ago, Health Services received information of what is believed to be two separate date rape drug incidents. One of these incidents was officially reported to Health Services, while the other incident was not reported at all.
Next semester, Information Technology Services (ITS) will give students the option of transferring from their current University-run WebMail account to a Gmail account run by Google Apps for Education.
As part of an $18 million project to study and improve parking and transportation downtown, funded by federal grants, the city of Middletown plans on conducting a comprehensive study to determine the feasibility and potential cost of implementing a streetcar system to provide easier access to businesses on Main Street.
With Thanksgiving and winter break fast approaching, Transportation Services and the student-led Finance and Facilities Committee (FiFaC) are aiming to help students with off-campus transportation. Starting next year, the University will run shuttles to Boston and New York City for longer breaks, improve shuttle transportation to the New Haven train station and, by next fall, bring two Zipcars to campus.
Recently, the members of the Feminist Network (Fem-Net), a campus group focused on organizing women’s rights activism, completed their analysis of the results of a sexual assault survey distributed in October 2007. The Fem-Net survey, designed to assess perceptions of sexual assault on campus and the effectiveness of the University’s response to sexual assault, received 241 responses from undergraduates, graduates, and alumni.
Four senior woodframes were broken into this past weekend in separate but seemingly related incidents. In two of the four cases, students discovered one of the suspects while he was still present in their homes. That suspect is described as a tall African-American male between the ages of 25 and 35.
The newly-formed Fountain Avenue Policy Commission, consisting of five members of the Wesleyan Student Assembly (WSA), held its first public forum last Tuesday afternoon. Over 30 students and various members of the Middletown community showed up to voice their opinions and listen to the thoughts of others in an effort to improve policy regarding University social events.
Due to the recent increase in the price of the New York Times--from 30 to 45 cents per university copy--funding for the Wesleyan Readership Program is slated to run out early next semester. The program, which was started nearly nine years ago, distributes free copies of the paper across campus Monday through Friday.
