Matt Lesser ’09 was one of four University-affiliated candidates elected to public office in last Tuesday’s Middletown election. A healthy turnout by members of the University community helped secure victory for the four candidates. Lesser (D) won an alternate seat on the Planning and Zoning Commision, garnering more votes than Mayor Sebastian N. Giuliano (R) who ran for reelection.
From the building of “shantytowns” in front of North College to the founding of the Mary Wollstonecraft House, activism at Wesleyan has taken many different forms over the years. Last Thursday, University Archivist and Head of Special Collections Suzy Taraba and Assistant University Archivist Valerie Gillispie presented “A History of Wesleyan Student Activism.” The presentation chronicled the highlights of activism at the University, but, given only an hour, could not capture everything.
As the Presidential Search approaches its concluding phases, planning to announce the University’s 16th president in March or April, outreach efforts have intensified in order to gain some final student feedback. Last week, the panel of student interviewers encouraged the campus to e-mail panelists, invite panelists to student groups’ meetings, and attend two open forums.
On the morning of Saturday Feb. 10, a death threat accompanied by racist and homophobic epithets was discovered scrawled on a bathroom stall in Clark Hall. One of the racist epithets identified a particular resident by name. The vandalism was first discovered at around 2 a.m. by a couple of fourth-floor Clark residents.
Have you always wanted to pump iron at the Athletic Center, but find the intensity of the weight machines a bit too intimidating? Now, with the help of Coach Drew Black himself, you can learn how with a simple internet connection. Black is the Wrestling Coach, Strength Conditioning Coach, Adjunct Associate of Physical Education, and can now be your own personal trainer 24/7 via internet.