We spend a lot of time on this page telling students, the Administration and everyone else what they should do, what they should be, and the things they are doing wrong. We’re a school of outspoken whiners, let’s face it, and the Argus staff is as guilty as anyone else.
What doesn’t get said enough, though, is the things we love about Wesleyan—even if we do say it, it’s coupled with something that could be better. In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, we’d like to take this opportunity to tell Wesleyan and the people in it what we love about them. We’re not going to say anything mean this time, but maybe by looking at all the things we care about, we can become more inspired to fix all the things we don’t love… yet.
So, this is for you, Wesleyan. We chose you back in high school, and we choo-choo-choose you still.
-President Bennet’s receptions with delicious food
-The South College bells
– Public Safety
-Senior woodframe housing
-Foss Hill
-The new Freeman Athletic Center
-The dinosaur and mummy in our special collections
-Mocon, the underappreciated dining option
-The Boogie Club
-Impromptu performance art
-The Gamelan
-The Butt Tunnels
-Great professors who can make big classes feel small, and are met with a round of applause during their final lecture (Richard Slotkin, John Paoletti, Sean McCann and others, we salute you)
-The new cinema
-Senior cocktails
-Any place at Olin not generally used for studying
-Queer Couples, and their freedom to be queer
-The new Downey House
-The Fauver Field Dorm progress (we came back from break, and it suddenly exists!)
-Transfer students. There are lots more coming in than going out.
-Pi Café exists because students wanted it
-Senior Week
-Eclectic theme parties
-A fraternity-hosted Queer Party
-Program houses that even freshmen can start
-More African American students applying now than ever before
-Midge Bennet’s knockout sense of humor
– Our amazing food options
-Spring Fling
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