From the Argives: Why The Campus Trolley Stopped
How many trolleys have you seen on campus? One hundred years ago, the rumble and rattle of sunflower-yellow streetcars was ...
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Michael Steinberg ’83: Wesleyan Activist Turned ACLU Lawyer and UMich Law Professor
Michael Steinberg ’83 is the director of the Civil Rights Litigation Initiative at The University of Michigan Law School. Prior ...
The Foster Connection’s Aryana Galdo ’28: Perseverance Amidst JCCP Cuts
The Foster Connection is a student-run organization that provides remote tutoring and mentorship to foster children of all ages across ...
Calibrating Your Inner Compass
This piece is part of Letters on Pragmatic Hope, an essay series in which Wesleyan professors and administrators reflect on ...
Winning a Fight? Better Lie Down and Play Dead
After 43 days, the federal government has reopened, ending a historically long shutdown that is only rivaled by the 35-day ...
Should Gaydar Exist? Assuming Others’ Sexuality Limits Our Possible Range of Expression
Gaydar is the social convention of assuming someone’s sexual orientation, usually based on their appearance. I believe that gaydar is ...
WesCeleb: Lael Blackmore ’26 on Choreographing Sugarplums, Volunteering in Hospice Care, and Love of Opera
If she’s not pirouetting on stage, harmonizing with the Onomatopoeians, or cramming for her next neuroscience test, Lael Blackmore ’26 ...
From the Argives: When Middletown Had a Trolley From the Butterfields to Main Street
How do you get from the Butterfields to Main Street, or from Main Street to New York? A century ago, ...
I Guess We Are in A Sex Recession Now
A friend recently informed me about the surge in articles about Gen Z’s “sex recession.” Naturally, I fell down a ...
Make a Difference Here and Now
This piece is part of Letters on Pragmatic Hope, an essay series in which Wesleyan professors and administrators reflect on ...