From The Argives: Snowstorms on Campus Over 130 Years
On Sunday, Jan. 25, the University declared limited operations for across campus for the following Monday, after the fierce Winter ...
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From the Argives: “How Many Times a Day Do You Inhale?” and Other Absurd Argus Ads
Spend enough time in the Argives and the advertisements start to raise eyebrows. Cigars! Unregulated medical claims! Bowling alleys! Decades ...
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 ...
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, ...
From the Argives: The Legacy of Wesleyan’s Sign Language House
On Lawn Ave., perched on a peak right by the Exley Science Center, sits a house within which silence is ...
From the Argives: Campus Workshops Serve as Cult Pipeline
The Argus has seen its share of alarming headlines, but few shine like the Oct. 30, 1992 article by Jonathan ...
From the Argives: The Spookiest Part of Campus
As we enter the spooky season and scramble to find our Halloween costumes, we must reflect on the spookiest part of ...
From the Argives: How Off-Campus Housing Got Axed
For decades, one question sparked fights between students and administrators: Who gets to decide where students live? A mere 20 ...
From the Argives: Chalking Up Trouble Since 2002
In light of recent bans on our campus (BORGs and beer pong and ice luges, oh my!), this week, the ...
From the Argives: A History of the Freshman Fracas
Every fall, a new class of first-years arrives at the University determined to make an entrance. Some years it’s tame: ...