Posse Program Brings Veterans to Wesleyan, Broadening Perspectives on Campus
While 21 percent of college students attend high-graduation rate colleges or universities like Wesleyan, only 10 percent of veterans do ...
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TikTok on the Clock: The Video Sharing App That’s Sweeping Campus
During winter break, I found myself caught between a rock and a hard place: to download TikTok, or to not ...
“The Middletown Way”: State Rep. Q Phipps on His Bid for Re-Election
It had been five minutes since I met Quentin “Q” Phipps, the state representative for Middletown, outside of a Denny’s ...
Middletown or Italy? Welcoming Stella D’Oro to College Street
Last week, Middletown welcomed a new restaurant to College Street: Stella D’Oro. The charming, family-owned Italian eatery is a mere ...
Caffeine Fix: A Round-Up of the Best Coffee Shops in Middletown
To me, the value of a Middletown coffee shop—aside from the caffeine high—lays in its distance. It provides me with ...
Ed Thorndike ’89 on Nearly 30 Years of WesWings
On a balmy Tuesday afternoon, I sat down in the empty WesWings restaurant to interview Ed Thorndike ’89. Thorndike is ...
WesCeleb: Quinn Tucker ’20 on Film, Wine, and Pink Earmuffs
Quinn Tucker ’20 describes themselves as a controversial mix of loud and quiet side. They used to be an athlete, ...
Funky, Creamy, Stinky: New Family-Run Cheese Shop Comes to Middletown
Middletown just got a whole lot stinkier in the best way possible. On November 12, 2019, sisters and Connecticut natives ...
Middletown Diaries: Spamalot—Return of the Spam
Based on the New York Times’ “Metropolitan Diaries,” the Middletown Diaries will include awkward, funny, novel, or sweet anecdotes, stories, ...
Cándido Tobon Talks Home, Hobbies, and Work Amidst Changes at Wes
Now in his 16th year working at the University, Cándido Tobon is one of the senior-most members of Wesleyan’s cleaning staff. ...