Letter From the Editors: Our Nights at the Newsroom
Dear Reader, If you’re ever at the Argus office on a Thursday evening, you’d likely hear someone shout “You’re all FAKE NEWS!” at us from the hallway connected to WESU. ...
Letters to the Editor
Finding Hope in Prison
When asked by the editors of The Argus to contribute to the “Letters on Pragmatic Hope,” I was at first reluctant. To be sure, I am lucky that I can ...
Every Day is Earth Day: Doing Green Buildings Offers Hope
At this time when we are all searching for sources of pragmatic hope, I have been hugely encouraged by interactions with architects, engineers, and building owners in New York City ...
Will We Get to See Some of These Seeds Take Root?
Some ideas are like seeds. Some seeds are lovingly planted in well-tended gardens and others scattered in the wind. In either case, it’s not always clear which seeds, not unlike ...
HELP! I’m Trapped in a Student Newspaper!
HELP! PLEASE! Seriously, CAN ANYONE HEAR ME?? I’m not playing around guys. I don’t know how I’m getting the paper to do this, you know, say what I’m thinking, but ...
WSA Pay: A Dissenting Senator’s Take
I am the only WSA senator who voted no to paying myself. Watching a group of well-intentioned senators propose to raise their own pay unilaterally using student money, and then ...
WSA Pay: A WSA Student Employment Chair’s Take
When an amendment to raise Senator and Wesleyan Student Assembly (WSA) Leadership compensation was proposed, I was instantly in opposition. A random raise from $850 per semester to $1,000? Absolutely ...
Against Pragmatism, Against Hope—For Desire
This piece is part of Letters on Pragmatic Hope, an essay series in which Wesleyan professors and administrators reflect on a daunting question: How can students act with purpose and efficacy ...
Pragmatism and the Long Path of Reform
This piece is part of Letters on Pragmatic Hope, an essay series in which Wesleyan professors and administrators reflect on a daunting question: How can students act with purpose and efficacy ...
Before We Succeed, We Must Decide
With summer at the University just around the corner, the campus feels less like a place of reflection and more like a recruiting fair. Everyone is in a rush to ...