Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor November 19, 2020

Regarding the Scaling Back of the Office of Religious & Spiritual Life (ORSL) On Campus

Dear President Roth, The Faculty of the Muslim studies minor are, like Father Bill here, very concerned by the recent decision by the Office of Student Affairs to halve the number of ...

Letters to the Editor November 19, 2020

Open Letter to President Michael Roth Regarding the Downsizing of the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life

Dear President Roth,   It is with deep concern that the Department of Religion and other scholars of religion at Wesleyan learn about the Administration’s decision to sharply curtail the ...

Letters to the Editor November 19, 2020

An Interfaith Call to Save the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life

Dear members of the Wesleyan community,  We write to you regarding a development on campus concerning the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life (ORSL). This summer, the Office of Student ...

Letters to the Editor November 5, 2020

In Support of ORSL

I am writing in response to, and in support of, the detailed and thoughtful message from Father Bill Wallace that appeared in The Argus last week. Although I know the University ...

Letters to the Editor October 29, 2020

The Beginning of the End of Wesleyan’s Chaplains?

October 26, 2020 Dear Friends, In late August Wesleyan’s administration indicated that it would be significantly scaling back the Office of Religious & Spiritual Life (ORSL) on campus. This news ...

Letters to the Editor October 22, 2020

Graduating a 22-Year-Old Virgin: What I Learned From Going Through Wesleyan Without Having Sex

This piece was written in response to the testimonies on Wesleyan Survivors’ Instagram page referencing the pressures that exist on campus in regards to virginity and hook-up culture. It aims ...

Letters to the Editor April 22, 2020

In Honor of the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day

To the Editors of the Argus, April 22nd, 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of the first Earth Day celebration. This tradition began when Senator Gaylord Nelson proposed a teach-in for ...

Letters to the Editor April 9, 2020

Covid-19: Is It the Highway to Rogue States?

The world will never be the same after the Coronavirus. That is a thought that a lot of people are bearing in mind, especially the ones to whom the scale ...

Letters to the Editor December 6, 2019

Dear Argus, Do Better. Sincerely, Wesleyan POC

Right before Thanksgiving break, the Argus published a review of a student remake of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “In The Heights.” As a Dominican-American with immigrant parents, I as well as other ...

Letters to the Editor November 22, 2019

Divestment is a Necessary Step Towards Ending Climate Colonialism

Recently, the Argus published an op-ed entitled “Why Divestment Falls Short of Its Intended Goals.” This article is predicated on a glaring misunderstanding of divestment as a whole. The article ...