Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor April 1, 2021

If You Voted For Ben Florsheim ’14, You Should Donate to Alicia Hernandez Strong ’18

In the discourse around accomplished alumni of Wesleyan, Ben Florsheim ’14 is rarely left out of the conversation. Elected as Mayor of Middletown in 2019 at the age of 27, ...

Letters to the Editor February 25, 2021

Letter to the Editor: Middletown Community Fund

Most of us recognize that our college experience is only possible because of the city we live in. Middletown residents and Wesleyan students belong to the same community, and if ...

Letters to the Editor December 3, 2020

Lift Up Our Wider Wesleyan Community by Donating to the Center for Prison Education’s Re-Entry Fund

Dear Members of the Wesleyan Community, Most current students can agree that having to relocate right before the end of a semester is not easy. In addition to the usual ...

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 ...