Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor May 6, 2019

SMG workers respond to Argus article

To the editors, This Tuesday, April 30, 2019, The Argus published an article detailing the administrative response to student and custodial protests about unreasonable custodial workloads at Wesleyan. This article ...

Letters to the Editor May 2, 2019

Wesleyan’s Proud Tradition of Student-Worker Solidarity

We, the undersigned, are a group of Wesleyan alumni who are concerned about the unreasonable workloads faced by campus janitors, the majority of whom are black and brown migrants. We ...

Letters to the Editor May 2, 2019

Why I Confronted President Roth

As a recently graduated alumnus of Wesleyan, I had the pleasure of visiting some friends of mine on Campus last weekend. I joined them in questioning President Roth at a ...

Letters to the Editor April 9, 2019

Sustainability Efforts on Campus Have Consequences for Custodial Staff

From an outsider’s perspective on Wesleyan, we appear to be an extremely environmentally conscious university. Most people recycle, there is a robust residential composting program, and we incorporate alternate forms ...

Letters to the Editor March 28, 2019

86 Years is Too Long to Wait for Clean Rivers

Eighty-six years is too long to wait. The 1972 passage of the federal Clean Water Act put forward strong and ambitious goals for our waters. For the over four decades ...

Letters to the Editor March 7, 2019

Director’s Note Regarding Bare: A Staged Concert

Over this past semester, I have had the awesome honor of directing Bare through Second Stage. As predominantly underclassmen were working on this show we experienced many issues regarding diversity ...

Letters to the Editor February 28, 2019

Students Petition Against Theater Department Is Wrong

This letter was submitted on Friday, December 21, 2018.    Dear Argus Editor, Regarding last weeks issue of the Argus, a article entitled 'Theater Calls For Diversity' really caught my ...

Editor's Picks February 28, 2019

Cleaning up the logo vote

When our kids were very young, we used to ask them 'do you want a shower or a bath?' They did not want either, of course, but by giving them ...

Letters to the Editor February 26, 2019

Hypocritical Eclectic Has a Perp Problem

This letter has been edited slightly with the author’s consent to ensure the anonymity of all parties. The title of the letter was chosen by the author, and it is ...

Letters to the Editor February 11, 2019

Endowment Ethics: The WSA Forges Ahead on Divestment

Wesleyan’s mission statement emphasizes “practical idealism” as one of the university’s core values. And in many ways, Wesleyan’s policies reflect this pragmatic ethos. The university’s strong advocacy for the merits ...