Letters to the Editor

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 ...

Letters to the Editor November 1, 2019

Letter to the Editor

This Tuesday, Middletown will elect its new mayor. As Climate Action Group, we believe it’s essential to choose Ben Florsheim if Middletown is to make genuine environmental progress. A lot ...

Letters to the Editor October 15, 2019

New Temporary Hut Outside of Alpha Delt

Amidst the culture of curiosity cultivated on Wesleyan’s campus, one question has come to surface on everybody’s mind: what is that little hut with 3 walls, 1 opening, and a ...

Letters to the Editor October 1, 2019

China Campus Should Be Shelved

I was outraged to learn last week that Wesleyan is considering opening a satellite campus in China. It doesn’t take an expert to know that a liberal arts education is ...

Letters to the Editor September 20, 2019

Climate Strike Today

Young people everywhere are sick and tired of the lack of progress being made on pressing environmental issues, most especially climate change. They recognize that climate change will directly impact ...