Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor October 16, 2017

Why Are We Not Talking About Mental Health?

Since I’ve gotten to Wesleyan, I’ve noticed that everybody seems like they have their entire lives put together. In an ostensible way, every student has perfect study habits, impeccable time ...

Letters to the Editor October 13, 2017

Responding to the Racial Incident at Psi Upsilon Cornell

Last month at Cornell University, a group of students associated with the Chi chapter of Psi Upsilon assaulted a black student and directed racial slurs towards him. Over that past ...

Letters to the Editor October 5, 2017

The Sukkah

In the Jewish tradition, the Sukkah is an impermanent booth or hut built and dwelt in during the week-long Jewish pilgrimage festival, Sukkot. The Sukkah is supposed to resemble the ...

Letters to the Editor October 5, 2017

Affirmative Action(s)

Earlier this year, President Michael Roth penned an article that introduced a need for an “affirmative-action program for the full range of conservative ideas and traditions” (“The Opening of the ...

Letters to the Editor September 22, 2017

Put Your Intellectual Money Where Your Mouth Is

A recently survey of 1,500 college students commissioned by the Brookings Institute provides serious concern over the generation currently walking the halls of Wesleyan. Among some of the disheartening results ...

Letters to the Editor September 15, 2017

A Mystical Vision of Wild Wes

This letter is in response to the September 7th article in the Argus, “Wild Wes Sanctuary Struggles to Preserve Its Legacy”. I’m responding because that beautiful patch of untamed nature ...

Letters to the Editor September 11, 2017

The New Sexual Misconduct Policies Should Alarm, not Reassure

Over the summer, Wesleyan made substantial changes to its Sexual Misconduct policies. While the administration has directed attention to certain major changes (e.g. the addition of an ombudsman, the elimination ...