Psi U and Constitutional Rights
I received a letter from President Roth to Psi U members trying to explain the University’s ban on students entering Psi U (thereby ending the housing plans of members who had secured ...
Letters to the Editor
Hate Speech and Free Speech: Keep Your Eyes on the Prize
To the Editors: About 1964, a Wesleyan student board decided to invite the head of the American Nazi Party to speak on campus. The Board had college money, and the head of ...
The Student Assembly Should Reverse Its Anti-Argus Moves
I am writing to urge the Wesleyan Student Assembly to reconsider its recently approved proposal that threatens to cut the Argus’s budget. As a Wesleyan alumnus and long-time journalist, I was ...
Money in Middletown Elections
Campaign finance reform damages our political process. It is a problem that affects all political races, from the national level to local politics including our own community, Middletown. With both ...
Against Censorship
The members of the student government who voted to cut Argus funding in response to the newspaper’s content are going to be in for quite a shock after graduation. Censorship ...
Where Would the WSA Have Stood in 1837?
On the main quad of Colby College, our sister institution in Waterville, Maine, stands a handsome brick building known as Lovejoy Hall. It is named after Elijah Parish Lovejoy, Colby ...
Student Hypocrisy
The act of cutting off the tongue of someone who is practicing Free Speech is the worst form of hypocrisy. How can someone say that they support the U.S. Constitution ...
Occupation Breeds Violence, Free Palestine
On Wednesday, October 14, Wesleyan Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) displayed a banner in Usdan that read “Occupation Breeds Violence, Free Palestine.” While hanging the banner, we read a ...
Eclectic Acknowledgement, Apology, and Pledge
Dear Wesleyan community, It is beyond long past due that Eclectic openly acknowledges our collective failure as a society to fully and unquestionably support Karmenife and another member, then active ...
Candidate for Mayor of Middletown
Letter to the Editor: I noted with great interest, Dan Drew’s latest campaign mailer hitting up would-be contributors to donate “$100 to Drew 2015 before the critical September 30th deadline’.” ...