How to Sweat It
This piece is part of Letters on Pragmatic Hope, an essay series in which Wesleyan professors and administrators reflect on a daunting question: How can students act with purpose and ...
Letters to the Editor
Call to Action: Wangunk Past, Present and Future at Wesleyan, in Middletown, and in the Connecticut River Valley
Over Homecoming and Family Weekend, students, faculty, and community members gathered to learn about the history and legacy of the Wangunk (the Indigenous caretakers of Middletown and the greater Connecticut ...
Wesleyan’s Negligence Endangers Student Safety in Residence Halls
Dear Wesleyan Administration, Gender neutral housing is an amazing feature of Wesleyan, and one we hope persists through the current political landscape. We are proud to attend a school on ...
First in the Nation: Wesleyan Students, Faculty, and Alumni Call for a Memorial Plaque for Animals Killed for Dining Hall Meals
Dear President Roth: We hope you’ve had a nice start to the new school year. We respectfully request the installation of a memorial plaque outside of Usdan. This plaque is ...
Open Letter to Michael Roth in Support of the New Cafeteria Memorial and Objection to Its Language
Dear President Roth, As you know, I was a student at Wesleyan from 2017 until 2019, with some unusual circumstances surrounding thesis advising, the honors decisions, and highly competitive faculty ...
A Response to My University President’s Note and Silence: Violence, Privilege, and Accountability
Charlie Kirk’s murder was horrifying, tragic, and unacceptable. Violence of this kind has no place in a civil society, and the grief of his family, friends, and community deserves full ...
Letter From the Editors: The Argus Joins Brief in Support of Stanford Daily’s Lawsuit Against Trump Administration
Dear Reader, On Wednesday, Oct. 15, The Argus signed on to an amicus brief in support of the Stanford Daily’s lawsuit alleging that the U.S. State Department has used provisions ...
We’re The Best
The U.S. is the best! At everything. Everything we do, we’re the best at it. For instance, Robert Reich recently remarked that we’re sliding into authoritarianism faster than he had ...
Letter From the Editors: Journalism in a Time of Crisis
Dear Reader, There’s this moment in Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America” when Prior Walter’s centuries-old ancestors visit him late at night. Walter is sick, dying but not dead. “The twentieth ...
Letter from the Editor: Hard Times
Dear readers, I write to you today as the outgoing Editor-in-Chief of The Wesleyan Argus and as an international student attending Wesleyan on an F-1 visa. This has been a ...