Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor November 4, 2025

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 ...

Letters to the Editor October 28, 2025

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 ...

Letters to the Editor October 24, 2025

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 ...

Editor's Picks October 24, 2025

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 ...

Letters to the Editor September 30, 2025

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 ...

Editor's Picks September 16, 2025

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 ...

Letters to the Editor May 6, 2025

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 ...

Letters to the Editor May 6, 2025

Wesleyan’s 50th Anniversary of Ultimate: Reunion & Celebration on May 3 in Middletown, Conn.

This is a universal story of a group of New England college students who started a team 50 years ago that has grown into a national contender, and more important to our tumultuous times, has ...

Letters to the Editor April 29, 2025

Community Obituary for Parker Tey ’26

Dear Argus, We, some of the many people who knew Parker Tey, have created a patchwork of stories, adventures, and bits and pieces of who they were in the hopes ...

Letters to the Editor April 3, 2025

Tesla needs help!

Dear Argus, Tesla needs help! The brand is under assault. The vehicles are under assault! What can we do? Trump’s DOJ is appointing a task force to crack down on ...