Yom HaShoah and Being Complicit
Yesterday was Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, but for me every day is Holocaust Remembrance Day. For the past year I’ve averaged about one “Shoah moment” a day—that is to ...
Letters to the Editor
Re: Let the Fur Fly: A Call Against Animal Rights Extremists
Contrary to the implications made by columnist Bryan Stascavage, PETA operates under non-violent principles. We work to help animals by exposing cruelties in the entertainment, food, clothing, and animal-testing industries. ...
An Open Letter to Abigail Shneyder
Dear Abigail, We have a lot in common, you and I. I too am a Jew of Eastern European origin. Passover is also one of the most important holidays in ...
Reflections on “Thriving With Mental Illness,” a Talk by Melody Moezzi ‘01
On Tuesday April 7th, I attended a talk by Melody Moezzi, a Wesleyan graduate who developed bipolar disorder in college and went on to become a lawyer, writer, feminist, and ...
Refresh Wesleyan
The drizzling mornings, groans of stressed thesis writers in Olin, shrieks while GRS numbers click away in Usdan and glimpses of sunlight on Foss—it’s April at Wes. Shared experiences and ...
Re: Animal Testing
As an alumnus, I was glad to see the Argus’ recent articles discussing the cruelty animals are forced to endure in laboratories (“Animal Testing Poses Ethical Questions” 3/26 and “Ratting ...
How I Stood-Up On (and For) Passover…and Fell Right Back Down
I will start by saying I celebrate Passover. As I begin to write, my dad is driving down from Boston in the dark and the rain just so I can ...
Wespeak: What Now?
Ladies and Gentlemen: The NY Times reports that one of those hospitalized for being Mauled By Molly gave his friends 3 doses of Molly beforehand. Is this how Wesleyan students ...
Wespeak: Wesleyan and Its Fraternities – Who’s More Diverse Anyway?
If anyone at Wesleyan ever engaged in ethnic profiling they’d be drummed out of the University community, but not only is socioeconomic profiling permitted, it’s inflamed by the administration itself. ...
Open Letter to President Roth
Dear Michael, What strand of your balled-up yarn about Race have my eyes not already (Feb. 21 Wespeak) strained to unravel? Ferguson? That would be Benghazi revisited: ebony Nero fiddled ...