Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor April 23, 2015

What Just Happened? Prisons, Divestment, and Transparency

Last week, President Roth committed to endorse prison divestment following a student sit in at his office. The sit in called for divestment from the fossil fuel industry, the private ...

Letters to the Editor April 23, 2015

The New WSA

Dear Wes, I was thrilled to find out last Friday night I was elected to be the next WSA President with Aidan Martinez for WSA Vice-President. It’s a great Wescam ...

Letters to the Editor April 16, 2015

Discrimination Against Bon Appetit Workers

We as Bon Appetit workers feel that we are being discriminated by being prevented from parking at lot "E" the closet lot to Usden center. Due to the fact that ...

Letters to the Editor April 16, 2015

Making Realistic Change for the WSA

The work that the WSA does often is not glamorous. And because of that, it often flies under the radar of most Wesleyan students, including myself. I came to Wesleyan ...

Letters to the Editor April 16, 2015

The Underpants Lecture or, “How Do I Turn a Wesleyan Economics Degree Into a Viable Long Term Income Stream?”

The Underpants gnomes famously said: 1. Collect underpants 2. ??? 3. Profit Arguably, many of you are faced with a slightly different version of the same: 1. Study Economics 2. ...

Letters to the Editor April 16, 2015

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 April 14, 2015

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. ...

Letters to the Editor April 13, 2015

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 ...

Letters to the Editor April 9, 2015

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 ...

Letters to the Editor April 9, 2015

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 ...