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 ...
Letters to the Editor
The Condition of the Jewish Community: Not in Our Names
This past Friday we ran a Shabbat service through Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), which is starting a chapter on Wesleyan’s campus. For those who may not know, JVP defines ...
What’s the Real Agenda With Wesleyan’s Anti-Fraternity Campaign?
Why would this son of Wesleyan University, Class of 1975, join in an on-going argument with his alma mater on the cusp of his fortieth reunion? Because leaders who practice ...
Israel’s Apartheid State
In the words of Wesleyan United with Israel, “You are going to hear a lot in the coming weeks. You are going to hear that Israel is an apartheid state.” ...
A Call to Introspection and Civility
I love Wesleyan. I love it so much—even as I acknowledge that it is quite flawed. I, like most of the campus, have been shocked, angry, and overwhelmed by the ...
Where’s the Mutual Respect?
In the midst of our arguing, finger pointing and defending ourselves all we have truly learned is to be prejudice to some, dismiss the concerns of others and essentially marginalize ...
A Letter to Mike Whaley on “Bystander Intervention”
[This letter was originally written as an email directly to Michael Whaley, in response to his email on February 26, 2015 entitled "This week". It is published as I originally ...
“Bunk Kits” and the Next “Bad Batch”: How to Make Wesleyan Safer
As demonstrated by the events of the past few days, unsafe recreational drugs occasionally make their way into the hands of Wesleyan students. The primary responses of the Wesleyan administration ...
Echoes of an Overdose
1993: I first met Jarrett Seals, my freshman roommate at Wesleyan (Butterfield A when it was the last dorm on campus with shared hall phones), in typical fashion. Moving a ...
Blame It On Bush
While I was saddened to hear about the drug overdose event taking place last week at my alma mater, I cannot say that I am entirely surprised. And while I ...