Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor May 16, 2014

Demanding the Re-Prioritization of AFAM Studies at Wesleyan

As a first generation, low- income, woman of color the truth is that Wesleyan did not feel like home. There was a point in my educational journey where I questioned ...

Letters to the Editor May 16, 2014

AFAM is why

My last year at Wesleyan, I was talking to Joel Pfister in the Center for Humanities, and he remarked that the biggest gift Wesleyan gives to its students is the ...

Letters to the Editor May 15, 2014

AFAM Is Why

I’ve worked with reentry and education programs in jails in NYC since graduating from Wesleyan in 2009. My educational background almost always comes up in conversation as I do transition/reentry ...

Letters to the Editor May 15, 2014

AfAm Studies was essential towards my career

I was shocked and saddened when I first read the news about Wesleyan’s cutbacks in the African American Studies department. As an American Studies major who took many courses in ...

Letters to the Editor May 15, 2014

AFAMisWhy

My sole memory of my first week of class at Wesleyan is when I miraculously ended up in Professor Ann duCille’s "Introduction to African-American Literature" course – I remember thinking, ...

Letters to the Editor May 6, 2014

“Transparent” Divestment Decision

Re: "WSA Adopts Resolution Supporting Divestment From Israeli Military Occupation of Palestine." Your news report neglected to mention what I found to be the most interesting aspect of this story, ...

Letters to the Editor May 6, 2014

Controversial Conversations on Campus

The Wesleyan campus should be a space in which everyone’s opinions are heard, valued, and respected. My experiences over the past few weeks have reinforced that this is not the ...

Letters to the Editor May 6, 2014

In Light of Divestment, a Call for Accountability

We are writing this piece in our capacity as student activists, dedicated to an end to the Israeli occupation, and in recognition that the greater cause of peace is not ...

Letters to the Editor May 6, 2014

Hostility Surrounding Sunday’s Divestment Discussion

On Sunday night, May 4th, a resolution was brought to the WSA entitled: “Wesleyan Divestment From Companies Profiting from or Contributing to Illegal Occupation of Palestine.” As Wesleyan students and ...

Letters to the Editor May 1, 2014

Divest From the Illegal Military Occupation of Palestine

We are excited to urge Wesleyan students and Wesleyan Student Assembly members to support, and vote yes on, Resolution X.35: Wesleyan Divestment from Companies Profiting from or Contributing to Illegal ...