Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor March 29, 2013

Chalk is Talk: Is Wesleyan’s Chalking Ban Illegal?

While both Presidents Bennet (1995-2007) and Michael Roth (2007-) have provided justifications for the ban on chalking, both arguments appear to be predicated on the notion that, because Wesleyan is ...

Letters to the Editor March 4, 2013

Returning to “Practical Idealism,” Or Putting Our Ideals into Better Practice

On Sunday, the Wesleyan Student Assembly held a very productive discussion with President Roth about the recent Board of Trustees meetings. Suffice it to say that we held a very ...

Letters to the Editor February 25, 2013

Open Letter to Argus Readers

Dear readers, Those of you who liked the print edition of my Dec. 7 OPEN LETTER TO CHAIR OF RELIGION will like the updated online edition more. Those of you ...

Letters to the Editor February 11, 2013

I Think It’s Time We Had That Talk…

Dear Wesleyan, I must be honest; I am so in love with you, Wes. We have grown in new ways together, and I think we are both better for our ...

Letters to the Editor January 31, 2013

Save the Orchestra’s Wind Section

To whom it may concern, Hi my name is John Codman and I am a junior at Wesleyan University this semester and I was looking forward to once again participating ...

Letters to the Editor January 28, 2013

40th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade: What’s Next?

Last Tuesday, Jan. 22nd was the 40th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion in the United States. In 1965, illegal abortions made up nearly ...

Letters to the Editor December 6, 2012

Open Letter to Chair of Religion

UPDATE Dec. 7, 7:01 pm: We originally printed an outdated version of this Wespeak in Volume CLI, Issue 23 of The Argus and published it on our website. We have now replaced ...

Letters to the Editor December 6, 2012

A Real Middletown Commons

Dear Wesleyan students, faculty, staff, and administration, An anonymous flier reads, “As paying students we deserve…a new modern look, consistent with the overall image of Wesleyan.” I ask, what is ...

Letters to the Editor December 3, 2012

Public Safety and Police Brutality

I’m writing this in response to a comment on an article in the online edition of The Argus. I want to make it a Wespeak rather than another comment in ...

Letters to the Editor November 29, 2012

Power Plant Proposal Not Good for Wesleyan

In a university setting, there are very good reasons for having heat and electricity in an emergency situation (providing shelter to the community, preserving scientific experiments and intellectual property, keeping ...