A Letter Concerning The Art Library
It is not my habit, as a member of the faculty now long retired, to submit copy to The Argus. My position for many years has been that your paper ...
Letters to the Editor
Send Silence Packing: A Call to Action
It’s been about two weeks now since Active Minds laid out 1,100 backpacks on the lawn of Olin Library to represent the 1,100 college students who die by suicide every ...
Silence is Not the Remedy for Rape
To my fellow Wesleyan students: Here at Wesleyan we tend to believe that we are a part of a progressive and diverse community dedicated to making sure that people of ...
I Want to be a Male Stripper
I want to be a male stripper. A classy one. It’s my final year at Wesweyan, and if I’ve learned anything here, it’s that we ought to embrace who we ...
At Least Now the Mandarins are Organic
If nothing else, a Wesleyan education is said to provide valuable training in “critical thinking.” And yet, in considering the campus landscape, such meaningful reflection seems to be either absent ...
Prison for George Zimmerman is Not Justice for Trayvon Martin
Trayvon Martin is the most recent victim in a long line of black men targeted for execution and erasure by institutional and interpersonal violence in the United States, beginning in ...
After Scalia and “Decolonizing Wesleyan”: Remembering Wes and All It Taught Me
Recently a friend sent me the March 6 issue of the Wesleyan Argus. I am intensely interested and somewhat disturbed by the collectively authored “Wespeaks.” The articles addressing the controversial ...
Weshop’s Biggest Problem
Weshop’s biggest problem isn’t their pricing scheme. Nor is it their one-dollar charge for stolen candy. It isn’t even the fact that it closes at 5:00 p.m. on Friday nights. ...
In Response to “Silencing” Scalia
Dear Wesleyan, As a student body that claims to value a diverse and robust learning environment, I am disappointed to learn about efforts to “silence” Justice Antonin Scalia’s lecture earlier ...
Wesleyan Deserves Better Than Scalia
The following Wespeak was collectively authored by a number of involved students, including the following: Virgil Taylor ’15, Ross Levin ’15, Nico Vitti ’12, Paul Blasenheim ’12, Zak Kirwood ’12, ...