Your future starts right now. Don’t give it up without a fight.
I am 62 years old and have reached a point in my life where I can choose how to spend my time. For the moment, I’m choosing to spend some ...
Letters to the Editor
Wesleyan Students Plan 2/24 Mass Action Across the Northeast for Palestine
Calling ALL students and faculty to come together in a mass showing of support, solidarity, and action for Palestine on Monday, February 24th, at 4:30 pm! At that time, universities ...
Letter From the Editors: Inaugurating a New Semester
Dearest friends, We warmly welcome you to a snowy campus and a new semester at The Argus—which, as you may know, is America’s oldest twice weekly college publication. We are ...
Antisemitism, Myopia, and Ethical Drift: A Professor Reflects on the Demise of a Liberal Education at Wesleyan
After teaching 40 years at Wesleyan University, I ask myself what went so dreadfully wrong? Why this outburst of antisemitism on campuses in the name of “justice” that condones and ...
Mike, What Were You Thinking?
Having read coverage of the charges against certain students who protested the genocide in Palestine on campus, I was distressed that the University threw the metaphorical book at them. Speaking ...
Letter From the Editors: It’s So Over
Hello friends of The Argus! We write to you now during our final issue of the semester (and calendar year!), proudly looking back on everything that our wonderful masthead has ...
Amnesty for Student Protestors
To Wesleyan University President Michael Roth, Provost Nicole Stanton, Vice President for Student Affairs Michael Whaley, Dean of Students Rick Culliton, Associate Dean of Students Fran Koerting, and Assistant Dean ...
No Longer a Liberal Institution
When I attended Wesleyan I used to brag that I was the only conservative in a class of 1,000. Turns out I was one of the few Christians too. My ...
A Modest Proposal – Name the New Art Center After Major Taylor
Dear Argus, I write to you today with a modest proposal. As I have read, the old physical plant building on Hamlin St. (where I shed several gallons of sweat ...
Wesleyan Has Lost Its Way in Prosecuting Student Protesters
Nearly every day going to class, I walk past a poster that reads “Protest. Organize. Walk out. Shut it down.” This poster, which has been hanging in CFILM since I ...