Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor April 29, 2011

Rethinking the Senior Gift: A Gentle Critique

Derrida pushes the conceptual coherency of the gift as such to the limits of comprehensibility in his important work The Gift of Death. Analogously, my aim in writing this Wespeak, ...

Letters to the Editor April 26, 2011

Let’s Support the Wesleyan Farmers’ Market

Isn’t it time for all of us to buy locally? Let’s reduce our carbon footprint and buy foods that are produced nearby. Most produce in the US is shipped an ...

Letters to the Editor April 26, 2011

Where’s the Money?

This coming Thursday, April 28, at 7 p.m., Martin Bourqui of the Responsible Endowments Coalition will speak in PAC 001 about how to encourage universities to invest their assets in ...

Letters to the Editor April 26, 2011

Join the organizing team for Wesleyan’s first International Relations Conference

I am writing on behalf of the recently-formed Wesleyan International Relations Association (WIRA), to inform you about our prospective inaugural International Relations conference.

Letters to the Editor April 22, 2011

In response to “WesZombies: Undead Eat the Unenrolled”

THE WESLEYAN ARGUS MUST BE EATEN ALIVE.

Letters to the Editor April 19, 2011

In Defense of Disability Studies

We’re writing as students angered by the WSA meeting on April 17. On this night, the WSA took up a discussion of the Disability Studies cluster. Instead of raising legitimate ...

Letters to the Editor April 15, 2011

Students, Professors, and Middletown Residents Unite in 5K for Brighter Dawns

On Saturday, April 16, crowds of high school seniors will be arriving at Wesleyan University, eager to see the college, professors, and classmates with whom they will spend their next ...

Letters to the Editor April 15, 2011

Why I’m Not Giving a Dime to the Wesleyan Fund: Not Now, Not Ever

The Wesleyan Fund recently sent me yet another exhortation to contribute to my alma mater. I’m sure you’re getting them too, or perhaps you are still counting the days until ...

Letters to the Editor April 15, 2011

An Open Letter to President Roth

I am writing to you because as the President of Wesleyan University, you have the power to change a child’s life for future generations.

Letters to the Editor April 15, 2011

The Senior Gift: Supporting Scholarship at Wesleyan

It is not an easy task convincing classmates to give money – no matter how worthy the cause – partly because of our high tuition bill and the current state ...