The Mass Election: What Lies Ahead
Tuesday night’s special election for the Massachusetts Senate seat formerly held by Ted Kennedy and JFK before him was a perfect lesson in American democracy: citizens fed up with their ...
Letters to the Editor
Thucydides Wept, or the Revenge Drama of the Middle East
The icy Greek historian Thucydides wrote his books on the Peloponnesian War as a “gift to eternity”. While he did not live to complete the work, he mused that the ...
No to War Escalation
Along with many people, I watched Obama’s speech announcing his plan to escalate the Afghanistan war with a “surge” of 30,000 more troops, and I’d like to offer my two ...
Handrails: A Message for Students with Bikes
As riders, you know locking your bike up when you’re not riding it is important – it’s very easy to steal a bike, and if your bike were stolen, getting ...
Response to Election
Policy aside, I am offended and saddened by the level our student government has stooped to.
Become a Part of a Living Legacy
Each year, I find it gets harder to fight my own cynicism. Each class, each reading, each discussion I have at Wesleyan leaves me feeling all the more certain that ...
Beware, It’s the Season
Public Safety would like to remind the community to be very cautious about leaving your property unattended.
Imperialism without a fleet, is no fun at all.
We, the regal residents of Pine Palace, are disappointed with all of you. Yes you. One night, we opened our doors to the common people of this kingdom and a ...
Be “Tray”ed by Bon Appetite
I admire those who care about our planet, and admire even more those who are not anthropocentric and willing to save this blue planet at the expense of human civilization. ...
Single Payer Health Care
The Connecticut Green Party will hold a panel discussion in Middletown, CT on December 2, 2009 explaining the weaknesses of the legislation that recently passed the House in the form ...