The Net of Overcommitment: How We Keep Each Other Overburdened
It’s no secret that many Wesleyan students are overburdened. At some point in your time here, you’ve probably heard of ...
Opinion
Can We Stop Pretending That This Is a Normal Republican Primary?
This Wednesday, Sept. 27, hopeful Republican challengers will take the stage at the Reagan Presidential Library in California for their ...
My Second Orientation: New Student Orientation at the University as a Transfer Student
After lugging all of my belongings up to the third floor of Butterfield B, my parents took the trek to ...
New Country, New School: A Look at My International Student Orientation Experience
Orientation is, for many of us, that bridging experience that sets the tone for how you expect your first year ...
An Ode to Old Ladies
Barbie, upon her entry to the human world, breaks down in tears, overwhelmed by the intensity of a non-plastic experience. ...
Dealing with the “Should”: Deciphering Anxious Thoughts Versus Intuition
As someone with incessant mental chatter cluttering up my headspace at all times, I am well-versed in “should” thoughts: “I ...
Why You Should Embrace the Oh-So-Controversial Paper Towel Removal
Summer brought us a plethora of world-changing events and developments to discuss upon our return to campus: the Supreme Court’s ...
In Favor of Proximity: Living Within Walking Distance of All Your Friends
After college, many students—especially Wesleyan graduates and those of other small East Coast liberal arts schools—consider moving to New York ...
Colorful Community, Cold Conglomerate: Has Program Housing Overstayed Its Welcome?
Lively discussions about new movies fill Film and Art House’s common room, while vibrant student-created paintings line the house’s walls, ...
Argus Apps: Breath Control
The Opinion Section created the column Argus Apps to humanize the college process. Common App essays only ever exist within the ...