Why Divestment Falls Short of Its Intended Goals
Unfortunately, divestment will have no effects whatsoever. As I see it, there are three arguments in favor of divesting from ...
Opinion
The Capitalistic Ethics of a Skin Care Routine
I recently read an article from The Atlantic entitled “The Best Skin-Care Trick: Be Rich.” In it, the author describes ...
Keep Dining Halls Closed Over Break. I Like Being Hungry.
The Friday of fall break, I set my alarm to 11 a.m. and go to bed at midnight. Weshop doesn’t ...
Is Wes Queer Enough?: Exploring the Lack of Queer Cohesion on Campus
On Friday, Oct. 25, HOUSE hosted HalloQween, the first drag show of the season, hosted at The Workshop in Hewitt. ...
A Right to an Opinion Is Not a Right to a Platform
On Sept. 6, 2015, the Argus Opinion section ran the article “Why Black Lives Matter Isn’t What You Think.” The article ...
Love, Mourning, and Counterfactuals: The Earned Income Tax Credit
Some unfortunate results have come in for one of economists’ favorite things. This is the Earned Income Tax Credit, and ...
On the Purpose of Student Theater Reviews
As members of both the student theater and student reviewer communities, we believe in critical student reviews. Critical reviews demonstrate ...
Middletown and Wesleyan: Why You Should Vote in Local Elections
The general election for the Middletown mayoral and city council race on Nov. 5 has garnered an unprecedented amount of ...
What I Missed Out on by Going to Public School
At Wesleyan, as at other liberal arts colleges, students who are not graduates of private or quasi-private high schools often ...
Student Theater Reviews: A Review
The Wesleyan Theater World was thrown into a bit of a tizzy last week when The Argus published something totally ...