The Left Didn’t Kill the Classics, Public Schools Did: A Response to “The Age of Critical Theory”
Many of you have read a recent Op-Ed, The Age of Critical Theory (it was published in The Argus a couple ...
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How the NBA Represents the Chinese Government’s Threat to Global Democracy
Last week, Rockets general manager Daryl Morey tweeted out a message in support of the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. ...
Solidarity With Hong Kong Means Rejecting Wesleyan’s Proposed Campus in China
Introductory note: I know that conversations about the Hong Kong protests, Wesleyan’s proposed campus in China, and the organizing of ...
From L.A. to the East Coast: The Wes Culture Shock
On Aug. 26, I zipped up my suitcases, tearfully hugged my little brothers, gave my dogs one last squeeze, and ...
A Trip to Pi Café: The Dual Lives of Tobias Wertime
Thanks to Wesleyan’s general disregard for my sleep schedule, I have become an avid fan of coffee during my three ...
It’s Time We Start Paying Attention To The Elections That Really Matter
As the Democratic presidential primary heats up, Americans are obsessing over every headline, every tweet, and every possible detail related ...
The Democracy-Debasing Debacle Deemed Debates: Why Political Debates Should be Abolished
Now that I am an “adult,” capable of voting and therefore of (maybe?) influencing our Great Nation, it has become ...
The Age of Critical Theory: Choosing Between Progressivism or Postmodernism
Nothing is more prevalent in the contemporary academic approach to the humanities at Wesleyan, whether in the classroom or beyond, ...
Why Upholding a Purely “Western Canon” Creates an Exclusionary Classroom
Different people have different ideas about what academia is, what it should strive for, and what cultural values it should ...
The Importance of the Little Things in Fighting Climate Change
I was having a conversation with one of my friends recently, as one does, when somehow the conversation turned to ...