Through the Storms Ahead: A Note to the Class of 2025
We arrived at Wesleyan four years ago in the middle of a hurricane, moving in through pouring rain—a messy, surreal ...
Opinion
Don’t Dance Gay: Censorship, Queerness, and Contradiction in the Indian Arts
“A rebellious attitude is encouraged towards Indian traditional beliefs and societal systems. Excessive individualistic and unruly ideas are being promoted ...
Colleges Failed Jewish Students. Trump’s Solution Is Worse.
Since re-entering the Oval Office, President Donald Trump has taken aim at many of the nation’s most prestigious universities. So ...
Argus Apps: Reading for My Mothers
The Opinion Section created the column Argus Apps to humanize the college process. Common App essays only ever exist within ...
The Missing Words From President Roth’s Stance on Free Speech
Like many students across America, I’m scared—scared for the erosion of my own rights, scared for the safety of my ...
Systems of Gender: The Resistance of a Gay Romantic
I am a queer man and a romantic. Growing up, my favorite book was “I’ll Give You the Sun” by ...
Does Efficiency Really Make Our Lives Better When It Costs Us The Special Moments?
When a local business closes, the community around it loses not only its services but also valuable connections, characters, and ...
Tariffs & Turmoil: An Unlikely Ally in Our Fight Against Overconsumption
If you read the news this past week, chances are you were bombarded with articles about the new tariffs proposed ...
Who Belongs on the “VIP List?”: Challenging Value, Prejudice, and Racialized Hierarchies
My TikTok “For You” page is overrun by food influencers and mukbangs. That is by my own design, of course. ...
ICE Student Abductions: Modern-Day McCarthyism
In early March, Mahmoud Khalil, a green card holding graduate student at Columbia University, was arrested in his university-owned apartment ...