Gun Control and Mass Shootings: How We Are Missing the Target
In the wake of the Oregon shootings, I already had a sense of what was going to happen. President Obama ...
Opinion
On Hookup Culture
From a young age we are socialized to believe that pair bonding is innate to our species. That is, you ...
Let’s Talk About Listening: Transforming Our Conversations
At Daniel Beaty’s one-man performance of “Mr. Joy” last weekend, I watched as he brilliantly navigated portrayals of various characters ...
Net Worth: What the Internet Means for a Changing Electorate
Around any given election time, deciphering biased and partisan information sources in order to derive how candidates could be expected ...
The Trump Card: In Support of an Unlikely Presidential Candidate
Donald Trump is the best candidate for President of the United States of America. I disagree with him on some ...
Reflections on Implicit Racism in Campus Publications and Beyond
White supremacy is the force that has worked since the genocide of indigenous bodies and continued into trans-Atlantic slave trade ...
The Wheels on the Bike: How Cycling Can Change Your Whole Perspective
I first started biking on campus last fall because living on Washington Street made it a necessity. But once I ...
Why Are We Here? Conceptualizing the Wesleyan University Experience
As a tour guide in the Admission Office, I tell strangers three times a week that I’m doubling-majoring in neuroscience ...
A Major Problem (Solved): Defining Success on Our Own Terms
It’s 2:37 p.m., hot and humid! After almost four hours of classes, I am exhausted. Nothing like good old economics ...
Wesleyan’s Issue with Tissue: Some Thoughts on Paper Towel Prohibition
Many of you Wesleyan students have probably noticed a change within the hallowed halls of many campus lavatories. At first, ...