Office Hours: Inside Wesleyan Faculty for Justice in Palestine

May 6, 2024, by Lia Franklin, Lula Konner, Features Editor and Assistant Features Editor. 12 Comments

Welcome to Office Hours, a series brought to you by the Features section! In these articles, Argus writers speak to faculty, staff, and members of the administration about their interests, classes, and lives on and off campus.  While Students for Justice in Palestine has been a long-standing organization on campus, their work has recently gained […]

WesCeleb: Eliza Bender in All Her Splendor

May 6, 2024, by Jo Harkless, Lia Franklin, Features Editors. 8 Comments

This week, The Argus sat down with comedian, actress, playwright, and certified hater Eliza Bender ’24. She told us about writing and producing her musical “Camp!” this past year and reflected on her four years in the comedy scene at the University. Read along to hear more about what does, and doesn’t, make her want […]

From the Argives: The Wesleyan Spirits Uphold the University’s Musical Legacy

May 6, 2024, by Maggie Smith, Archivist. 9 Comments

Originally founded in 1981 by Charles North ’82, the Wesleyan Spirits is the University’s oldest Tenor 1, Tenor 2, Baritone, Bass (TTBB) a cappella group. Nowadays, the Spirits are known for their upbeat performances that consist of a fun mix of New England college tunes and modern music. According to the group, you are guaranteed to enjoy yourself at a […]

Tuesday, May 7, 2024 Decryptions

May 6, 2024, by Charlie November, Staff Writer. 1 Comment

Instructions: Look at each image or symbol. Sound it out. Pay attention to operations. For example, if there are plus signs (+), put the sounds or words together. If there’s a minus sign (-), remove the sound or part of the word. Consider the whole puzzle. Solve the puzzle.    Answer key below, scroll to bottom […]

An Evening With World Mission Society Church of God

May 6, 2024, by Miles Craven, Hannah McKiernan, Assistant News Editor, Podcast Editor. 1 Comment

“Have you heard of the Mother God?” It is more than likely that you or someone you know on campus has been asked this question. Thanks to our neighbors at World Mission Society Church of God, Wesleyan’s student body is slowly—albeit mostly unwillingly—becoming aware of the Mother God.  World Mission Society Church of God (WMSCOG) […]

Using Mosaic to Delve into the Layers of Middletown History

May 6, 2024, by Jo Harkless, Dove Bonjean-Alpart, Features Editor, Staff Writer. Leave a Comment

Last Thursday, May 2, the Tunnel Vision project entitled “Mosaics on Main Street” was publicly launched through an opening ceremony led by Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art Kate TenEyck, the project’s founder. The event included fellow artists from Middletown and members of the University community.  “It was amazing to see the Middletown [and the] Wesleyan […]

Former University Catholic Chaplain Files Lawsuit Against Wesleyan

May 2, 2024, by Spencer Landers, News Editor. Leave a Comment

Former University Catholic Chaplain William J. Wallace, known by the University community as Father Bill, filed a civil lawsuit on Oct. 23, 2023 against the University related to his termination as chaplain in June 2022. The seven counts included state whistleblower retaliation; state free speech retaliation; federal religious discrimination; state religious discrimination; state age discrimination; state […]

Awakening Spring at the Garden Festival

May 2, 2024, by Jo Harkless, Vivian Redmond, Features Editor, Contributing Writer . Leave a Comment

On Saturday, April 27, the Garden Festival returned to campus for its second year. Greeted by warm weather, members of the Wesleyan community gathered behind Russell House to celebrate sustainability. Last Spring, the festival was introduced as a part of the Senior Capstone of Talia Zitner’s ’23. This year, it returned as a result of the hard work […]

The Wesleyan Doula Project Celebrates 10 Years of Reproductive Justice in Action

May 2, 2024, by Sophie Jager, Managing Editor . Leave a Comment

Ten years ago, Hannah Sokoloff-Rubin ’16 stood before a panel of judges on the top floor of the Allbritton Center and made her case for The Wesleyan Doula Project (WDP) to win a New Venture Award (then known as a Seed Grant) from the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship. The room was hot, and Sokoloff-Rubin was […]

Office Hours with Yu-Chan Chang: Spinning Paddles and Demystifying Math

April 29, 2024, by Francisca Wijaya, Contributing Writer. Leave a Comment

Despite arriving at the University only two years ago, Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow Yu-Chan Chang is well-known by math majors and non-math majors alike. His classes, ranging from introductory to higher-level math courses, are always full by the end of the course pre-registration period. With meticulously crafted lesson plans, unwavering encouragement, and a knack for weaving […]

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