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WEB3 days ago · Co-hosts Lyah Muktavaram and Lily Ahluwalia talk with students involved with environmental initiatives on campus at the Sustainability Fair. Lyah and Lily also discuss some of their favorite articles from The Argus, featuring a Behind the Argus interview conducted by Staff Writer Audrey Nelson. Audrey talks with …
About The Argus - The Wesleyan Argus
WEBThe Wesleyan Argus is published by the undergraduates of Wesleyan University. The Wesleyan Argus was founded in 1868 and is the country’s oldest twice-weekly printed college newspaper. The Argus was named after the hundred-eyed, all-seeing giant from Greek mythology. Argus alumni have gone on to write and to …
Beyond The Blue Lights: The biker gang next door
WEBFebruary 21, 2006, by Josh Nathan-Kazis, At the end of Hillsdale Court, an unassuming street just a mile and a half from Wesleyan’s campus, lies a gated compound that has the Middletown Police Department scratching its head. Surrounded on all sides by covered chain-link fencing, it’s hard to say what lies inside without relying on guesswork ...
Bobbito Garcia ’88 Reflects on Role in Hip-Hop History
WEBNovember 17, 2016, by Aaron Stagoff Belfort, News Editor. For Bobbito Garcia ’88, making hip-hop history was all about being in the right place at the right time. From 1990-98, Garcia co-hosted The Stretch and Bobbito Show on WKCR, where he and Stretch Armstrong become gatekeepers for a generation of hip-hop golden age luminaries.
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WEBSep 16, 2024 · The Argus is currently in the process of scanning all of the last 150 years of the Argus. We appreciate your patience and will update this page when we have something to show you. Tweets by @wesleyanargus. Archives Policy. Ad Pricing.
Need-Blind Admissions: Review of a Controversial Policy
WEBOctober 4, 2018, by Jack Leger, Opinion Editor. Michael Roth generated considerable controversy in 2012 by taking the University away from a need-blind admissions policy, citing financial pressures and the unsustainable nature of the program. At the time of the decision, Wesleyan’s endowment lagged behind fellow NESCAC schools at $589 million.
The Lost Brotherhood: the Tragic History of Chi Psi at Wesleyan
WEBOct 13, 2009 · Necessary repairs peaked at over $100,000. Chi Psi alumni and university administration, specifically dean of students, Ed Shanahan, a former brother, officially condemned the house in the winter of ‘78. Brothers describe themselves as “embittered,” receiving much resistance from the student body, according to …
The Wesleyan Argus | WesCeleb: WSA President Orly Meyer ’24 …
WEBOct 5, 2023 · This week, The Argus sat down with one of the most influential students on campus. Orly Meyer ’24 chatted about being this year’s Wesleyan Student Assembly (WSA) president, and also math, the College of Letters (COL), …
DKE v. Wesleyan, Explained - The Wesleyan Argus
WEBMay 4, 2015 · The Argus reviews documents from the case “Kent Literary Club et. al v. Wesleyan University et. al.”. The Kent Literary Club of Wesleyan University at Middletown (KLC), the Gamma Phi Chapter of DKE at Wesleyan (DKE), Zac Cuzner ’17, and Tucker Ingraham ’17 filed a lawsuit in the Middletown Superior Court on February 19, 2015.
Hazy Past: Zonker Harris Day’s Seeds and Stems
WEBApr 13, 2018 · Filled with tie-dye shirts; heads of long flowing hair; and a perpetual haze of smoke, Zonker Harris Day originated as a cultural microcosm at Wesleyan for the Summer of Love, Woodstock/Monterey music festivals, exporting the feeling of the hippie ’60s era on campus. Throughout the ’80s and ’90s, Zonker Harris Day embodied the campus’s ...
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