Gilbert Parker ’49: The “Finest Compass”
Thomas Kail ’99 writes a tribute to Gilbert Parker ’49, who passed away on October 29, 2019. (Photo courtesy Jody Parsons)
I met Gilbert Parker on December 3, 2001, at the re-opening of The…
Author: Magazine Editor
Sharing a Front Seat with Martin Luther King Jr.
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. visited Wesleyan's campus in the spring of 1964 and was awarded an honorary degree. …
Hope in an African Slum (video)
Following their serendipitous encounter in Kenya, Kennedy Odede ’12 and Jessica Posner ’09 have expanded the impact of…
Letters to the Editor: Bruce Corwin ’62, Andrew Berends ’94, and Stars in Our Midst
Dear Editors,
On reading the otherwise very informative set of articles celebrating Jeanine Basinger and the Wesleyan film program, I was sorry to find that the important early contributions to the program made by Bruce…
Wesleyan and the World in Pictures
Each year, the Fries Center for Global Studies asks Wesleyan students who have had any global experience over the previo…
Narratio: Art Through/Beyond Displacement
Having found his way from Baghdad, to South Dakota, to Wesleyan, and having found his own voice in the process, Ahmed Ba…
From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home
In an excerpt from her new memoir, Tembi Locke ’92 details the moment when you realize that a formerly foreign place is …
When Worlds Collide: Collaboration and Coincidence in a Mystery from the Skies
By Rielly Wieners ’18
The origins of the Arizona Meteor Crater were a puzzle to the scientific community well into th…
Letters to the Editor: Dr. Martin Luther King Hon. ’64; Quantitative Leaders; Class of ’45: 10th Mountain Division
Wesleyan’s Dr. Martin Luther King Hon. ’64
Dear Sir:
An article in Issue 1, 2019, on African American Studies at Wesleyan was very interesting and informative. I was very surprised that the authors neglected to…
“You Will Know Them By Their Films”: Scott Higgins and Jeanine Basinger in Conversation
Jeanine Basinger is the Corwin-Fuller Professor of Film Studies and the founder of both the Film Studies Department and …