2005 Issue 3

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Steven Tejada ’97 brought an excerpt from Boogey Down Journeys, his oneman show of original monologues, to the Black and Latino Alumni Reconnection/ Reunion Weekend this June in Washington, D.C. The characters he creates…

  Jonathan Cutler is associate professor of sociology at Wesleyan and author of Labor's Time: Shorter Hours, the UAW, and the Struggle for American Unionism (Temple University Press, 2004). In an op-ed published re…

For many college students in the early 1940s, personal dreams for a college degree were cast aside for the national goal. Carl Zier ’44 was one such student. He had made it threequarters of the way through his bachelor’s…

In the year ending March 31, 2005, Wesleyan’s endowment performed in the top quartile of schools with similarsized portfolios, according to data collected by the Office of Finance and Administration. Wesleyan’s return of…

“A Jewish chaplain and a Muslim chaplain took some college students on a trip to Turkey?”   If American stereotypes lead you to expect a punchline?not so fast! This is a real event?an eight-day trip that two Wesle…

Wesleyan’s trustees formally adopted a new strategic plan for the university at their meeting on May 20. “Engaged with the World: A Strategic Plan for Wesleyan University, 2005?2010” (www.wesleyan.edu/wesleyanplanning/) …

It started out as one of the most inspiring stories in human history: slaves rebelled against their masters, fought a long, bloody revolution, and took control of an oppressive nation. But since that auspicious beginning…