2008 Issue 2

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SHARON GRADY ’79 OFFERS A BOSTON ALUMNI CLUB SEMINAR We all have discussions we dread. Maybe it’s giving news of a delayed shipment to a customer, an unfavorable performance review to an employee, or a gripe with a neig…

Vera Schwarcz discusses what the Beijing Olympics and the controversy surrounding them mean to the Chinese. By Corrina Balash Kerr During spring semester 2008, Vera Schwarcz, professor of history and East Asian Stu…

Grayson Connors ’08 set the pace in the NESCAC this year by leading in goals and total points, along the way earning Nike/Inside Lacrosse Player of the Week. Named a first-team all-NESCAC choice and an honorable mention …

“No glass,” the youth services officer at the front entrance of the Connecticut Juvenile Training School campus reminds one student, who surrenders his bottle of iced tea, placing it on the tray with the collection of co…

At the 176th Commencement ceremony, Wesleyan awarded honorary degrees to:   Jamaica Kincaid, recognized by critics as the most important West Indian writer working today. Her work is characterized by a rhythmic, l…

[Excerpts from his Commencement address.]   Through service, I found a community that embraced me, citizenship that was meaningful, the direction that I’d been seeking. Through service, I discovered how my own imp…

President Michael S. Roth electrified an audience of trustees, faculty, students, and senior administrators less than 72 hours before Commencement with the news that Senator Barack Obama would substitute as speaker for t…

Helping to usher in the use of the forward pass in football, C. Everett Bacon ’13 (1890–1989) was twice named an All-American in the sport (1910 and 1912). He was one of only two players not from an Ivy League institutio…