2008 Issue 2 – Page 2 – Wesleyan University Magazine

2008 Issue 2June 20, 2008May 16, 2014

THE PORTALS OF SAINT BARTHOLOMEW

St. Bartholomew’s Church in New York City was the site and inspiration for the world premiere on May 14 of The Portals of Saint Bartholomew, an innovative new spatial composition by Professor of Music Neely Bruce. The author of more than 700 works, Bruce also conducted the 40-minute piece, which is …

2008 Issue 2June 20, 2008May 16, 2014

PRESIDENT’S LETTER

My first year as president of Wesleyan has been fascinating, exhilarating, and challenging. Coming back to Connecticut after more than 20 years in California has been delightful, and I’ve often had the paradoxical feelin…

2008 Issue 2June 20, 2008April 28, 2014

Seven Deadly Sins

BY TOM MATLACK ’86 AS I SIT DOWN WITH MATTHEW WEINER ’87 in his office at Los Angeles Center Studios, he proudly shows me a tray on display that was a wedding gift to his parents. This tray became a key prop on his Gold…

2008 Issue 2June 20, 2008April 28, 2014

Sustainability Grows Roots

BY TOM CHRISTOPHER | PHOTOGRAPHY BY ANNE MARCOTTY BILL NELLIGAN is assessing Wesleyan’s prospects for 2008, strategizing with the intensity of a Belichick. In 2007, says Nelligan (the university’s director of environmen…

2008 Issue 2June 20, 2008April 28, 2014

Working the Blank Canvas

The blank canvas is an object of wistful romance, of hopes and dreams. It waits for color, texture, context—for talent—to transform it into something that has beauty and meaning. People see the finished painting and make…

2008 Issue 2June 20, 2008March 24, 2014

Comic Makeover

BY BRIAN SCHWARTZ | PHOTOGRAPHY BY BILL BURKHART THE SECURITY guards who work for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart are brawny men, imposing and menacingly bald. In the daytime, before hopefuls for that evening’s studio a…