2011 Issue 2 – Wesleyan University Magazine

2011 Issue 2June 21, 2011September 23, 2014

Not About the Pearls

THERE WAS A TIME WHEN JULES OPTON-HIMMEL ‘02 and SEAN PATCH ‘02 RARELY SPOKE OF OYSTERS. THEN THEY STARTED GROWING THEM. by Eric Gershon '98 It’s an overcast June morning on Ninigret Pond, a coastal lagoon in Charlestown, R.I., and Jules Opton-Himmel ’02 is heaving floppy PVC frames into the wate…

2011 Issue 2June 15, 2011September 23, 2014

The Darkly Funny World of Bruce Kaplan ’86

CARTOONS AS A DIARY OF ANGST By Lauren Weber ’94 You won’t find many unicorns or sunflowers in Bruce Eric Kaplan’s cartoons. If you did, the unicorn might be saying wistfully that he wished more little girls loved hi…

2011 Issue 2June 15, 2011September 23, 2014

The Real Value of Land: Ownership, Not Auction

ATTORNEY JOHN POLLOCK ’94 UPDATES HEIRS’ RIGHTS BY JIM H. SMITH, MALS ’02 Ervin and James Jones and their seven siblings inherited 38 acres of land in the hill country of eastern Alabama. The two brothers—elderly, poor …

2011 Issue 2June 15, 2011September 23, 2014

A Gift For When Experience Pays But Internships Don’t

Rebecca Friendly ’11 knows that she’s one of the fortunate 2011 graduates: She has a full-time position in the California office of the Washington, D.C.-based Center for American Progress (CAP), a policy institute and th…

2011 Issue 2June 15, 2011September 23, 2014

MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR

It might seem like Wesleyan students are happiest in groups—talking, thinking, planning, creating, and going-out-and-doing. The Wesleyan Student Assembly lists more than 300 different clubs and activities, based on servi…

2011 Issue 2June 15, 2011September 23, 2014

LETTER HOME: Reflections on Life After Wesleyan by Emily Aruna Teitsworth ’03

My horse saw them out of the corner of his eye and shied at the sheets of paper fluttering in the wind. I jumped to the ground and dislodged a stack of yellowing birth certificates from the spines of a cholla cactus: thr…

2011 Issue 2June 15, 2011March 23, 2015

JUST PUBLISHED

JUST PUBLISHED | 2011 ISSUE 2 Amy Baltzell ’87 Living in the Sweet Spot: Preparing for Performance in Sport and Life • FITNESS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, 2011 This inspiring guide to preparing for life’s major perfo…

2011 Issue 2June 15, 2011September 23, 2014

Conversations: MICHAEL LYNTON

Michael Lynton, chairman and chief executive officer of Sony Pictures Entertainment, visited Wesleyan in the spring to talk to students interested in working in the film and television industry at a luncheon arranged by …

2011 Issue 2June 15, 2011September 23, 2014

SCHOLAR ATHLETE: Julian Sonnenfeld ’11

Scholar Athlete JULIAN SONNENFELD ’11 Julian Sonnenfeld ’11 ended his four years on the Wesleyan baseball team with a .377 batting average, 122 RBI, and a .625 slugging percentage, supported by his 17 career homers. He…

2011 Issue 2June 15, 2011April 28, 2014

In Texas, Some Bands Know Foss Hill On Sight

By Jake Nussbaum ’10 It’s mid-March and I’m standing in the front row of The Phoenix, a swanky dance club on Colorado Street in downtown Austin. The house is packed and we’re all waiting for Das Racist, the New York-bas…