2016 Issue 3 – Page 2 – Wesleyan University Magazine

2016 Issue 3December 1, 2016December 13, 2018

CONVERSATION WITH A FILM CRITIC

What does a film critic really do? Corwin-Fuller Professor of Film Studies Jeanine Basinger talks with New York Times film critic A.O. Scott P’18 about why we need film critics. A popular event during Reunion & Commencement 2016 was the WESeminar with Jeanine Basinger, Corwin-Fu…

2016 Issue 3December 1, 2016December 13, 2018

Mapping the OBESITY EPIDEMIC

William H. Dietz ’66, MD, PhD, director of the Sumner M. Redstone Global Center for Prevention and Wellness at George Washington University, is one of the leading experts on obesity. In 1997, as the director of the D…

2016 Issue 3December 1, 2016December 13, 2018

HISTORICAL ROW: WILLIE KERR: A WESLEYAN ORIGINAL

[caption id="attachment_9063" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Pictured: Willie Kerr and his classic Packard in 1974. Photo courtesy of the University Archives.[/caption] Clarence Williams “Willie” Kerr was…

2016 Issue 3December 1, 2016December 13, 2018

America’s Most Innovative Rancher

BY GABRIEL POPKIN ’03 Anya Fernald ’98—dubbed “The First Lady of Livestock” by Modern Farmer—is changing the way we think about carnivorous pleasures, with restaurants featuring cuts beyond ribey…

2016 Issue 3December 1, 2016December 13, 2018

PROJECT NO RED ZONE

Within the first six weeks of school, students nationwide are statistically more vulnerable to sexual assault and violence, a period known as the Red Zone. This semester, the Wesleyan Student Assembly (WSA) lau…

2016 Issue 3December 1, 2016December 13, 2018

BOSTON GLOBE REVELATIONS IGNITE CAMPUS CONTROVERSY

In June The Boston Globe contacted Wesleyan administrators with disturbing news. The Globe was investigating private secondary schools that gave good job recommendations to staff members who were fired for…

2016 Issue 3December 1, 2016December 13, 2018

BREAKFAST WITH BRIAN

A Wesleyan alumnus from Chicago. A faculty film aficionado. A martial arts teacher and that teacher’s teacher, a 10th-degree black belt visiting from Germany. Four elementary school students, here as a reward f…

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Fact Checking

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2016 Issue 3December 1, 2016December 13, 2018

STUDENTS TEND TO LONG LANE FARM

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2016 Issue 3December 1, 2016November 13, 2017

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATION? When I was in school, we used the term “Liberal Arts Education,” which generally referred to a broad exposure to the humanities, history, literature, government, etc., to ensure a stu…