Commitment to Humanity

2002 Issue 1January 4, 2002May 5, 2014

Commitment to Humanity

“I was shocked when I found out,” says Kim-Marie Spence ’00. “I’m overwhelmed and overjoyed!” Her reaction is understandable. After all, being awarded a Rhodes Scholarship is the kind of honor most people only dream of. Spence, a government and economics major as well as a member o…

2002 Issue 1January 4, 2002May 5, 2014

Oral History Project

Ron Jenkins, chair and artistic director of Wesleyan’s theater department, wrote the following story about the making of Over There, a play he directed at the CFA theater during Parents’ Weekend 2001. In the fal…

2002 Issue 1January 4, 2002May 5, 2014

Coast Guard Brass

A quiet academic collaboration between the Coast Guard Academy and Wesleyan during the ’60s and ’70s has a remarkable postscript. Three of the highest-ranking Coast Guard officers, including the commandant, hold graduat…

2002 Issue 2January 4, 2002May 5, 2014

Rays of Hope

Ellen’s moods and energy levels during her pregnancy weren’t bad at all. Maybe it was the hormonal changes, or just the joy of finally being pregnant. Whatever the case, Ellen didn’t miss the medication she had taken for…

2002 Issue 1January 4, 2002May 5, 2014

The Gentle Whirring of a New Heart

ROCKY'S ITALIAN GRILL OVERLOOKS A WIDE EXPANSE of the Ohio River and, rising from the opposite bank, the skyline of Louisville, Kentucky. One mid-October day at this popular eatery, Robert Tools, a 59-year-old former tel…

2002 Issue 1January 4, 2002May 5, 2014

The Elusive Frontline

STEPHEN YOUNG '73 IS A CAREER DIPLOMAT IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT who was looking for a one-year bridge assignment until a posting he desired opened up in 2002. A colleague persuaded him to serve as director for three count…

2002 Issue 1January 4, 2002February 13, 2020

New York Recovers

SEPTEMBER 11 WAS A DAY OFF FOR NICK MALTER '87, a New York City firefighter assigned to ladder company 113 in Brooklyn. He and his wife, Jill, were listening to the police scanner after the World Trade Center was attacke…

2001 Issue 3October 30, 2001March 23, 2015

JUST PUBLISHED

Our roundup of noteworthy publications by Wesleyan alumni, faculty members, and parents. NONFICTION W. WOSINKA, R.B. CIALDINI, D. W. BARRETT ’86 and J. REYKOWSKI, editors The Practice of Social Influence in Multiple C…

2001 Issue 3October 6, 2001March 23, 2015

AUTHOR ESSAY: The Question She Dislikes

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2001 Issue 3October 4, 2001May 5, 2014

HISTORICAL ROW: CROSS STREET A.M.E. ZION CHURCH AND WESLEYAN

Cross Street A.M.E. Zion Church has a rich and complex history as Middletown’s oldest African–American church, founded in the 1820s. An exhibition on view in Olin Library from June 24 through November 4 celebrates the ch…