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During the night of March 1, 1906, North College went up in flames. “No more will the sound of the paddle reverberate through the halls of Old N.C.,” wrote freshman Eric McCoy North, class of 1909, to his mother thr…

[caption id="attachment_794" align="alignleft" width="300"] Abigail C. Saguy ’92. Photo: Dotan Saguy.[/caption] In her new book, What’s Wrong with Fat?,   (Oxford University Press) Abigail C. Saguy ’92 provides a co…

Paul Dickson’61 Bill Veeck: Baseball's Greatest Maverick • WALKER AND COMPANY, 2012 In writing this first major biography of one of the most influential and smartest figures in baseball history, Dickson used primary so…

Sarah Hann ’95, a veterinarian with a specialty in acupuncture who is concerned with current agricultural practices, and Harlan Weaver ’99, a newly minted Ph.D. in the history of consciousness and the companion of two “p…

Sierra Livious ’14 is the Wesleyan record holder for the outdoor shot put (39- 10) and the indoor pentathlon (3,157 points). In 2011-2012, she was all-New England Division III indoors in both the shot put (6th) and the p…

As with many Wesleyan alumni, my first involvement with Wesleyan after graduation came through the Office of Admission. Although Wesleyan is some- what of a secret in Michigan, I was able to meet several aspiring applica…

Spanning the 2012–2013 academic year, Music & Public Life is a series of events, lectures, exhibitions, and courses celebrating Wesleyan’s rich musical cul- ture and examining the role music plays in public life arou…

In Share, Retweet, Repeat: Get Your Message Read and Spread (Prentice Hall Press, 2012), John Hlinko offers an essential guide to viral marketing for anyone who wants to spread a message, whether it be for a political mo…