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EAST ASIAN STUDIES

Thirty years ago, the United States opened its first embassy in the People’s Republic of China as our nation began reestablishing its relations with the country. Vera Schwarcz, professor of history and East Asian studies and director of the Freeman Center, remembers the events well. She was part of …
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CREATIVE WRITING

John M. Shapiro ’74 and Shonni J. Silverberg ’76, MD, of New York City, have made a gift of $3.5 million to transform the teaching of writing at Wesleyan and endow the Shapiro Creative Writing Center.   “During my…
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ADMISSION

In November, when the first round of early decision applications concluded, the Wesleyan admission staff saw that applications were up 34 percent from the previous year. The staff maintained cautious enthusiasm.   …
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Colorado SURPRISE

BY LYNDSEY LAYTON ’86 After a key Senate vote in early February on the economic stimulus package, Michael Bennet ’87 stepped into the cloakroom off the Senate floor, took out his cell phone, and dialed his father. Doug…
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Almost Human

BY KAREN GUZMAN | PHOTOGRAPHY BY BILL BURKHART AND STEVEN JACARUSO The era of Hollywood’s fevered imagination has finally arrived. The computers are taking over. Machines, robots, artificial intelligence agents, whateve…
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Category 2008 Issue 4Posted on

Are We Even Yet?

Imagine parents trying to make ends meet to send their daughter to an expensive college. Imagine that they make every conceivable sacrifice to get their precious child a piece of the American dream. Imagine this all too …
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