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2008 Issue 1January 20, 2008May 16, 2014

STARTED AS UNDERGRADS

[Orpheus]: “So get rid of the gun in the first act. If you have a gun, it better go off, sure. But if you don’t need the gun, don’t show it.” [Thebusdriver]: “Instead of a gun, I wanted more of a realization by someone.” [Orpheus]: “Physical damage or psychological?” This snippet from a wri…

2008 Issue 1January 20, 2008May 16, 2014

President’s Letter

My first year as president has been an eventful one. We have a number of bold initiatives underway, but we still have much to do to realize the enormous potential of this great university. In addition to getting to know …

2008 Issue 1January 20, 2008February 28, 2014

A Death in Vietnam

FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS, JILL HUNTING had never dared to hope that this moment would come. But now she had a map in her hand, an interpreter at her side, and thanks to the Freedom of Information Act, the coordinates where…

2008 Issue 1January 20, 2008April 28, 2014

Images of India

Sam Allison ’06 spent the year following his graduation documenting the changing face of North Indian holy sites. His images capture the incongruities of modern life in an ancient culture. Young monks strut in leather ja…

2008 Issue 1January 20, 2008April 28, 2014

The Race to Cover Politics

BY WILLIAM HOLDER ’75 · PHOTOGRAPHY AND PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY BILL BURKHART, LAUREN VALENTINO ’10, NICK RUSSELL ’08, AND STEVEN JACARUSO THE POLITICO, a newspaper best known to ardent fans of politics through its Web si…

2007 Issue 4December 30, 2007September 30, 2014

Alumni Offer Their Counsel

Athletes at Wesleyan have a new cheering squad whose members gather not in the stands but in meeting rooms for a voice in Wesleyan’s planning processes. The Athletic Advisory Council (AAC) and similar councils in career…

2007 Issue 4December 20, 2007May 16, 2014

NEW SCHOLARSHIPS RECOGNIZE MILITARY SERVICE

Two Wesleyan alumni each have made substantial gifts to create need-based scholarships for former servicemen and servicewomen for four years of full-time baccalaureate study. These new gifts, reported in a page-one USA T…

2007 Issue 4December 20, 2007May 16, 2014

JENKINS’ DRAGON VISITS NYC MUSEUM

For the past three years, Ron Jenkins has shared his office with a 10-footlong Balinese barong, a mythical dragon. But recently, his fire-breathing friend has found a temporary home inside the American Museum of Natural …

2007 Issue 4December 20, 2007May 16, 2014

THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS

I am grateful for the introduction by my friend and my teacher, Carl Schorske. Carl has always exemplified what is best about Wesleyan’s commitment to engaged teaching and learning. He has inspired generations of student…

2007 Issue 4December 20, 2007May 16, 2014

IMPROVISATIONAL DANCE

Cheryl Cutler stands in the middle of the polished dance floor, her tiny presence radiating energy. “Strrrrretch,” she instructs us, from so deep down in her center she’s almost growling. I drop my hands to my t…