Issues

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Life in the Bronx

Steven Tejada ’97 brought an excerpt from Boogey Down Journeys, his oneman show of original monologues, to the Black and Latino Alumni Reconnection/ Reunion Weekend this June in Washington, D.C. The characters he creates are drawn from his experiences growing up in the Bronx, attending Wesleyan, and…
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WW II Vets Honored

For many college students in the early 1940s, personal dreams for a college degree were cast aside for the national goal. Carl Zier ’44 was one such student. He had made it threequarters of the way through his bachelor’s…
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View From Turkey

“A Jewish chaplain and a Muslim chaplain took some college students on a trip to Turkey?”   If American stereotypes lead you to expect a punchline?not so fast! This is a real event?an eight-day trip that two Wesle…
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A Secret Sacrifice

TUESDAY, NOV. 3, 1981 CIA HEADQUARTERS, LANGLEY, VIRGINIA As David Forden '52 displayed his ID badge to the guards at the entrance gate to CIA headquarters, he was preoccupied by the growing unrest in Poland. Over brea…
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