From the President: This Is Wesleyan

2023 Fall IssueNovember 7, 2023November 7, 2023

From the President: This Is Wesleyan

I always look forward to Homecoming Family Weekend at Wesleyan. Interesting seminars to stimulate the mind, music and dance to get the bodies moving, and plenty of athletics action in which we see Cardinal pride. The pursuit of excellence and sheer joy shine through. It’s just wonderful to see fami…

2023 Fall IssueNovember 7, 2023November 8, 2023

From the Editor: This Is Not a Magazine

For those of you who have been following Wesleyan on social media or who have been paying attention to the various missives from campus touting the launch of “Something BIG,” the suspense finally came to an end during H…

2023 Fall IssueNovember 7, 2023November 8, 2023

Letter to the Editor: On Richard Slotkin

Dear Editor, I recently participated in a Wesleyan symposium marking the 50th anniversary of Richard Slotkin’s landmark book, Regeneration Through Violence: The Mythology of the American Frontier, 1600–1860. Rich, the…

2023 Fall IssueNovember 7, 2023November 10, 2023

Letter to the Editor: ASL in the ’90s

To the Editor, My name is Alek (Friedman) Lev ’97, and I’m responding to “Signs of the Times” by Himeka Curiel. It’s wonderful to learn about the ASL classes to be taught by Assistant Professor of the Practice in Americ…

2023 Fall IssueNovember 7, 2023November 8, 2023

Letter to the Editor: What is Religion?

I was disappointed in the lack of intellectual rigor displayed by members of the Religion Department when they collectively responded to the question, “What is religion?” Arthur McGill, a former professor of religion, w…

2023 Summer IssueJune 15, 2023June 15, 2023

From the Editor: Learning from Difference

Here in the UComms offices, we’ve been thinking a lot about culture and community: what it means to be in community with one another, what it takes to build a community, and how we push and also sustain each other t…

2023 Summer IssueJune 15, 2023July 7, 2023

From the President: Race & College Admissions

Preparing for a Supreme Court Decision Earlier this spring I was joined by Amin Abdul-Malik Gonzalez ’96, vice president and dean of admission and financial aid, to discuss the then still-pending ruling by the Supre…

2023 Summer IssueJune 15, 2023June 15, 2023

Letters to the Editor

In the absence of any Letters to the Editor for this issue, we turned to ChatGPT for a humorous look at the AI versi…

2023 Spring IssueFebruary 24, 2023February 27, 2023

President’s Letter: Pragmatic Liberal Education

Colleges and universities in the United States come in many forms, but one of their most distinctive elements is pragmatic liberal education. This form of learning—no matter what you are studying—combines the acquis…

2023 Spring IssueFebruary 24, 2023February 27, 2023

Editor’s Note: The Best of Both Worlds

After the heady launch of our new digital-only issue in fall 2022, I must admit that there is a certain comfort in returning to print for this issue. As with everything, there are pros and cons to be considered in any n…