UpFront – Page 50 – Wesleyan University Magazine

2003 Issue 1January 4, 2003May 5, 2014

Glass Pavilion

College Row has looked pretty much the same for generations. A quick glance at the area between Memorial Chapel and ’92 Theater, however, reveals that change is coming, most visibly through the construction of an all-weather, glass-enclosed pavilion that will link the two brownstone buildings. &nbs…

2003 Issue 1January 4, 2003May 5, 2014

Global Conflict

Hanna Ingber ’03, a major in the College of Social Studies, reports on Wesleyan’s first Shasha Seminar for Human Concerns, which focused on “Cultural Roots of Global Conflict.” Attending the Shasha Seminar on gl…

2002 Issue 4December 30, 2002March 23, 2015

JUST PUBLISHED

Our roundup of noteworthy publications by Wesleyan alumni, faculty members, and parents. MICHAEL LOBEL ’90 Image Duplicator: Roy Lichtenstein and the Emergence of Pop Art (Yale University Press, 2002) In this richly …

2002 Issue 4December 30, 2002March 23, 2015

AUTHOR ESSAY: My Life in Heavy Meddling

Steve Almond ’88 wrote a book about the romantic mishaps of single men. Readers asked: Is the book autobiographical? He responds with thoughts about what is really at stake in the question. This past April, Grove Press …

2002 Issue 4September 4, 2002May 5, 2014

HISTORICAL ROW: A CHAPEL FOR ALL SEASONS

When Wesleyan men came home from the Civil War, a new era of campus expansion began. College Row, then known as Brownstone Row, came into its own with the construction of three of its five prominent buildings. Joseph Cum…

2002 Issue 4September 4, 2002May 5, 2014

WWII Documentary, The Costs of War

“The line between the poet and the warrior is very thin,” says Richard Hanley MALS ’93, as he describes the third, and last, episode of his television documentary, Connecticut and World War II. This final segment, titled…

2002 Issue 4September 4, 2002May 5, 2014

40th Anniversary, Celebrate World Music

On Feb. 21-23, Wesleyan will celebrate 40 years of the World Music Program with marathon concerts, panels of distinguished musicians and scholars, and special programs. Forty years ago, in 1961, Wesleyan’s small…

2002 Issue 4September 4, 2002May 5, 2014

Straight Talk About Vodou

It’s difficult to decide which is more intriguing: that Assistant Professor of Religion Elizabeth McAlister keeps a couple of zombies in her office, or the idea that she might not have the zombies (or the office at Wesle…

2002 Issue 4September 4, 2002May 5, 2014

National Debate, Wish Upon A Stem Cell

While the U.S. Congress continues to debate policy regarding human embryonic stem cell research, federally funded researchers nationwide, including some at Wesleyan, remain tantalized by possible scientific advances. At …

2002 Issue 4September 4, 2002May 5, 2014

Q & A: A View Within the Gate

New York Times education reporter Jacques Steinberg spent the 1999–00 admission cycle observing Wesleyan’s inner workings. He found surprise and reassurance, chronicled in his new book, The Gatekeepers. Motivate…