AUTHOR ESSAY: Taming the Beast Within: The Power of Possessions

2002 Issue 1January 30, 2002March 23, 2015

AUTHOR ESSAY: Taming the Beast Within: The Power of Possessions

It’s fun to buy a new pair of shoes, and objects can make us happy, but ultimately do they really give us what we want? Jane Hammerslough ’82 reflects on the power of possessions. At my son’s back–toschool night, the smiling self–portraits of second graders hung in the hallway under the bulletin bo…

2002 Issue 1January 30, 2002March 23, 2015

JUST PUBLISHED

Our roundup of noteworthy publications by Wesleyan alumni, faculty members, and parents. TYLER ANBINDER ’84 Five Points (Free Press, 2001) Tyler Anbinder’s new book is the first comprehensive history of Five Points, …

2002 Issue 1January 4, 2002May 5, 2014

Professor Emeritus of Religion, David Swift

Professor Emeritus of Religion David Swift, 87, died Oct. 14, in Kennett Square, Pa. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Yale University in 1936, he also earned his doctoral degree in divinity from Yale in 1939. He was…

2002 Issue 1January 4, 2002May 5, 2014

Q & A: How Hollywood Adapts to War

The Office of War Information admonished WWII filmmakers not to mislead young people with propaganda. In the days immediately following September 11, the words “Like Pearl Harbor...” seemed to be on everyone’s l…

2002 Issue 1January 4, 2002May 5, 2014

Commitment to Humanity

“I was shocked when I found out,” says Kim-Marie Spence ’00. “I’m overwhelmed and overjoyed!” Her reaction is understandable. After all, being awarded a Rhodes Scholarship is the kind of honor most people only d…

2002 Issue 1January 4, 2002May 5, 2014

Oral History Project

Ron Jenkins, chair and artistic director of Wesleyan’s theater department, wrote the following story about the making of Over There, a play he directed at the CFA theater during Parents’ Weekend 2001. In the fal…

2002 Issue 1January 4, 2002May 5, 2014

Coast Guard Brass

A quiet academic collaboration between the Coast Guard Academy and Wesleyan during the ’60s and ’70s has a remarkable postscript. Three of the highest-ranking Coast Guard officers, including the commandant, hold graduat…

2002 Issue 2January 4, 2002May 5, 2014

Rays of Hope

Ellen’s moods and energy levels during her pregnancy weren’t bad at all. Maybe it was the hormonal changes, or just the joy of finally being pregnant. Whatever the case, Ellen didn’t miss the medication she had taken for…

2001 Issue 3October 30, 2001March 23, 2015

JUST PUBLISHED

Our roundup of noteworthy publications by Wesleyan alumni, faculty members, and parents. NONFICTION W. WOSINKA, R.B. CIALDINI, D. W. BARRETT ’86 and J. REYKOWSKI, editors The Practice of Social Influence in Multiple C…

2001 Issue 3October 6, 2001March 23, 2015

AUTHOR ESSAY: The Question She Dislikes

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