Wesleyan University Magazine

2008 Issue 2June 29, 2008September 29, 2014

Conversations: Pride Amid Protests

Vera Schwarcz discusses what the Beijing Olympics and the controversy surrounding them mean to the Chinese. By Corrina Balash Kerr During spring semester 2008, Vera Schwarcz, professor of history and East Asian Studies, taught The Problem of Truth in Modern China—with a focus on ways of expres…

2008 Issue 2June 29, 2008September 29, 2014

SCHOLAR ATHLETE: Speedy Swing

Grayson Connors ’08 set the pace in the NESCAC this year by leading in goals and total points, along the way earning Nike/Inside Lacrosse Player of the Week. Named a first-team all-NESCAC choice and an honorable mention …

2008 Issue 2June 20, 2008May 16, 2014

THEATER OUTREACH

“No glass,” the youth services officer at the front entrance of the Connecticut Juvenile Training School campus reminds one student, who surrenders his bottle of iced tea, placing it on the tray with the collection of co…

2008 Issue 2June 20, 2008May 16, 2014

HONORARY DEGREES

At the 176th Commencement ceremony, Wesleyan awarded honorary degrees to: Jamaica Kincaid, recognized by critics as the most important West Indian writer working today. Her work is characterized by a rhythmic, l…

2008 Issue 2June 20, 2008May 16, 2014

SENATOR OBAMA’S CALL TO SERVICE

[Excerpts from his Commencement address.] Through service, I found a community that embraced me, citizenship that was meaningful, the direction that I’d been seeking. Through service, I discovered how my own imp…

2008 Issue 2June 20, 2008May 16, 2014

176th COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY

President Michael S. Roth electrified an audience of trustees, faculty, students, and senior administrators less than 72 hours before Commencement with the news that Senator Barack Obama would substitute as speaker for t…

2008 Issue 2June 20, 2008May 16, 2014

ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME

Helping to usher in the use of the forward pass in football, C. Everett Bacon ’13 (1890–1989) was twice named an All-American in the sport (1910 and 1912). He was one of only two players not from an Ivy League institutio…

2008 Issue 2June 20, 2008May 16, 2014

THE PORTALS OF SAINT BARTHOLOMEW

St. Bartholomew’s Church in New York City was the site and inspiration for the world premiere on May 14 of The Portals of Saint Bartholomew, an innovative new spatial composition by Professor of Music Neely Bruce. The au…

2008 Issue 2June 20, 2008May 16, 2014

PRESIDENT’S LETTER

My first year as president of Wesleyan has been fascinating, exhilarating, and challenging. Coming back to Connecticut after more than 20 years in California has been delightful, and I’ve often had the paradoxical feelin…

2008 Issue 2June 20, 2008April 28, 2014

Seven Deadly Sins

BY TOM MATLACK ’86 AS I SIT DOWN WITH MATTHEW WEINER ’87 in his office at Los Angeles Center Studios, he proudly shows me a tray on display that was a wedding gift to his parents. This tray became a key prop on his Gold…