Wesleyan University Magazine

2008 Issue 1January 20, 2008May 16, 2014

President’s Letter

My first year as president has been an eventful one. We have a number of bold initiatives underway, but we still have much to do to realize the enormous potential of this great university. In addition to getting to know the campus and teaching a course in film studies this semester, I have been trav…

2008 Issue 1January 20, 2008February 28, 2014

A Death in Vietnam

FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS, JILL HUNTING had never dared to hope that this moment would come. But now she had a map in her hand, an interpreter at her side, and thanks to the Freedom of Information Act, the coordinates where…

2008 Issue 1January 20, 2008April 28, 2014

Images of India

Sam Allison ’06 spent the year following his graduation documenting the changing face of North Indian holy sites. His images capture the incongruities of modern life in an ancient culture. Young monks strut in leather ja…

2008 Issue 1January 20, 2008April 28, 2014

The Race to Cover Politics

BY WILLIAM HOLDER ’75 · PHOTOGRAPHY AND PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY BILL BURKHART, LAUREN VALENTINO ’10, NICK RUSSELL ’08, AND STEVEN JACARUSO THE POLITICO, a newspaper best known to ardent fans of politics through its Web si…

2007 Issue 4December 30, 2007September 30, 2014

Alumni Offer Their Counsel

Athletes at Wesleyan have a new cheering squad whose members gather not in the stands but in meeting rooms for a voice in Wesleyan’s planning processes. The Athletic Advisory Council (AAC) and similar councils in career…