Wesleyan University Magazine

2004 Issue 3September 20, 2004May 7, 2014

Three Alumni-Elected, Seven Join Board of Trustees

Seven individuals are joining the Board of Trustees, three of them through the alumni election process. The trustees elected by the alumni this spring are: Dr. Joseph J. Fins ’82, chief of medical ethics at New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center, where he also is a prof…

2004 Issue 3September 20, 2004May 7, 2014

Q & A: The Legacy of Brown vs Board of Ed

Two alumni who are deeply engaged in the ongoing struggle for civil rights and social justice reflect on the legacy of this historic legal decision. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the landmark decision …

2004 Issue 3September 20, 2004May 7, 2014

Local/Regional Issues Are Key

Professor of Government Martha Crenshaw is not satisfied with easy answers to the question, Why do terrorists attack the United States? Pat explanations have centered on anti-Americanism and the hatred terrorist…

2004 Issue 3September 20, 2004May 7, 2014

Unsympathetic Portrayals

Next time you stumble across one of those witty political cartoons in the newspaper, pay close attention to it. Chances are, says Peter Gottschalk, assistant professor of religion, you will see depictions of Muslims that…

2004 Issue 3September 20, 2004May 7, 2014

Last Lion To Be Finished

William Manchester, one of America’s most noted writers and historians, died June 1 at his home in Middletown, Conn., less than two weeks after his publisher announced that an agreement had been reached to help him finis…

2004 Issue 3September 20, 2004May 5, 2014

HISTORICAL ROW: COUNTING CALORIES

While Wesleyan can't really take credit (or blame) for the South Beach Diet, we do count "the father of American nutrition" among our alumni. Wilbur Olin Atwater, Class of 1865 and professor of chemistry, was one of the…

2004 Issue 3September 20, 2004May 2, 2014

Dreams Unrealized

IT WAS LUNCHTIME, and a barefoot Esther Ipeche, 13, trudged home down a dirt road to her family's tin shack in Naivasha, Kenya. She was ferrying her youngest brother, 3-year-old Patrick, on her back while her two other b…

2004 Issue 3September 20, 2004May 2, 2014

The Search For Vanishing Voters

CALL IT THE PARADOX OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.Young people are volunteering for community service projects in record numbers yet cannot be bothered to cast a ballot in elections. Ever since 18-year-olds gained the right to vot…

2004 Issue 3September 20, 2004May 2, 2014

Politics @ Grassroots

WHEN HOWARD DEAN‘S CAMPAIGN FLAMED OUT, John Kerry's deputy fundraising director called Jonah Sachs '97. "Now are you ready to work with us?" she asked. Sachs and his 13-person firm, Free Range Graphics, had helped esta…

2004 Issue 3September 20, 2004May 2, 2014

Washington’s Idea Industry

LEN BURMAN '75 IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. If this news catches you by surprise, you can be forgiven. Burman announced his candidacy on Public Radio International's Marketplace show, where he also unv…