Wesleyan University Magazine

2003 Issue 1January 30, 2003March 23, 2015

PICK OF THE SYLLABUS: Embers

Andrew Szegedy–Maszak, Professor of Classical Studies, selects Embers by Sandor Marai If one looks only at the outlines of its plot and setting, Embers, by Hungarian writer Sandor Marai, seems to be just another old–fashioned novel of intrigue. The action unfolds in a large and gloomy castle, somew…

2003 Issue 1January 30, 2003March 23, 2015

JUST PUBLISHED

Our roundup of noteworthy publications by Wesleyan alumni, faculty members, and parents. CARLO ROTELLA ’86 Good with Their Hands: Boxers, Bluesmen and Other Characters from the Rust Belt (University of California Pr…

2003 Issue 1January 30, 2003March 23, 2015

AUTHOR ESSAY: Ellison Straight, No Chaser

The New York Times Book Review called Ralph Ellison: Emergence of Genius by Lawrence Jackson ’90 (John Wiley & Sons, 2002) a “rich, meticulous biography.” Jackson talks about writing the first book devoted to the ea…

2003 Issue 1January 4, 2003May 5, 2014

Dance Celebrates its 36th

“Dancing Legacies” celebrated 35 years of dance at Wesleyan with a gathering of many of Wesleyan’s most noted dance graduates during Homecoming/Family weekend this fall. The event featured a host of performances, exhibit…

2003 Issue 1January 4, 2003May 5, 2014

Publishers and Editors

Wesleyan graduates are prolific authors, as the books section of this magazine attests, but they are also very active as publishers and editors. Johnny Temple ’89, for example, runs an award-winning, independent…

2003 Issue 1January 4, 2003May 5, 2014

Celebrated Philosopher Norman O. Brown Dies

Norman O. Brown, the former Jane A. Seney Professor of Greek, died Oct. 2, 2002, in Santa Cruz, Calif. He was 89. His obituary in the New York Times described him as an “erudite and spectacularly playful philoso…

2003 Issue 1January 4, 2003May 5, 2014

Leading Musician T. Viswanathan Dies

Tanjore Viswanathan, South Indian flutist and adjunct professor of music, died Sept. 10 at Hartford Hospital after suffering a heart attack. He was 75. Professor T. Viswanathan, or Viswa, as he was known to all,…

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-wea…

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…

2003 Issue 1January 4, 2003May 5, 2014

Smoke Signals

ALDOUS HUXLEY AND GEORGE BURNS HAD AT LEAST ONE THING IN COMMON: Both believed a good cigar is essential to happiness. Huxley said a cigar is "much more lasting than love, so much less costly in emotional wear and tear."…