Wesleyan University Magazine

2001 Issue 2July 4, 2001May 5, 2014

Musician Heal Thyself

The afternoon sun slants into the West End Avenue apartment, bringing out warmth in the parquet floors, the mellow gold of hardwood cabinets. On top of the piano, the pencil–written score of David Leisner’s newest chamber music piece, Vision of Orpheus, awaits the composer’s attention. At the moment…

2001 Issue 2June 30, 2001September 30, 2014

Celebrate Our Newest Alumni

Dear Fellow Alumni, As I write, we are on the eve of Reunion & Commencement 2001. For many of you, those words bring back memories of bright red gowns and a sunny day on Foss Hill. Of course, the Class of ’82 had t…

2001 Issue 2June 30, 2001March 23, 2015

AUTHOR ESSAY: Hooked on the Big Tobacco Trials

Dan Zegart ’77 traces his journey from smoker to author of Civil Warriors (Delacorte Press), the story of the people who fought to hold the cigarette industry accountable. I was a fledgling newspaper reporter in June 19…

2001 Issue 2June 30, 2001March 23, 2015

JUST PUBLISHED

Our roundup of noteworthy publications by Wesleyan alumni, faculty members, and parents. WENDY LUSTBADER ’76 What’s Worth Knowing (Tarcher/Putnam, 2001) As a young social work student, Wendy Lustbader was given a c…

2001 Issue 1January 30, 2001September 30, 2014

RESEARCH FOR NASA: Blast Off!

Five students will blast off into simulated space in March when Wesleyan’s Zero Gravity Research Team performs a series of tests in a completely gravity– free environment using a mockup of the fire extinguishers NASA has…

2001 Issue 1January 30, 2001March 23, 2015

AUTHOR ESSAY: What Women Really Think About Abortion

The Abortion Myth was first published in Australia (Allen & Unwin, 1998) where I’ve been living for the last eleven years. However, the kernel of the book was formed in the country of my birth, the United States. Ag…

2001 Issue 1January 30, 2001March 23, 2015

JUST PUBLISHED

Our roundup of noteworthy publications by Wesleyan alumni, faculty members, and parents. DANA SACHS ’84 The House on Dream Street (Algonquin Books, Chapel Hill, 2000) Journalist and teacher Dana Sachs first visited…

2001 Issue 1January 30, 2001September 30, 2014

Making Your Voice and Your Vote Count

Dear Fellow Alumni: Each year Wesleyan alumni have the opportunity to participate in an election, and each alumnus/a has the opportunity to make a difference. Just as every vote counted in the presidential election, you…

2001 Issue 1January 24, 2001May 5, 2014

Everything Old Is New Again

Frequently overheard: “Where has the time gone?” The once gawky frosh of a generation ago who remember showing their folks around campus on a bright fall Homecoming weekend—“as if it were yesterday”—are now the parents. …

2001 Issue 1January 4, 2001May 5, 2014

HISTORICAL ROW: “THE GOOD OF THE WORLD”

Wesleyan students’ deep involvement in the service of the Middletown community dates back to the earliest years of the university. The seeds of student service are rooted in Willbur Fisk’s Sept. 21, 1831, inaugural addre…