WESLEYAN MAGAZINE, ISSUE 3 2017
To walk Wesleyan’s campus is to be surrounded by history that whispers from buildings. Look inside to read about the Presidents who left their mark (or didn’t), the legendary faculty who built We…
AMERICA’S LONG, DARK LOVE AFFAIR WITH GUNS: 2017 SHASHA SEMINAR, BY JIM H. SMITH
At this year’s Shasha Seminar for Human Concerns on “Guns in American Society,” John Feinblatt ’73, president of Every…
“POWERFUL AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING”
For this year’s First Year Matters program, incoming new students read Claudia Rankine’s Citizen: An American Lyric duri…
‘KEEP THE FOCUS ON PUERTO RICO,’ BY MARIA SANTANA ’98, CNN EN ESPANOL ANCHOR/CORRESPONDENT
When I arrived on the island of Puerto Rico on September 25, five days after category 4 Hurricane Maria tore over the …
SPOTLIGHT ON ALUMNI: SUPERHEROES ON THE AUCTION BLOCK
Last March, Jon Berk ’72 began selling off his collection of comic books and comic art. It was no ordinary collection:…
WELL READ: BOOK REVIEWS & NEWS
Mark Bray ’05
Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook
(Melville House, 2017)
Mark Bray explores the historical record and…
THE BACKSTORY: THE COST OF SILENCE, BY BEVERLY DANIEL TATUM ’75
THE COST OF SILENCE: WHY WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT RACE AND WHY WE SHOULD
by Beverly Daniel Tatum ’75, Hon. ’15, P’04, PhD
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HISTORICAL ROW: LOUIS ARMSTRONG AT WESLEYAN
[caption id="attachment_9643" align="alignright" width="1000"] Among those greeting Louis Armstrong (center) at the Downey House reception, following his 1958 concert on campus are Robert Kirkpatrick ’60 (in doorway), al…
