[ February 17, 2010; 7:00 PM; ]
On February 17th 2004, Cameron Todd Willingham (see photo) was executed at the Texas State Penitentiary for the murder of his three young children by arson. He was 36 years old.
In August 2009, the truth was revealed: the “arson” was a freak accident, and the state of Texas had executed yet another [...]
[ February 11, 2010; 8:30 AM to 9:00 AM. 8:30 AM to 9:00 AM. ]
Paul Blasenheim ‘12 writes in:
“An on-campus group of students working to end the war on drugs will gather tomorrow night on the steps of Olin Library at Wesleyan University for a silent vigil to honor the recent victims of a drug cartel-related massacre which claimed the lives of 16 people, mostly students. This vigil is [...]
Sure The Jersey Shore made more waves than NJ recently passing ish on medical MJ, but what’s happening in CT? Paul Blasenheim ‘12 scribes:
“Please join Wesleyan Students for Sensible Drug Policy (WesSSDP) for a panel discussion with leading Connecticut drug policy reform advocates to examine the current state of drug policy reform in CT. [...]
As you tackle the salad days of second semester, remember that your last chance to submit poetry to The Hangman’s Lime, Wesleyan’s all-poetry magazine, has arrived!
Send in 3-5 poems (as attachments) at one fell swoop to Hangmans_Lime@yahoo.com by THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4.
Audrey McGlinchy ‘11 writes:
Got lime on the brain?
Then come to LimeLight, baby.
A poetry reading hosted by The Hangman’s Lime, Wesleyan’s all-poetry magazine, because we love reading poetry but love hearing it more!
Bring your friends, your ears, and your mouths (for the free limes, of course).
E-mail amcglinchy@wesleyan.edu if you would like to read.
Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=236277421146&index=1=
Date: THIS [...]
[ December 14, 2009 to December 19, 2009. December 14, 2009 to December 19, 2009. December 14, 2009 to December 19, 2009. December 14, 2009 to December 19, 2009. ]
THIS WEEK ONLY—Vote in the WSA Winter 2009 elections!!! Can we break the record-number of voters we had in September? Only time will tell. “Ze who shall not be named” from the Shoutbox, gently nudges us to also vote Giant Joint for the WSA write-in candidate!
Vote at one fell swoop. The categories are:
1) SBC Elections
2) At-Large Elections
3) [...]
Alicia Fuhrman ‘12 shares this morsel of excitement:
Write fiction? The Paperback Posse, a Wesleyan-student-run, online literary journal set to debut in January 2010, wants it. Email your fiction submissions (of any nature, any length) to paperbackposse@gmail.com.
[ December 9, 2009; 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM. 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM. ]
Attention prose-lovers, poetry-lovers, all-around-good-writing lovers! Come and imbibe in the works of your fellow Wesleyan Writing peers! Students will be reading from pieces they have worked on this semester. Sweet.
(Sponsored by Wesleyan Writing Program)
Date: Wednesday, December 9
Hour: TONIGHT–8 in the P.M.
Location: Shapiro Writing Center (Albritton Center, 3rd floor)
[ December 8, 2009; 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM. 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM. ]
Paul Blasenheim ‘12, organiser of the screening, writes:
On December 1st, 2009, Barack Obama officially announced that he would be deploying 30,000 new troops into Afghanistan, beginning the next chapter in a war which recently moved into its 9th year of active conflict.
“Rethink Afghanistan” is a new feature documentary film from the progressive film company Brave [...]
[ December 9, 2009; 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM. ]
Come Wednesday, Wesleyan Students for Sensible Drug Policy (WSSDP) will screen its ceremonial movie (yes, yes, we know—the poster radiates irresistibility.) With our rough-and-tumble, all-are-welcome attitude, we’d fancy if you joined us for Reefer Madness (1936), a propaganda film that relates the story, as told by high school principal Dr. Carroll to parents at a PTA meeting, [...]
On the night of October 11, I found myself in an ironic moment of sorts. I was sitting in Olin doing some preliminary research for my eight-page Biology of Women paper (Topic: Evaluating studies that claim a gay man’s brain is similar to that of a straight female’s) when I saw a girl run into [...]
: Don't you fucking change it! It's my favorite part of wesleying
: http://www.browndailyherald.com/snoop-dogg-mgmt-to-headline-spring-weekend-1.2186467
: wassup
: If they changed that stupid stupid banner.
: who cares about the masthead
: http://www.roberts.cmc.edu/PSI/PDF/LiberalArtsColleges2010.pdf
