When one thinks of Wesleyan’s official blogs not much comes to mind. Mainly there’s Roth’s blog, where he’ll bestow upon us some morsels of wisdom whenever something important happens on Campus or in the greater world.
There is one blog however that surpasses even Roth on Wesleyan, it’s a place where we’re reminded of the ethereal nature of life itself. One where we are confronted with the passing of old friends, but also the renewal of life from their soil.
Sadichchha Adhikari ’16 writes:
Hey Wesleyan!
WesStuffed is back as hot as ever, and we’re kind of a big dill (pun intended). What is WesStuffed, you ask? Basically your go-to food blog for everything in and around Wesleyan. We are looking for bloggers/columnists/ writers/photographers and food lovers in general so come to our interest meeting to hear and share your food ideas. Here is a link to the blog for more info.
P.S. there will be food at this meeting, and yes it’s a bribe.
Date: Wednesday, October 21
Time: 7PM – 8PM
Place: Exley Room 139
Cost: FUHREEEE
From Sali Choi ’15:
Interested in being a part of the reviewing and editing process, designing spreads, blogging, working with website design, or East Asian/Southeast-Asian culture in general? Then you should come to our first meeting! (We are going to be discussing our Spring 2015 issue.)
Date: Thursday, October 16
Time: 10:00 PM
Place: Allbritton 113
From the lovely Sydney Lewis ’14:
Do you like to write? Do you aspire to be a blogger extraordinaire like the geniuses at Wesleying? Do you like talking to pre-frosh? If so, then we’ve got the job for you! This is a paid position (approx. 2 hours/week) and is open to work-study and non-work study students. All current Wesleyan students from all class years are welcome to apply. We are looking for bloggers who can represent different experiences at Wesleyan and will write about Wes in an engaging and sustained way.
Our Tumblr bloggers must:
• Update their blogs at least once a week and respond to questions/comments.
• Possess good judgment, writing skills, and the willingness to engage that is required to connect with prospective Wesleyan students and others.
• Be comfortable with (or willing to learn) Tumblr platform. Must also be comfortable including multimedia like videos and images into your posts to make them interesting. If you’re intersted, contact Sydney at salewis[at]wesleyan[dot]edu for application details.
From Alex Irace ’15:
Come to Usdan 110 this Sunday at 7 PM to hear about how you can get involved in Wesleyan’s official food blog, WesStuffed. We’re looking for writers, photographers, and tech/PR staff. Great opportunity to gain experience in writing and digital media!
Check us out at www.wesstuffed.com!
Date: Sunday, March 2 2014
Time: 7:00 PM – 7:45 PM
Place: Usdan, room 110
The indefatigable Ari Rudess ’15 writes in with a great blogging opportunity for all you food lovers out there (and we all know that every Wesleyan student fits under this category so yeah, do this):
Interested in working for Wesleyan and Middletown food blog WesStuffed? Come to our info session this Wednesday and learn about how you can become involved. It will be short. We promise!
Date: Wednesday, February 13th
Time: 8pm
Place: 41 Wyllys Ave Room 114
Cost: Nothing, bro.
Let’s talk about blogging for a bit here.
Blogging has this past decade become a really big phenomenon, brought to you by the internet. Though the tumblrverse is now becoming more popular than the blogosphere, the intrepid cavaliers of the blagoblag have undoubtedly made an important and continuing influence on world affairs, bringing myriad new voices to public debate on the best way forward for a campus, for a country, for humanity, for the world. This is an important role we bloggers play, and sometimes, we forget that.
The unfortunate reality is that the internet, and its sub-region of the blogosphere, is littered with cheap jokes and well-weathered “humor.” It takes real effort (and often modern-fangled tools) to sift through all the junk to find those rare gems of piquant writing or crisp humor.
Point is, memes and other “big” internet phenomena need actual substance lest they quickly become old, stale, and uninteresting. Even with substance, regurgitated and recycled comedy swiftly sours.
Can we take ourselves a little more seriously please? We have opportunity. Let’s not waste it.
Anyway, for you beloved readers that take the jump, below is a
This is a repost of our fall recruitment post. Same rules apply. Our blog could be your life.
Hey, readers. Wesleying’s pretty low-staffed lately (update: just kidding, we have some underclassmen now), and to make matters worse, a whole bunch of us are graduating this coming May. So it goes. Wesleying underwent a pretty wild generational shift back in 2010, when Sheek exited and handed over the reigns, and as it finishes up its seventh academic year, it’s going to have to weather another one in 2013. That’s where you step in.
We bloggers exited the WiFi confines of our cyberspace existence yesterday in September to get some sunlight and schmooze in flesh-and-blood form at the Student Activities Fair. Frankly, it was pretty weird. People don’t really think of Wesleying as a group of humans, as normal students—we’re just a thing that’s out there, online. And it turns out there are a lot of freshmen reading. One girl bragged that Wesleying is pretty much why she applied ED. Another declared, “I’ve been reading this blog for so long, and I’m only a freshman!” Another claimed to have read every Wesleying post, which is pretty impressive, considering there are over 11,000. We’ll be materializing again tomorrow, and here’s your chance to keep the blog alive.
There’s a whole lot of text below the jump, so here’s the short of it: Wesleying is recruiting. We’ll be having a formal recruitment meeting tomorrow, February 2, at 3:30 p.m. in 41 Wyllys, Room 112. We’re looking for bloggers, journalists, writers, photographers, interviewers, social media types (help run our Twitter!), homespun Wes historians, videographers, internet addicts, Photoshop fiends, and web design wizards—whatever. Frosh especially welcome. If you love Wesleying and want to help make it the weird, irreverent, and colorful media space it has become—or if you just like blogging in your underwear—please stop by. In the immortal words of The Great Sheek, “All you need is Internet access, the ability to string sentences together coherently, and an interest in life at Wesleyan as it is, was, and might be.”
WesStuffed, the new student-run food blog we posted about last month, is continuing in full force, blogging about everything from Ford News Diner (pictured above) to the Usdan Salad Bar. Want to get involved? Ariana Rudess ’15 has the answer for you:
Are you constantly coming up with recipes, bragging about your latest salad creation at Usdan, or critiquing the service at restaurants? Does becoming BFF’s with Middletown restaurant owners and getting tons of delicious, free food sound like fun to you? You’re in luck. The WesStuffed food blog is looking for guest contributors! If you’re interested in editing, designing, or writing something remotely related to food at or around Wes, shoot us an email at WesStuffed(at)gmail(dot)com. We can’t wait to hear your ideas!
Contact: WesStuffed(at)gmail
Deadline: Whenever
Interested in auditioning for Wesleying, Wesleyan’s “sassiest and most WordPress-savvy online singing group”? Scroll on, dear one. Our blog could be your life.
Hey, readers. Wesleying’s pretty low-staffed lately (BZOD is abroad, and frostedmoose has floated on into the great abyss), and to make matters worse, a whole bunch of us are graduating this coming May. So it goes. Wesleying underwent a pretty wild generational shift back in 2010, when Sheek exited and handed over the reigns, and as it finishes up its seventh academic year, it’s going to have to weather another one in 2013. That’s where you step in.
We bloggers exited the WiFi confines of our cyberspace existence yesterday to get some sunlight and schmooze in flesh-and-blood form at the Student Activities Fair. Frankly, it was pretty weird. People don’t really think of Wesleying as a group of humans, as normal students—we’re just a thing that’s out there, online. And it turns out there are a lot of freshmen reading. One girl bragged that Wesleying is pretty much why she applied ED. Another declared, “I’ve been reading this blog for so long, and I’m only a freshman!” Another claimed to have read every Wesleying post, which is pretty impressive, considering there are over 11,000. We’ll be materializing again tomorrow, and here’s your chance to keep the blog alive.
There’s a whole lot of text below the jump, so here’s the short of it: Wesleying is recruiting. We’ll be having a formal recruitment meeting tomorrow, September 16, at 2:30 pm in Usdan 110. We’re looking for bloggers, journalists, writers, photographers, interviewers, social media types (run our Twitter!), homespun Wes historians, videographers, internet addicts, photoshop fiends, and web design wizards—whatever. Frosh especially welcome. If you love Wesleying and want to help make it the weird, irreverent, and colorful media space it has become—or if you just like blogging in your underwear—please stop by. In the immortal words of The Great Sheek, “All you need is Internet access, the ability to string sentences together coherently, and an interest in life at Wesleyan as it is, was, and might be.”
