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Aural Wes seeks content/contributors

Wes music enthusiasts, campus music blog Aural Wes is looking for contributors, and content/artists to post about. If you can experience music and write about it, are planning any shows, or are a band, AW is where it’s at.
From blogmaster Max Lavine ‘10 (aka O)))):
We still exist! As a matter fact AW is full of [...]

Get a Blog for Yourself or Your Student Group

Find out how to get a University-supported blog on the WSA website.

Ampersand is online, funny

The Ampersand, an afterthought in the back pages of the Argus in previous years, is actually consistently funny this semester. And now it’s online!
If your attention span is still too narrow to reach it in the print version of the Argus, check out the Ampersand blog for some quality time-wasting.
Some recent gems: Genderfucking American Girl [...]

Professor Lim on Bloggingheads

Government Professor Elvin Lim, author of “The Anti-Intellectual Presidency“, discusses Obama’s use of rhetoric with Heather Hurlburt of the NSA on Bloggingheads.tv:

[Thanks to Nicolas Mendoza '11 for the tip]

Tressa Eaton ‘09, Food Blogger

Tressa Eaton ‘09, former Argus food blogger, is branching out into the real world of food writing as an intern at food blog Serious Eats, which profiled her in an interview about her culinary obsession.
Check out some delicious highlights from her Argus days:

chocolate OH NO! cake (with instructional video)
beer floats
“Morning After” brown-sugared bacon.

Serious Eats: Tressa [...]

Mentaltown: support local artists

Lauren Barth ‘09 sends in some info about a local blog/tv-show by Elvee, a Middletown resident:

Do you like idealistic local musicians? Tune into Connecticut Public Access Channel 15 the first and second Tuesdays of the month at 11pm, or visit mentaltown.blogspot.com to see what rap/hip hop artist Elvee has been working on. Mentaltown [...]

Mentaltown: support local artists

Lauren Barth ‘09 sends in some info about a local blog/tv-show by Elvee, a Middletown resident:

Do you like idealistic local musicians? Tune into Connecticut Public Access Channel 15 the first and second Tuesdays of the month at 11pm, or visit mentaltown.blogspot.com to see what rap/hip hop artist Elvee has been working on. Mentaltown [...]

Vote Joe John (Again) on Queerty

Probably because many of you voted for him last week, Joe John Sanchez III ‘07 is currently a finalist to become Queerty’s next music reviewer.
Here’s an excerpt of his test review of Empire of the Sun’s new album:
The psychedelic elements and falsetto vocalizing may elicit comparisons to MGMT, but a deeper listen indicates that the [...]

Vote Joe John (Again) on Queerty

Probably because many of you voted for him last week, Joe John Sanchez III ‘07 is currently a finalist to become Queerty’s next music reviewer.
Here’s an excerpt of his test review of Empire of the Sun’s new album:
The psychedelic elements and falsetto vocalizing may elicit comparisons to MGMT, but a deeper listen indicates that the [...]

Vote Joe John for Queerty Music Reviewer

Joe John Sanchez III ‘07, former Wesleying blogger and currently of It’s The Money Shot, is in the running to become a regular music reviewer on Queerty.com:
I worked in gay media for 2-3 years, including a gig with a prominent gay social-networking site, I have a firm grasp of what my fellow gays are listening [...]

Vote Joe John for Queerty Music Reviewer

Joe John Sanchez III ‘07, former Wesleying blogger and currently of It’s The Money Shot, is in the running to become a regular music reviewer on Queerty.com:
I worked in gay media for 2-3 years, including a gig with a prominent gay social-networking site, I have a firm grasp of what my fellow gays are listening [...]

New Argus Site Online

The Argus launched an impressively revamped website this week, with a fresh new layout, comment capabilities, an automated Wespeak submission form, and even a blog featuring online-only content, the aptly named Blargus.
Already the Blargus has a style column harking back to the heyday of Well Dressed Wes, an economic analyst, and a lively political debate [...]

New Argus Site Online

The Argus launched an impressively revamped website this week, with a fresh new layout, comment capabilities, an automated Wespeak submission form, and even a blog featuring online-only content, the aptly named Blargus.
Already the Blargus has a style column harking back to the heyday of Well Dressed Wes, an economic analyst, and a lively political debate [...]

Wish you were in Mexico?

Well, here’s the next best thing. WeSquash (good one, Shona) is in the midst of a weeklong trip to Puerto Vallarta (through the 14th), and both teams have collaborated on a daily online trip log, including pictures. Check it out here.

Wish you were in Mexico?

Well, here’s the next best thing. WeSquash (good one, Shona) is in the midst of a weeklong trip to Puerto Vallarta (through the 14th), and both teams have collaborated on a daily online trip log, including pictures. Check it out here.

New Wes blog: Wesleyazn

Schuyler Swenson ‘09 sends in info about her new blog, Wesleyazn:
Wesleyazn is a new blog I’ve started that I hope will be used as a source for information about Asian American politics, art, pop culture, music, literature, current events, etc. and a place for discussion about the Asian American community and events at Wesleyan. If [...]

New Wes blog: Wesleyazn

Schuyler Swenson ‘09 sends in info about her new blog, Wesleyazn:
Wesleyazn is a new blog I’ve started that I hope will be used as a source for information about Asian American politics, art, pop culture, music, literature, current events, etc. and a place for discussion about the Asian American community and events at Wesleyan. If [...]

Roth in HuffPost: Roth Praises Wesleyan Students’ Activism

Michael Roth wrote his third column for the Huffington Post this past Friday. In the blog, Roth praises Wes students’ activism this election season.
In these last days before the election, many thousands of college students across the country are heading off-campus to work for candidates who they think will make a difference in their lives [...]

Roth in HuffPost: Roth Praises Wesleyan Students’ Activism

Michael Roth wrote his third column for the Huffington Post this past Friday. In the blog, Roth praises Wes students’ activism this election season.
In these last days before the election, many thousands of college students across the country are heading off-campus to work for candidates who they think will make a difference in their lives [...]

Roth in HuffPost: "In Praise of Poise"

Michael Roth posted his second column for the Huffington Post yesterday, this one a little more pointed than his somewhat bland pronouncement of hope in the face of financial meltdown.
He praises Obama’s poise as compared to McCain’s irascibility in the last presidential debate, and takes apart a recent David Brooks column:
Poise does connote a state [...]

Roth in HuffPost: "In Praise of Poise"

Michael Roth posted his second column for the Huffington Post yesterday, this one a little more pointed than his somewhat bland pronouncement of hope in the face of financial meltdown.
He praises Obama’s poise as compared to McCain’s irascibility in the last presidential debate, and takes apart a recent David Brooks column:
Poise does connote a state [...]

Roth in HuffPost, on Trusting Institutions

President Michael Roth has apparently joined Arianna Huffington’s complex social network, as a blogger on Huffington Post. How did this come about? Do they have a Blackberry connection from some West Coast dinner party?
He writes about our shaken trust in the financial and political institutions of America:
It’s a cliché that trust is a lot [...]

Roth in HuffPost, on Trusting Institutions

President Michael Roth has apparently joined Arianna Huffington’s complex social network, as a blogger on Huffington Post. How did this come about? Do they have a Blackberry connection from some West Coast dinner party?
He writes about our shaken trust in the financial and political institutions of America:
It’s a cliché that trust is a lot [...]

Class Deans Join Web 2.0

The SARN Peer Advisors would like you to know that, in an unprecedented gesture of tech savviness, each Class Dean has started keeping an official blog. So far the posts are more detailed versions of the kinds of things you get from them in emails, which can be especially useful if you’re the type [...]

Class Deans Join Web 2.0

The SARN Peer Advisors would like you to know that, in an unprecedented gesture of tech savviness, each Class Dean has started keeping an official blog. So far the posts are more detailed versions of the kinds of things you get from them in emails, which can be especially useful if you’re the type [...]

Clearing out our inbox

Wes alumni continue to pound out the blogs. Case in point: Himanshu Suri ‘07 sends us a link to his new blog, Gordon Gartrelle, which is devoted to “contemporary Indian/Indo-Diasporic art, indie/hip-hop music, fashion, and humour.” It’s now in our Wes 2.0 blogroll; check it out!
And it’s not just on the blogs that Wes alumni [...]

Clearing out our inbox

Wes alumni continue to pound out the blogs. Case in point: Himanshu Suri ‘07 sends us a link to his new blog, Gordon Gartrelle, which is devoted to “contemporary Indian/Indo-Diasporic art, indie/hip-hop music, fashion, and humour.” It’s now in our Wes 2.0 blogroll; check it out!
And it’s not just on the blogs that Wes alumni [...]

New Blogs: Food, Nearsightedness

Some new Wes bloggers added to our bloglist (Wes 2.0 on the sidebar):

- Daniel Meyer ‘08 is a new contributor to New York Times food writer Mark Bittman’s blog, “Bitten“. From Meyer’s first entry:

Daniel Meyer is a Boston native who graduated from Wesleyan University this past May and promptly moved to Brooklyn. He’s currently working [...]

New Blogs: Food, Nearsightedness

Some new Wes bloggers added to our bloglist (Wes 2.0 on the sidebar):

- Daniel Meyer ‘08 is a new contributor to New York Times food writer Mark Bittman’s blog, “Bitten“. From Meyer’s first entry:

Daniel Meyer is a Boston native who graduated from Wesleyan University this past May and promptly moved to Brooklyn. He’s currently working [...]

Sophista-Funk

Tala Bouzarjomehri and Jillian White ‘08 have started a lifestyle blog, Sophista-Funk, devoted to creative things:
“Sophista-funk is for the person that dares to be different. Lover of art, music, design and fashion, the sophista-funk carves her own space in the world. She is inspired and inspiring, seeking out fun and creativity wherever she sees [...]