Making Headlines

Catch up on this week's Argus issues.


Stonewalled: Physical Plant contract talks go "nowhere"
After nine months of negotiations, Physical Plant union members continue to express dissatisfaction with a proposed contract that would have them pay the same rate for their health insurance as faculty, librarians, administrators, and Public Safety officers. Although the proposed contract also includes a 2.5 percent raise and a $1,000 signing bonus, members say this will not cover the increased health care costs.

Roth, faculty push for Middle Eastern studies in new initiatives
Roth and a new internalization task force, consisting of six faculty members, is planning to double to the number of international students at Wesleyan, internationalize the curriculum, and create a new Middle Eastern Studies program.

Student of Color studio artists question campus opportunities
Several students who had their work exhibited in Skittles, the second annual student of color art show, question whether there is a place for them at Wesleyan as Art Studio or Art History majors.

Track and field set early records




Here’s betting you will never, ever throw a javelin as far as Mike Moody ’10 or Fotini Xenidis ’11.






This week’s editorial:
A cutthroat kind of cutback
It doesn’t make sense to ask a Physical Plant employee, who on average earns an annual $34,000 to $60,000, to pay the same rate for their health care as a professor. When considering that professors’ salaries are also raised at a higher rate every year in comparison to Physical Plant workers, it’s clear this is a case of comparing apples and oranges.

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