Prepare to be inspired.
This compilation music video was created by artist Will.I.Am to sync with Sen. Obama's moving Iowa Caucus victory speech. It was sent to all Obama supporters last night by Michelle Obama, the Senator's wife.
The Wesleyan Student Assembly would you like to remind you of the upcoming WSA elections. Here is the necessary information for all interested candidates, as graciously provided by the WSA website:
The Wesleyan Student Assembly (WSA) welcomes everyone back to campus. We're especially excited about this year: With a new president and a new space, it will be critical for us to come together as a student body.
Our FALL ELECTIONS are coming up soon, and we encourage all frosh and upperclassmen to run. If you are interested in making change on campus, pick up a petition from the awesome new WSA office on the first floor of the Usdan center, Room 104.
*There will be 8 seats for frosh representatives, the first six vote-getters will serve year-long terms; the seventh and eighth will serve a semester and then must run again in the winter.
*There will be 8 seats for at-large representatives from the sophomore, junior, or senior classes. The first four vote-getters will serve year-long terms; the next four vote-getters will serve a semester and then must run again in the winter.
Petitions are due in the WSA office by FRIDAY, SEPT. 7 at 5 PM.
In addition, please write a statement (no more than 150 words) and send it to wsa@wesleyan.edu. The statement will be published in the Argus and will also go alongside your name on the online ballot. (It is also due FRIDAY, SEPT. 7 at 5 PM. This deadline will be enforced.)
Good luck to all candidates. Please contact WSA Coordinator Izaak Orlansky (iorlansky@wesleyan.edu) with any questions regarding elections. You can also write to wsa@wesleyan.edu with any general questions or concerns.
If you're a frequent visitor to Wesleyan's website (like we are) then you've noticed their subtle announcement of the new campus center's existence. They're excited:
"Click here to see detailed project information and the latest CONSTRUCTION PHOTOS!" (emphasis theirs).
From the policies, you can see that in many ways the new campus center is actually less about students and more about offering prospective families a sanitized, pretty building to look at the moment they start their tour and surely no tour will end without a trip to the new Broad Street "Annex" filled with "Wesleyan gear." The expressed ban of all banners or posters (a predominant feature of the campus center, to be sure) bolsters my claim:
Decorations, posters, banners, etc may not be attached to the walls, ceilings, glass or other surfaces of the Usdan University Center without the express written consent of the University Center staff (emphasis mine).I'm honestly not trying to be cynical about this new building. I really want it to be awesome. It's just after two years of promises of better food, more social space, etc made in the shadow of the noisy construction (which I was so privileged to live next to sophomore year), I guess I'm just underwhelmed with the delivery. You could honestly say I'm a bit displeased with the premature marketing of a campus center no student has been able to use yet as a "hub" of campus activity. It's sort of like they're forcing us to use it the way most convenient for them, hoping that we'll go along with whatever the architect envisioned our social habits to be. Sadly, with Bon Appetit doing its damnedest to ignore almost all student suggestions in order to emulate Aramark's failings with startling precision, I'm less--let's say--optimistic about the new campus center than I once was.
ady they're mirroring many of the problems the student body had with Aramark. Not off to a fine start, in my opinion.Let us know what you say. CC it to use at Wesleying@gmail.
