Comments on: WesFest http://roth.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2008/04/17/wesfest/ Michael S. Roth became Wesleyan University's 16th president on July 1, 2007. Sat, 6 Sep 2008 00:51:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Ben http://roth.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2008/04/17/wesfest/#comment-6574 Ben Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:23:10 +0000 http://roth.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2008/04/17/wesfest/#comment-6574 President Roth! Glad to see you are finally acknowledging the merits of "Ze Who Must Not Be Named Day!" Happy music, indeed. I assume that WestCo's yearly festival is what you are referring to, uh, right? President Roth!
Glad to see you are finally acknowledging the merits of “Ze Who Must Not Be Named Day!” Happy music, indeed. I assume that WestCo’s yearly festival is what you are referring to, uh, right?

]]> By: Emma Tanovic http://roth.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2008/04/17/wesfest/#comment-6573 Emma Tanovic Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:21:56 +0000 http://roth.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2008/04/17/wesfest/#comment-6573 I'm, quite frankly, head-over-heels in love [bordering on obsessed] with Wesleyan and I'd sell a couple vital organs to get to go to WesFest. But I live in Bosnia so it's kind of financially unfeasible [though I'm doing CCY this summer!]. Yeah, this sounds so fun. I’m, quite frankly, head-over-heels in love [bordering on obsessed] with Wesleyan and I’d sell a couple vital organs to get to go to WesFest. But I live in Bosnia so it’s kind of financially unfeasible [though I'm doing CCY this summer!]. Yeah, this sounds so fun.

]]> By: Brenda Williams http://roth.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2008/04/17/wesfest/#comment-6547 Brenda Williams Sun, 20 Apr 2008 02:25:18 +0000 http://roth.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2008/04/17/wesfest/#comment-6547 My husband and I, along with our high school senior, Travis, who was accepted Early Decision at Wesleyan, enjoyed the WES FEST. Thank you for all the planning and stimulating events presented. We also ate in the cafeteria and enjoyed a good meal. Our son will be swimming for Wesleyan and enjoyed a swim team barbecue on the hill Friday afternoon and attended some classes. Although we split up so Travis could be independent, we all attended Roth's talk on Wesleyan at different times/days, and we all came away with a good feeling about Wesleyan's leadership and future. Our son is a serious athlete and does not drink or do drugs so he was a bit uncomfortable with the Friday night parties. He realizes that the important thing to dwell on is the excellent education that he will receive. He will have to find ways to deal with the drugs and alcohol and still maintain friendships. He realizes that he will get out of Wesleyan what he puts in and that drugs and alcohol are on every campus. Unfortunately, drugs and alcohol are a part of college life, and as parents, we will continue to have discussions with him about how he is coping. We continue to think that Wesleyan U. was the best choice (He was also strongly recruited by Tufts U.) for Travis' pursuit of a career in science and an appreciation of many other subjects and interests. Thank you again for a well planned event that we enjoyed. Brenda Williams My husband and I, along with our high school senior, Travis, who was accepted Early Decision at Wesleyan, enjoyed the WES FEST. Thank you for all the planning and stimulating events presented. We also ate in the cafeteria and enjoyed a good meal.

Our son will be swimming for Wesleyan and enjoyed a swim team barbecue on the hill Friday afternoon and attended some classes. Although we split up so Travis could be independent, we all attended Roth’s talk on Wesleyan at different times/days, and we all came away with a good feeling about Wesleyan’s leadership and future.

Our son is a serious athlete and does not drink or do drugs so he was a bit uncomfortable with the Friday night parties. He realizes that the important thing to dwell on is the excellent education that he will receive. He will have to find ways to deal with the drugs and alcohol and still maintain friendships. He realizes that he will get out of Wesleyan what he puts in and that drugs and alcohol are on every campus. Unfortunately, drugs and alcohol are a part of college life, and as parents, we will continue to have discussions with him about how he is coping.

We continue to think that Wesleyan U. was the best choice (He was also strongly recruited by Tufts U.) for Travis’ pursuit of a career in science and an appreciation of many other subjects and interests.
Thank you again for a well planned event that we enjoyed.

Brenda Williams

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