Nothing Inevitable about Latest Tragedy
Last night the country was again shocked to learn of yet another mass killing.
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“Where the hell did he get automatic weapons?”
At Wesleyan, we can inform ourselves about the role of guns in our history this semester at the Shasha Seminar for Human Concerns.
History Prof. Jennifer Tucker on Preventing Gun Violence
Wesleyan is very fortunate to have many faculty members who connect their deep academic specializations with urgent contemporary issues.
Gender, Schools, Kidnapping: Fight for the Right to Learn!
As of this afternoon, more than 200 girls are still missing, presumed kidnapped from their school in Nigeria. IT HAS BEEN THREE WEEKS SINCE THEY WERE ABDUCTED. This is what the Washington Post reports: Three weeks have now passed since dozens of heavily armed men descended upon a darkened dormitory where hundreds of Nigerian girls … Read more
Make Art (and Intelligent Policy) Not Violence
Lucy+Jorge Orta: Food-Water-Life The new exhibition at the Zilkha Gallery at Wesleyan gets pretty elemental. The Ortas are in the tradition of “social sculpture,” creating works of art that are meant to function, and, most importantly are meant to change the way we think about functionality. This exhibition is co-sponsored by the College of the … Read more
Choosing to Act
The images and first-hand accounts from Newtown during the last few days have been wrenching. The specter of vicious violence turned against the very young makes us gasp for breath, makes us question the very fabric of our society. If this kind of thing can erupt in communities like ours, what kind of community are … Read more