Wesleyan Wants Freedom Students demand campus safety at Monday night’s rally  By A. Larrison Campbell
		Nearly 500 Wesleyan students endured the fierce cold Monday night in an attempt to raise awareness about violence on campus. The rally, organized by Megan Joiner ’01, originated as a result of two alleged assaults on women within the past two weeks. "I hope to raise a general awareness," Joiner said. "Our voices make a statement, and our turnout makes a statement... More

Editorial Page
 
 

	Editorial: Everyone deserves fair treatment
		Wesleyan should push for a living wage for its janitors. Although the University and Initial are not doing anything illegal, both institutions are acting immorally by employing and tolerating janitors under unfair contracts. The efforts of USLAC have been admirable and impressive...  More

 
 

	Column: welcome to the neighborhood burners are hot by jaime gross
		Recently, around the same time that I realized that I can never again live at home for more than two weeks, my mother and I got into a fight. During which, as I illustrated a particularly compelling point with an emphatic sweep of my arm, I managed to knock over both mine...  More

Features
 
 

	Wesleyan’s Meditation Vacation A Club Med Sit Squad By Ben Van Heuvelen
		The dark chapel was only barely lit by five candles. Twenty-five pretzel-legged students sat in a circle around the flickering light while a recording of a soothing, Indian-accented voice guided them in meditation. On Monday night, a new meditation club, called Wesleyan’s Meditation Vacation... More

 

	Asian-American pair to publish the ‘Avatar’ By Jesse Lava
		To strengthen the voice of Wesleyan’s Asian-American community, Bob Kao ’03 and Mayuran Tiruchelvam ’03 are founding "Avatar," a magazine that will deal exclusively with Asian and Asian-American issues. The magazine will be a non-hierarchical collective in which people of any ethnic background... More

Ampersands
 
 

	Editorial By Aaron Hilliard & Luke Del Tredici
		We here at the Ampersand would like to officially encourage all of you out there to vote in the upcoming presidential primary elections. We’ve heard all the arguments against it: "I’m just one person" or "my candidate won’t win anyway" or "I’m allergic to voting" or "I broke my voting arm" or "my father was killed in a voting accident"...  More

 
 

	election selection by luke del tredici & aaron hilliard
		Despite the free "newspapers" lying around campus, it is still hard to keep up to date on current events. When we talked to students on campus, we found that many of them didn’t even know that there was a primary in South Carolina this weekend, much less that someone had actually won. When an issue is as heavily-reported as the presidential primaries, it is easy to be intimidated by the mountain of useless information out there... More

Sports
 
 

	Men’s hockey wins playoff berth By Jessica R. Angell
		Hollywood could not have staged a better ending for this hockey game. With just 10 seconds left on the clock in Saturday night’s game against Skidmore College and a berth in the NESCAC playoffs on the line, Brian Maynes ’03 stepped up and scored, pulling Wesleyan ahead... More

 
 

	Cards prove flair in Div III meet By Lydia Wagner
		In an impressive showing of Cardinal speed this weekend, the Wesleyan track and field teams finished in the middle of the field at the New England Division III meet with several individual highlights. The men’s team had four scorers... More