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Wesleyan University is a highly-selective liberal arts college in Middletown, CT. Founded by Methodists in 1831, the university was all-male until 1872, when it began admitting a limited number of female students. However, some male alumni believed coeducation diminished the school's stature, and in 1911, pressured the university to end the experiment. Wesleyan did not become fully coeducational again until 1970. The university has a long tradition of progressive activism and a reputation for embracing diversity, dating back to the abolitionist movement in the 1840s. During the 1960s, Wesleyan began actively to recruit students of color and many faculty members and students were civil rights activists. I...
Wesleyan University is a highly-selective liberal arts college in Middletown, CT. Founded by Methodists in 1831, the university was all-male until 1872, when it began admitting a limited number of female students. However, some male alumni believed coeducation diminished the school's stature, and in 1911, pressured the university to end the experiment. Wesleyan did not become fully coeducational again until 1970. The university has a long tradition of progressive activism and a reputation for embracing diversity, dating back to the abolitionist movement in the 1840s. During the 1960s, Wesleyan began actively to recruit students of color and many faculty members and students were civil rights activists. In recent years, Wesleyan pioneered gender-neutral housing and made national headlines for its naked dormitory (which, it turned out, was more rumor than reality). For years, its robust brand of political activism took the form of statements scrawled in chalk on sidewalks around campus. Then in 2002, former President Douglas Bennet provoked an uproar by banning chalking. In late 2006, a group of students launched a drive to preserve the university's quirky character called "Keep Wesleyan Weird.'' However, the university's anything-goes ethos can't conceal the fact that it is an intellectually rigorous school, one that accepts less than 30 percent of those who apply. The university has a strong science program, a renowned film studies department and world-class music and theater programs. Since the summer of 2007, Wesleyan has been led by Michael Roth, a former student who graduated in 1978. Other prominent alumni include Joss Whedon, creator of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer,'' New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick, film director Michael Bay ("Armegeddon," "Transformers"), author Sebastian Junger ("The Perfect Storm") and John Hickenlooper, Jr., mayor of Denver. Wesleyan admits students without regard to their financial situation; 40 percent of its 2,900 students currently receive grant aid. Annual tuition and fees at Wesleyan totaled about $47,000 for the 2007-08 academic year, according to the university's website. Wesleyan's endowment, about $710 million in 2007, lags behind those of its peer institutions, Amherst and Williams. Together, the three elite liberal arts colleges are known as the "Little Three.''
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Jazz Invades Moodus
The Great Connecticut Traditional Jazz Festival takes place Friday through Sunday at the Sunrise Resort, Route 151 in Moodus, featuring groups and artists from Connecticut and around the country. There are four stages and plenty of sounds, from...Tags: Massachusetts, California, Arable Farming, Middletown, Music
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Lehigh Valley region graduates named
Graduates from the Lehigh Valley region who recently received doctorates, master's and bachelor's degrees and awards are: Receiving doctorate degrees and their field of study: Boston University: Lauren E. Cook, juris doctor in law, cum laude; and...Tags: North Carolina, Jim Thorpe, New Milford, Massachusetts, North Catasauqua
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New Britain Courthouse Features Mystery Artwork
Courant staff writer"Fountain" and "bird bath" are some of the wilder guesses circulating about the mysterious bowl-like object wrapped in a green tarp outside of Superior Court here. The item appeared a few weeks ago, after crews ripped up part of the sidewalk and began...Tags: High Schools, Schools, Waterbury, Middletown, Arts
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Squeeze coming to Warner
Here's the booking coup of the summer: Squeeze performs Aug. 25 at the Warner Theatre in Torrington; tickets are $76.50, $50 and $40. Hanson returns to the Webster Theatre Oct. 22; tickets go on sale Friday for $30. Eve 6 is there Sept. 5; tickets are...Tags: Paul McCartney, Ridgefield, Warner Theatre, Iron Horse Music Hall, Milford (New Haven, Connecticut)
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Shakespeare, Music Mix At Middletown's ArtFarm
The state seems to be awash in theatrical productions. Yale University's Summer Cabaret, the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, the Ivoryton Playhouse, the Goodspeed Opera House and Hartford Stage are well into their summer schedules, plus there is a slew...Tags: Glenn Miller, Green Street Arts Center, East Haddam, Theater, Arts
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Gerald Tsai, pioneer in performance funds
The New York TimesGerald Tsai Jr., a fund manager and financier who pioneered the creation of performance funds in the 1950s and '60s and later turned a canning company into the financial services giant Primerica, died Wednesday in Manhattan. He was 79. The cause was...Tags: Manhattan, Financial Services, Government, National Government, Financial and Business Services
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Middletown Fourth Of July Festivities Tonight
The city of Middletown's July 4 activities are tonight. The music begins at 6 p.m. on the lawn in front of the municipal building at the corner of deKoven Drive and Court Street with the Middletown High School Jazz Band. If you haven't heard this...Tags: Schools, Tim Curry, Cary Grant, Kermit the Frog, Music
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TheaterWorks Ready To Put On A New Face
TheaterWorks is putting its best face forward — and so is Pearl Street. After years of renovating its building in downtown Hartford, the time has finally come to put on fresh exterior look for the city's "off-Broadway" theater. But Steve Campo,...Tags: David Byrne, Laurie Anderson, Tennessee Williams, Brian Eno, Celebrity
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New Furniture With Echoes Of Past
Courant Staff WriterMichael Fogg was bummed after watching a backhoe chew up an old house in East Hampton recently. Fogg could have used wood from that tear-down to build cabinets and furniture -- maybe a table like the one sitting outside his Colchester workshop last week....Tags: New Canaan, Colchester, Furniture, Middletown, Connecticut
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Wesleyan Spotlight On Ingrid Bergman
Courant Staff WriterIngrid Bergman is more than just a movie star. She's "like a Rolls Royce, or a really good hamburger." "She's timeless and always welcome and always beautiful," says Jeanine Basinger, head of Film Studies at Wesleyan University. "There's never a time...Tags: Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Cary Grant, Celebrity, Middletown
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