“I think it makes a difference for people to see that it's not just administrators, but also student leaders who got elected, to say that we're going to represent the student body,” Alvarez said.

Signatories of the AAC&U letter include the presidents or chancellors of private North Carolina schools such as Duke, Wake Forest University and Davidson College. UNC has not signed, but other public universities, such as the University of Virginia and the University of Michigan, have.

Are you bored enough?

If you’re reading this essay, you just might be. But I stand that our days remain over-structured and our Google Calendars over-scheduled, with our phones over-satiating any remaining free time. It feels damn near impossible to be bored at Wesleyan, and I think that’s dangerous.

“The narrative goes something like this: Eventually, I want to save the world in some way. Right now, the best way for me to do that is to gain essential skills by working in this industry for a few years.”

“People are excited to feel excited again,” Little said. “A lot probably feel disenchanted by the Democratic Party. That anger can be really effective. Today, I’m processing. Tomorrow, angry.”

“So for today, for the estimated 10% of first-years who will apply elsewhere and for those wholly here, let’s remind ourselves why we came to college. Send me your reading recs, and let’s get drinks, and go on runs, and perform, and write, and plan, and become ourselves.

Let me know how you think—I wonder if that is why I am here, after all.”

“China may sacrifice its political and social stability with its Zero Covid policy and is increasingly threatening peace with military action against its Taiwanese neighbors. These players have amassed a stack of chips over the last few decades of incredible growth, and now they are betting aggressively. While this high-stakes game is determining the globe's fate, India is playing conservatively, toeing the line between the players, developing profitable, non-committal, relationships to pass the night away.”