Announcements

UPDATED: Thanksgiving Shuttles/Rideboard

UPDATE: The New York shuttles will be going to Grand Central Station and not Penn Station.
Going off-campus for Thanksgiving Break? Take a Wesleyan shuttle (schedule below)! You can pay in person at the Usdan box office .

Also––under the “Student Life at Wesleyan” section in your ePortfolio is the Rideboard, where you can arrange to hitch [...]

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Zipcar Launch Thursday

As part of the continuing effort to ”burst the Wesleyan bubble,” Zipcar, the world’s largest car sharing service, has arrived on campus.  We will officially be launching the cars this Thursday at 11:45 AM. The launch will take place between Usdan and the old Squash Courts. The permanent parking location for the cars is behind the Allbritton Center–a [...]

Announcements

Eco-To-Go At Lunch!

The WSA Dining Committee, EON  and Bon Appetit are happy to announce the Eco-To-Go Program is now at the Usdan Marketplace!
The successful eco-to-go option that’s been at Summerfields since last semester is now available at Usdan for lunch. To get access to a reusable to-go container for the rest of your time here at Wesleyan, [...]

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Sign Up For Zipcar In Usdan Wed/Thurs!

WSA members will be available in the Usdan Center on Wednesday the 28th and Thursday the 29th at lunch and dinner to sign people up to use our new Zipcars.
Zipcar is the world’s largest car-sharing service and provides students with a convenient, economical and environmentally-friendly alternative to having a car on campus.
Zipcar provides students with [...]

Opinion

This Sunday: Resolution Against Proposed Budget Reductions in Financial Aid

This Sunday at its weekly General Assembly meeting, the WSA will debate and vote on a resolution, co-sponsored by myself and Micah Feiring ‘11, opposing cuts to the University’s financial aid budget.
While the administration has not definitively stated its wish to cut the aid budget, a proposed $3.7 million “moderation in the growth of financial [...]

Announcements

October Break Shuttle Busses!–UPDATED

Need help getting home for October Break?

Transportation Services, in conjunction with the WSA, is offering shuttle buses to Union Station in New Haven and Bradley International Airport for October Break.
They will leave from Usdan for New Haven on Friday, October 23rd
at 10 AM and 6 PM.
The New Haven shuttles will take people back to Wesleyan [...]

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$2,500 Textbook Tax Credit–SAVE YOUR BROAD ST. BOOKS RECEIPTS

As part of the recent stimulus package, the federal government will be granting college students and their parents a tax credit of up to $2500 to cover textbooks and any other qualifying supplies required by their classes.

The American Opportunity Tax Credit is for parents of full-time undergraduate students, in any of their 4 years of [...]

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Go Green at Wes – Help the Earth & the Budget!

As we all get ready to return to campus, it is crucial that every Wesleyan student makes a commitment to being just a little bit greener this year. Students have the power to reduce wasteful consumption, taking a burden off of our atmosphere and landfills, but also saving the University money.

With budgetary concerns still hanging [...]

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WSA Constitutional Amendments, Class Rep and 2010 Class Officer Elections

Yes, it’s that time again–your chance to exercise your right to approve or reject the WSA’s amendments to our biennilly-reviewed Constitution.  The official proposed amendments include adding a new Concert Committee to handle financial allocations for music performances and changes to the elections cycle to be more fair to all candidates involved. The WSA unanimously [...]

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SGANet

Last night, the WSA invited the student governments of over a dozen peer schools to join in a new online network called SGANet. The group’s first step is to add mutual links to each other’s homepages, but there’s so much more that can be accomplished by joining together.
SGANet will give each organization convenient access to [...]