The last time the Douglas Cannon was seen was in this 2018 email from Dean Mike Whaley It’s come to my attention that we are not talking enough about what I believe is one of Wesleyan’s greatest hidden treasures: the Douglass Cannon.  Though on occasion I meet a person who shares my love for this silly cannon, I find that most people live in complete oblivion of its existence. Like many other Wesleyan traditions and lore, I think the pandemic has wiped away a good chunk of ca

The residents of 261 Pine lookin’ cute After a short hiatus due to being crazy busy, we’re back with the final ThesisCrazy installment, and it’s a special one too!! This article features three of the residents of 261 Pine Street; we have Phie Jacobs ’22 sharing their ~pertinent~ novella on a fictional disease pandemic, Kevin Le ’22 reveals the mind of a poet, and our very own head editor maury , Margaret Fitch ’22 talks about hybridizing the personal and the academic in he

We're famous Y’all, we’ve finally made it. The Daily Wire (the stupid conservative news outlet created by short-but-not-a-king pundit Ben...

A lot of attention is paid to Wesleyan’s true mascot: the black squirrel .  That attention is well deserved, but I encourage you, dear...

TL;DR: Through convoluted, nearly incomprehensible methodology, he’s probably about 6’1″. But we’re still not sure. Wesleyan’s beloved leader and figurehead posing in a picture with President Michael Roth. President Michael Roth is ~7.55 Roth-heads tall. Lin-Manuel Miranda is ~7.12 Roth-heads tall. According to Google (and through undisclosed sources), Lin-Manuel Miranda is 5′ 9″.   Math. ( (Miranda-Ft / Miranda-Rothheads) x Roth-Rothheads = Roth-Ft) Inches.   Q.E.D.