<p>^^^This is a rite of passage at Wesleyan. If you’ll notice, approximately half the co-signors are graduating seniors (technically, Americans don’t consider themselves alumni until after they’ve left campus for good) the others are rising seniors. Typically, every graduating class at Wesleyan considers themselves the keepers of a sacred flame of activism, social consciousness and a generalized concept nearly universally referred to as “weirdness”. This was a handing of the baton to the incoming first-years.</p>
<p>As to the truth of any particular one of their talking points, you would have to read years of opinion articles in the student newspaper as well as the student-run blog, Wesleying, to put them all in the proper context. The piece about maintenance workers is one example. Maintenance workers at Wesleyan are unionized. Every so often they have to negotiate a new contract with an outside contractor. Whatever the merits of their grievances this go-round, nearly everyone agrees they are among the highest paid blue collar workers in the surrounding county.</p>
<p>I could go on, but I think you get the general idea: Wesleyan has an activist community. Other schools do, too. I think, however, you’ll find Wesleyan alumni will generally give them a fairer hearing than a lot of other places:</p>
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