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— Middletown, Connecticut, since 1868 — FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2014 VOLUME CLV, ISSUE 7 WESLEYANARGUS.COM 184 High Street Officially Closed By Sofi Goode “Wesleyan students are pro- News Editor hibited from using houses or prop- erty owned, leased, or operated by The Beta Theta Pi house is now Greek organizations that are not officially off-limits to students. recognized by the University,” the Assistant Vice President for policy states. “This prohibition in- Student Affairs Rick Culliton an- cludes using such houses or property nounced via email on Monday, Sept. as residences, taking meals at such 15 that any University student found houses or property, and participat- in 184 High Street (Beta Theta Pi’s ing in social activities at such houses former house) without permission or property.” from the University and the organi- This policy was put in place zation that owns the house will be to prevent students from living in found in violation of the Code of and entering the Beta house while Non-Academic Conduct. the fraternity was not recognized by This violation is in accordance the University. In May 2011, Beta with the preexisting Residency gained University recognition and Policy of the Code of Non-Academic became a program house. The house Conduct, which was updated by was closed and again declared off- University President Michael Roth SEAMUS EDSON/CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER in August 2011. BETA, page 3 An exhibit of Professor of Art Tula Telfair’s landscape paintings premiered at the Zilkha Gallery on Tuesday, Sept. 16. This exhibit has been two years in the making. Coffee with a Side of Diving Into Telfair’s “World Of Community By Jenny Davis and Haenah Kwon plaques, trinkets, and tchotchkes galore. Dreams” At Zilkha Gallery Opinion Editor and Staff Writer Flamingo lights are draped among the shelves. We searched in vain for a price tag By Sharifa Lookman the most heavily and diversely attended As an artist, Telfair has ex- There’s a yellow and pink flag flying on these lights; alas, they were just there Staff Writer exhibitions that I have seen on campus. perimented with a variety of styles outside 143 William Street, a white cube for decoration. Perhaps most interesting was just how and subject matters, but of late she of a building with a crisp red awning. Tencza and Dunkley have known I was immediately struck by just many professors were in the room, par- has been renowned for her modern Racks of clothes are arranged on the side- each other for 36 years; Ceder and Tencza how many windows there seemed to be ticularly those not associated with the landscape paintings, as highlighted walk, calling out to people on their way have known each other 25. in the Zilkha Gallery. Landscape, green- Art and Art History Departments, repre- in this exhibition. Her landscapes to the barber shop next door or heading “[Tencza’s] son was in my Sunday ery, and sky met me from all angles, and senting instead the Biology, Astronomy, are monumental in scale and vibrant down to Main Street. school class,” Dunkley said. “We all went it took me a moment to recognize that, and Classical Studies Departments, to in color. Some aspects of her land- The shop, 3 Unique Ladie’s (sic), to church together.” while the facing wall was actually lined name a few. It became very clear to me scapes call to mind the grandeur of opened this past April. Owned by Tencza, who runs a day care when with windows, the other supposed “win- that this exhibition went beyond one historic landscapes while others can Linda Tencza and run by Tencza, Laura she’s not working at 3 Unique Ladie’s, dows” were in fact paintings. Paintings medium and subject to become a truly be likened to photographs. Dunkley, and Diane Ceder, the store is used to care for Ceder’s two children as windows, windows as landscape, and multidisciplinary installation. Telfair describes these places part coffee shop, part gift shop, and part on the days Ceder worked. Tencza grew landscape as a looking glass: welcome to Though the idea for the exhibition as being fictive and an expression living room. up in Durham, Conn., and moved to Tula Telfair’s world of dreams. was conceived over a year ago, Telfair of her imagination. She emphasizes When we walked into the shop on Middletown when she got married at On Tuesday, Sept. 16 the Center has physically worked on these pieces the role of creativity in her artistic a quiet Saturday morning, Tencza and 18; Dunkley was born in Boston and has for the Arts (CFA) unveiled an exhibi- since January, when they quickly be- process. Dunkley were seated at a table, sipping lived in Middletown for 36 years. tion two years in the making: Professor came her babies. “I enjoy the possibility of creat- coffee in front of a shiny black computer. Dunkley and Tencza, who met of Art Tula Telfair’s premiere of “A World “I haven’t done a lot in this time ing something from nothing, which Ceder, they explained, works on different through the First Baptist Church in of Dreams: New Landscape Paintings” in apart from paint, perhaps write a few days. Middletown, worked together at that the Zilkha Gallery. This was likely one of letters, and teach,” Telfair said. TELFAIR, page 6 “Have a look around,” they urged us. church many years ago. The store is crowded; no space is “What we used to do at the church wasted. There are clothes, jewelry, bags, University Warns of Health cards, knitted baby booties, candles, UNIQUE, page 4 Risks Related to MDMA Use By Courtney Laermer op positive feelings. The immediate ef- for the brain to recover from the Assistant News Editor fects of serotonin are elevated moods, effects of MDMA, particularly heightened sensations, and increased because the brain must replace the Several students have been hospi- sexual arousal, and these effects occur neurotransmitters that were previ- talized in the recent weeks after taking usually within 15-30 minutes of inges- ously released. He also added that, MDMA, a drug known as “Molly,” tion. He also explained that the drug in some cases, it can take the brain according to an email sent by Health is sometimes accompanied by negative months, or even years, to recover, Services to all University students on side-effects. as the drug can result in cravings Tuesday, Sept. 16. “Sometimes a person may expe- for more. Medical Director of the Health rience unwanted effects such as anxi- Other side effects of this drug Services Department Dr. Thomas ety, agitation and dizziness as well as include feeling hot, dizziness, chest McLarney described the negative im- elevated heart rate and blood pressure pain, severe anxiety, and shortness plications of taking this drug. (due to the dopamine and norepineph- of breath (especially in a warm en- “It is a stimulant and psyche- rine),” McLarney wrote. “This could vironment). McLarney emphasized delic substance,” McLarney wrote in be as a result of the MDMA alone, that if an individual is feeling those an email to The Argus. “It works by taking another similar but more po- symptoms, ze should be evaluated increasing the release of certain neu- tent designer drug (there are a number as soon as possible. In addition, rotransmitters from the brain specifi- of them out there) or the capsule taken if someone has a preexisting heart cally dopamine, norepinephrine and was altered with a number of other condition, MDMA can lead to HAENAH KWON/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER serotonin.” substances such as PCP.” heart failure, heart attack, and even He explained that serotonin is a Furthermore, McLarney ex- Linda Tencza, Laura Kunkley, and Diane Ceder run a new gift shop on William Street that draws upon the love of many community members. chemical that causes a person to devel- plained that it can take days to weeks MOLLY, page 3 Get Lucky On Top of Mt. Smokey Getting Defensive Amy Bloom’s new novel 4 Mount Eerie talks new album, Sauna 7 Cimino ’15 discusses secondary strategy 10 2 THE WESLEYAN ARGUS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2014 The Wesleyan Argus WESPEAKS established in 1868 The Reason Why Consent is Not “So Frat” Editors-in-Chief Gwendolyn Rosen Rebecca Seidel BY KIRBY SOKOLOW part of what it means to be a fraterni- paigns aim to use trends and brands en and a change in how college-age ty brother.” The group sounds prom- to equate consent with something men view drunk girls (i.e. not as an Production Manager Whenever I read or hear about ising; an organization that specifical- that is popular and cool, and I ac- “opportunity”). Eliza Loomis a new student group or project that ly targets fraternities in its efforts to knowledge that this group succeeds “Consent is So Frat” operates promotes the discussion of sexual as- bring consent culture and education in making consent a topic actively under the notion that consent cul- Executive Editors sault and harassment, consent, and ture is something that is active in Lily Baggott to college campuses – what could be present in the minds of fraternity male privilege, I feel proud of my better than that? Based on its mis- brothers. But I do find something fraternities in the present and, in Claire Bradach generation, my alma mater, and my my opinion, this is one of the larg- Miranda Katz sion, “Consent is So Frat” appears to very concerning and problematic fellow human beings; I become ex- help fraternities question their own in even the very title of this group; est problems with this organization.