''The Wesleyan Argus'' is the student newspaper of

Wesleyan University Wesleyan University ( ) is a Private university, private liberal arts college, liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut, United States. It was founded in 1831 as a Men's colleges in the United States, men's college under the Methodi ...

Middletown, Connecticut Middletown is a city in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. Located along the Connecticut River, in the central part of the state, 16 miles (25.749504 km) south of Hartford, Connecticut, Hartford. Middletown is the largest city in the L ...

, United States. Established in 1868, ''The Argus'' is the nation’s longest-running twice-weekly college newspaper, and is published every Tuesday and Friday throughout the school year. Each issue of ''The Argus'' includes the news, features, arts and culture, opinion, and sports sections, while Tuesday issues also include articles from the satirical Ampersand section.

History

''The Argus'' was founded in 1868 and has been published bi-weekly since. ''The Argus'' does not run in exam periods and has paused publication during wartimes and the

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. ''The Argus'' is named after

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, a many-eyed giant in Greek mythology. In 1975, ''The Argus'' ran its first advertisement for a campus queer group. In 2015, ''The Argus'' made headlines after a student wrote an opinion piece questioning the tactics of members of the

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. In response to student outrage, the President of the Wesleyan Student Assembly called for ''The Argus'' to be defunded. However, school leaders defended the right of students to freely write in ''The Argus'' and funding was never cut.

Notable alumni

* David Brancaccio, host of the public radio business program Marketplace Morning Report * Ethan Bronner, senior editor at

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* Alan Miller,

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-winning journalist * Randall Pinkston, reporter for

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, documentary producer for '' Frontline'' * John Yang, special correspondent for the

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References

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