Does anyone happen to remember this colorful piece about Wesleyan written for U.S. News and World Report by columnist John Leo? It's really a priceless portrait of my dear alma mater, and I would like to share it with generations to come. Leo writes: 

"In the fall of 2000, I promised my daughter the freshman that I wouldn't write about Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.) until she graduated. As a result, you readers learned nothing from me about the naked dorm, the transgender dorm, the queer prom, the pornography-for-credit course, the obscene sidewalk chalking, the campus club named crudely for a woman's private part, or the appearance on campus of a traveling anti-Semitic roadshow, loosely described as a pro-Palestinian conference." 

In some ways, it's Wesleyan in a nutshell and certainly one of the best opening paragraphs describing Wesleyan that you'll ever read. And the worst too. The school has indeed produced its share of controversies over the years. However well Leo manages to capture many unique aspects of Wesleyan, it is unfortunate that his breathy writing makes all these goings-on seem more disorienting than controversial and worthy of discussion.
 

See the full text of Leo's article at: 

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/opinion/articles/050110/10john.htm