Racist email condemning Black students stirs outrage at UMass Amherst
CONTENT WARNING: This article mentions acts of racism. During the week of Sept. 25, a series of anonymous racist emails…
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Freedom Project shutting down after years of controversy
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News
Freedom Project shutting down after years of controversy
On Sept. 9, 2021, Provost Dean Shennan announced to Academic Council that the 2021-2022 academic year would be the Freedom…
Co-ops coming back to Wellesley after almost two years of closure
In the 2021-22 school year, the student-run cafés and pub are making a return to Wellesley’s campus scene after a…
Features
Meet the 2025 class council
The 2025 Class Council was recently elected by the Green Class. Consisting of Co-Presidents Sooahn Lee and Amanda Zhu, Vice…
Wellesley for Life Facebook Post Sparks Controversy
Wellesley for Life (WFL) leaders advertised their organization through a post on the Wellesley College Class of 2025 Facebook group…
Wellesley Senior Pushes for Female Representation in the world of Chinese Math
The Qiuzhen College of Tsinghua University, one of the two premier universities in China, announced in 2019 that they would…
Opinions
Changing your college major: letting go of others’ expectations and coming into your own
For as long as I can remember, I have known exactly who I wanted to be: Amy Gardner, founder of…
The FAFSA and CSS are inaccessible
It is vitally important that we reconsider the structure of financial aid at Wellesley College, especially in the midst of…
Wellesley, ditch the Bard: drop the Shakespeare requirement for English majors
Shakespeare has long been considered a major part of the canon of Western literature. Between his well-preserved plays and sonnets…
Arts
The MFA’s Monet Exhibition Celebrates Impressionism’s Legacy in Boston
From April 17 to Oct. 17, 2021, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston has showcased its impressive collection of…
Please read this incredibly sad book (yes, it will make you cry) (Books Before Boys review)
Content warning: this review discusses potentially triggering plot points in a book, including death and grief. Full honesty, as I…
The Reports of Her Death Were Greatly Exaggerated: A check-in on the Romantic Comedy
The Romantic Comedy (or rom-com) has been the subject of both ridicule and adoration since its inception. It has been…
Sports and Wellness
Food, Nutrition and Difficult Diets: A Discussion With Wellesley Nutritionist Barbara Southcote
“Food” has become a buzzword on Wellesley’s campus over the past year. From the ongoing demands from WAMI and other…
Demystifying Inconclusive COVID-19 Tests
Since Fall 2020, the College has mandated that students, faculty and staff undergo biweekly asymptomatic COVID-19 testing. While one can…
Athletes Owe Many Thanks to the PERA Department
As the final weeks of Term 4 approach, there is much to reflect on surrounding how the COVID-19 pandemic was…
Online
Sophomores to Live in Vacuum Closets, COVID Testing Cubicles, as the Great Housing Crisis of 2021 Steamrolls On
On the morning of sophomore housing selection, recently-engaged-u-hauling-lesbian couple Whitney Wellesley ’24 and her roommate and intended Winniefred Wellesley ’24…
Wellesley community loses all sense of hope after Wi-Fi outage
On Saturday, May 29, the Wellesley Secure Wi-Fi ceased to function for the whole day. Wellesley students, in the midst…
Mini fridges: Silent, but deadly
Is your mini fridge running? What’s that? It’s unionizing! If you haven’t heard already, the gas-guzzling, smog-inducing, carbon-emitting monster machines…