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Alumnae Spotlight, Features, News, News and Features

Representative Liz Miranda ’02 brings “joy as resistance” to Commencement

By Sophie Hurwitz

In the video announcing that Massachusetts State Representative Liz Miranda ’02 was going to be Wellesley’s 2021 commencement speaker, the…

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Opinions

Embrace Credit-Non, Some Advice From a Senior

By Sophie Hurwitz

As a graduating senior, I feel the need to impart advice like the obnoxious elderly man that I am. And,…

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Arts, Popular Culture, Reviews

“We might be the fire nation:” On the political significance of the Netflix re-release of Avatar

By Sophie Hurwitz

When you are trapped inside as the world continues to collapse around you, what is there to do but rewatch “Avatar: the Last Airbender”?

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News, News and Features

Siblings becomes first constituted transgender student organization in Wellesley history

By Sophie Hurwitz

As Wellesley entered Wintersession last month, a major change in the representation of transgender students at the college quietly occured:…

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News, News and Features

Students deliver fossil fuel divestment petition to College President Paula Johnson

By Renée Remsberg, Sophie Hurwitz

On Friday December 6, approximately 50 students, faculty and staff gathered on the Jewett steps to protest the school’s investment…

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News, News and Features

College suspends health and society minor indefinitely, citing lack of course availability

By Jodi Wei, Sophie Hurwitz

Yesterday, Chair of the Committee on Curriculum and Academic Policy (CCAP) Ann Velenchik announced to the College via email that…

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News, News and Features

Wellesley appoints new Title IX and 504 coordinator

By Sophie Hurwitz

On Nov. 12, President Paula Johnson announced that Wellesley would be taking on a new coordinator for Title IX and…

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News, News and Features, News in Brief

ASL workshop, Levitt Fellowship announced, Lennon Wall voted down

By Sophie Hurwitz

Students for an Accessible Wellesley holds ASL basics workshop On Monday, Nov. 18, Students for an Accessible Wellesley, an organization…

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News, News and Features, Uncategorized

Rep. Joe Kennedy returns to Wellesley, This time at a 2020 senate candidate

By Erin Kelly, Jodi Wei, Sophie Hurwitz

On Nov. 16, Congressman Joe Kennedy made a stop at Wellesley College for an hour long conversation hosted by the…

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News, News and Features, Outside the Bubble

Chick-Fil-A; Thanksgiving traffic; Boston marijuana industry

By Sophie Hurwitz

Boston LGBTQ advocates welcome Chick-Fil-A after policy change Chik-fil-A has announced that the two anti-LGBT charities that it has previously…

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