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The student newspaper of Wellesley College since 1901

The Wellesley News

The student newspaper of Wellesley College since 1901

The Wellesley News

Humans of Wellesley: transitions post-Thanksgiving break

December 6, 2024

Deeksha Gupta ’26 (she/her)  "I was forced to lock in on the final day of Thanksgiving Break, since my Econ presentation for Monday creeped up on me  which I felt was unfairly timed. All I thought...

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Humans of Wellesley: Stone-Davis Dining Hall Workers Edition

Lyanne Wang | October 25, 2023

A mother looking to earn her display cook qualification. A feminist enthralled with volleyball. These are the people creating the rich burrito bar, the sweet churros, and the steaming tomato soup of the...

Humans of Wellesley: Wintersession

Iris Martinez | February 8, 2023

Emma Sullivan ’24 (they/them) CAREER EDUCATION “Wellesley is my home, but I also worked on Wellesley Career Education’s first-year retreat, Embark!, and I designed programming for them, which...

Humans of Wellesley: Not at Wellesley

Diya Khanna | November 2, 2022

Cynthia Gomez ’24 (she/her/hers) Studying in Córdoba, Spain as part of PRESHCO (Programa de Estudios Hispánicos en Córdoba.)  “One of the classes I'm taking is archaeology. I really like it...

Humans of Wellesley: Mail Services

Maimoonah Shafqat | October 5, 2022

  Danielle Ellis ’25 “Right now, [working at Mail Services] is a little stressful, but usually it's just very fun for me. It's obviously work … but I look forward to going to work most days...

Humans of Wellesley: TikTokers

Maimoonah Shafqat | March 1, 2022

Colleen Boggs ’23 @colleenboggs I don't think it was really intentional. I started gaining an audience in the summer of 2020. I would make TikToks with my sister, funny dances, the ones that everyone...

Humans of Wellesley: Rugby Team

Maimoonah Shafqat | December 8, 2021

Grace Oh ’22 Over the past school year because of COVID… we didn't really operate as a team. We had practices, but we couldn't have contact so they were just throwing the ball around. This season,...

Humans of Wellesley: Guild of Carillonneurs

Maimoonah Shafqat | November 17, 2021

  Brynne Rurak ’23 I think I remember specifically when I had my advancement recital, so that is when you go up with Margaret, the carillon instructor, and she shows you how to play the main...

Humans of Wellesley: Tanner Spotlight

Maimoonah Shafqat | October 27, 2021

Bella Jung ’24 Childcare as Commodity: The Impact of Capitalism on Children, Parents and Communities My Tanner was called Childcare as Commodity and the Impacts of Capitalism on Children, Parents...

Humans of Wellesley: Twitter

Maimoonah Shafqat | October 27, 2021

Over the past year and a half, as campus life has been disrupted and many Wellesley students have found themselves to be physically distant from one another, students have sought different ways to connect....

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