Names with asterisks* are pseudonyms representing anonymous sources. They were granted anonymity due to their concerns over speaking on the record.
CW: mentions of gun violence
Punch’s Alley...
On March 10, Tamanika Ferguson, visiting assistant professor of women, gender and sexuality studies at Allegheny College, visited Harambee House for a meet and greet to discuss her research and answer...
Wellesley in Entertainment, an alumni group based in Los Angeles, announced the results of its annual screenwriting competition for current students in February of this year. Ayla Kurdak ’23 came in...
On Feb. 11, around 30 student organizers from Divest Olin interrupted a Board of Trustees meeting to demand that Olin College of Engineering, one of Wellesley College’s partner institutions in the Three...
The HistoryMakers Digital Archive and W.COLLECTIVE, Wellesley College’s fashion and lifestyle publication, collaborated to host an interactive lecture and discussion on African American trailblazers...
Students have long voiced concerns about laundry costs on campus. With the vast majority of Wellesley students living in on-campus housing, shelling out $3.00 for each load of laundry — $1.50 for a washer,...
The campus’ needs from its custodial staff have changed significantly since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. While 71 custodians are currently employed by Wellesley College, according to Mike...
The few people who actually endured Wellesley at its peak of COVID-19 restrictions during the 2020-2021 school year will likely agree with me when I say that my few moments of joy were experienced outside...
The basis of all life is under siege by none other than the United States Supreme Court. While applicable to a variety of recent decisions by the Court largely populated by cronies for the Republican Party,...
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I hate electoral politics. Especially on the national level.
To think that engaging in politics once every four years will “liberate America” is blatantly false — the root causes of Donald...
I would hope, at this point in the COVID-19 pandemic and after almost four years of a fascist president, that I do not need to tell you how much our lives depend on systemic social, economic and political...
In the richest, most successful country in the world, hospitals scramble to provide basic protective gear to healthcare workers and essential equipment like ventilators as COVID-19 patients overload emergency...
Although it is not yet well-known to the College community, the Inclusion Initiative by the Office of Intercultural Education has been well in the works since Fall 2019. According to Inés Maturana Sendoya,...
Across the country, turnout for the 2018 midterm elections surged; Americans cast their ballots at the highest rate for a midterm election since 1914. Wellesley students followed suit, with 52.3 percent...
Never underestimate the power of LGBTQ+ mentors for queer youth growing up, says AJ Guerrero. Indeed, the relationships that Guerrero, Wellesley’s new coordinator of LGBTQ+ programs and services, forged...
The phrase “Women who will make a difference in the world” is imprinted everywhere on campus, and its connotations are difficult for alumnae to escape. Although the current work of some alumnae may...
Ah, Thanksgiving. It’s the time of the year when the “climate change denier” or the“clandestine Trump supporter” family member pops out over a discussion at the dinner table. Regardless of the...
On Nov. 8, congressman and former candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination Beto O’Rourke dropped out of the race.
I’m sure hardly anyone was surprised by the announcement. With 17...
The Wellesley College Archives are much more than so-called “secret warehouses,” as they are home to a wide range of materials, from old class syllabi to pictures of anti-apartheid protests from the...
Coming out is a state of vulnerability that LGBTQ+ individuals uniquely experience, but nothing else would have made Mar Barrera ’20 feel like everything they do is more truthful.
“Things became...
School-wide emails are something that we either cherish as essential updates for what’s going on in the Wellesley community or despise. No matter where you are on the spectrum of feelings towards school-wide...
What other place on campus could offer the deal of a grande cup of hot coffee and an emoji sugar cookie for just $3 this October? It’s the store we all know and love: the Emporium. But how much do we...
An epidemic is unfolding. No, I don’t mean the vaping epidemic. I’m referring to the volatility of our Instagram feeds. Had a fight with a friend? Suddenly that picture you took with them in the background...
When you try to imagine the previous traditions of Wellesley College, what do you see? Students in antiquated dresses softly singing hymns? Orderly processions of students around our beloved Lake Waban?...
Pomeroy’s dining hall is a second home for Regina Gallardo ’23, and it is not because of the ice cream, scrambled tofu or creatively-made eggs. When Gallardo was visiting the College for Spring Open...
Apologies in advance for all the bee-related puns.
Humans are, for the most part, individualistic creatures, preoccupied with their tiny portion of the hive. But occasionally some of us find a reason...
