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The student newspaper of Wellesley College since 1901

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The student newspaper of Wellesley College since 1901

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Dead Serious and Retta fill campus with laughter during Comedy Festival

Dead Serious and Retta fill campus with laughter during Comedy Festival

Cynthia Chen | March 5, 2015

Dead Serious hosted its fourth Annual Comedy Festival this week; along with a visit from Retta, who plays Donna in Parks and Recreation and an open mic stand-up night, they brought Dartmouth’s The Dog...

College Government continues to develop IdeaFest projects

College Government continues to develop IdeaFest projects

Cynthia Chen | March 4, 2015

Student project leaders provide updates on progress At the beginning of the academic year, College Government (CG) hosted IdeaFest, an event for members of the Wellesley community to get together and...

Sustainability IdeaFest is first step toward larger sustainability plans for Wellesley

Sustainability IdeaFest is first step toward larger sustainability plans for Wellesley

Cynthia Chen | February 26, 2015

Over 100 students and faculty gathered in Tishman Commons last Wednesday for the Sustainability Ideafest, a forum for the discussion of promoting environmental sustainability for the College. The IdeaFest,...

Wellesley professor wins Grammy for Best Opera Recording

Wellesley professor wins Grammy for Best Opera Recording

Cynthia Chen | February 25, 2015

Aaron Sheehan, a member of the Voice Department at Wellesley College, recently won a Grammy for Best Opera Recording during the 57th Grammy Awards. He also teaches at Towson University and the New England...

Shadow grading inspires academic exploration

Shadow grading inspires academic exploration

Cynthia Chen | February 4, 2015

The first trial run of Wellesley’s shadow grading policy is now officially over. First years may still be taking shadow-graded writing courses, but the winter break and new spring semester have given...

Giraffage produces futuristic mix of R&B and EDM

Cynthia Chen | February 4, 2015

EDM, or Electronic Dance Music, has a bit of a bad reputation. People argue that artists like Skrillex, Flume and Cashmere Cat are just sounds made on a computer, fabricated by anyone who knows how to...

Shakespeare Society’s  ‘The Tempest’ enchants audiences

Shakespeare Society’s ‘The Tempest’ enchants audiences

Cynthia Chen | December 3, 2014

Shakespeare Society put on its Fall 2014 production of “The Tempest” over the two weekends before Thankgiving. Directed by Katie Suchyta ’15, “The Tempest” is the story of the magician Prospero,...

Senate investigates expanding OneCard capabilities

Senate investigates expanding OneCard capabilities

Cynthia Chen | December 3, 2014

Senate is looking into expanding the OneCard so that it can be be used for laundry and to buy Senate Bus tokens and passes. A few weeks ago, Senate released a comprehensive report regarding a campus-wide...

Students to be housed  in alternative spaces during  Munger renovations

Students to be housed in alternative spaces during Munger renovations

Cynthia Chen | November 19, 2014

The College has postponed renovations to Munger Hall from June 2015 but has not determined when they will to start construction. Munger will remain open and available for student housing until then. According...

Student campaigning efforts culminate in midterm election party

Student campaigning efforts culminate in midterm election party

Cynthia Chen | November 6, 2014

Amidst red, white and blue balloons and an almost palpable excitement, students gathered in Pendleton Atrium to stream the live results from the midterm elections yesterday. Senators and representatives...

WZLY to sell 91.5 FM radio frequency

WZLY to sell 91.5 FM radio frequency

Cynthia Chen | October 23, 2014

WZLY, Wellesley’s student radio station, is selling its frequency license and will therefore no longer be on air at 91.5 FM. After a collective vote last year, WZLY will exclusively broadcast on the...

College continues to make an effort  to reduce student debt

College continues to make an effort to reduce student debt

Cynthia Chen | October 1, 2014

Wellesley College has made an active attempt in recent years to lower loans and increase grant aid. Nationally, college graduates this year on average face $30,000 dollars in debt, the highest student...

Wellesley students join record-breaking People’s Climate March in NYC

Wellesley students join record-breaking People’s Climate March in NYC

Cynthia Chen | September 26, 2014

Around 30 Wellesley College students joined the estimated 400,000 people who gathered in New York City last Sunday for the People’s Climate March. The march was the largest ever climate-related protest....

Filibuster of Paycheck Fairness Act inhibits gender equality

Filibuster of Paycheck Fairness Act inhibits gender equality

Cynthia Chen | September 26, 2014

Republican senators unanimously blocked the Paycheck Fairness Act on Sept. 19. The Paycheck Fairness Act would have added protections to the Equal Pay Act of 1963, in an attempt to further close the gap...

“Boyhood” movie spans a lifetime in 165 minutes

Cynthia Chen | September 19, 2014

Boyhood is a particularly literal interpretation of the coming of age genre. Shot over a twelve year span, Boyhood, directed by Richard Linklater, follows Mason through his adolescence and early adulthood. The...

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