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The Wellesley News

The student newspaper of Wellesley College since 1901

The Wellesley News

The student newspaper of Wellesley College since 1901

The Wellesley News

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Student workers help restore books in conservation collections and archives Photo Courtesy of Karolina Oleszczuk '21 Assistant Photo Editor

Binding the old and the new: Clapp workers preserve historical books in the digital age

Elisabeth Clemmons | April 5, 2018

With the advent of the Kindle and other e-readers, have the bound spines and printed ink of physical books faded into the past? The conservationists and archivists at Wellesley say no, and they go the...

Canadian singer and new “secular saint” Leonard Cohen performing in Aug. 1970. Photo Courtesy of Billboard.

The psychology of secular saints: Americans worship celebrities for better or worse

Elisabeth Clemmons | April 4, 2018

The New York Times recently published an article regarding celebrity worship, asserting that Canadian singer-songwriter and poet Leonard Cohen has become a “secular saint” in Montreal. According to...

Why you aren’t getting your summer internship

Why you aren’t getting your summer internship

Elisabeth Clemmons | February 28, 2018

Summer is only 2,184 hours or 90 days, away, and if you haven’t secured your internship yet, you may be at risk of unemployment for the rest of your life. But don’t start worrying yet — we uncovered...

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