Wellesley Athletics took down their pages outlining their transgender policy from their website after President Donald Trump signed an executive order officially banning all transgender athletes from participating...
In the mid-19th century, naturalist poet Henry David Thoreau thoroughly lamented the expansion of the railroad. Thoreau was concerned not only by how the railway was changing but also the changes to the...
Going into the presidential election, many news organizations and pollsters commented on the increasing number of young men participating in right-wing rallies and conservative organizing. Many drew the...
In the immediate aftermath of Kamala Harris' loss of the 2024 election, I, like many people, had unfortunate flashbacks to 2016. Flashbacks of waking up the day after Election Day and being informed by...
The summer before third grade my parents were, to put it mildly, frustrated by my lack of interest in reading. I did love books; my mom would read to my sister and I almost every single night. However,...
“Kamala Harris was such a great candidate when she first launched her campaign but now it's like I'm barely tolerating her. She's dragging the party closer in the direction of the Republican Party and...
“I wish people would stop vote-shaming third party voters. I plan to vote third party and I don’t need to be told that I’m “throwing away” my vote. I’m voting with my conscience.”
I...
One of the funniest Halloween costumes I have seen at Wellesley is credited to an Olin student in one of my political science courses. At first glance, he seemed to have just dressed as a slightly more...
The 2024 Presidential Election has and will likely continue to dominate the news cycle as we march towards November. It can sometimes be difficult to analyze how Wellesley students feel about the continual...
On Tuesday, Sept. 12, Wellesley students gathered in basements, dorm rooms and academic spaces to watch former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris face off in the first presidential...
Recently, I have seen many headlines announcing triumphs of women in sport: from Caitlin Clark breaking the NCAA scoring record for both men and women’s basketball, to the Paris 2024 Olympic games emphasizing...
The former governor of South Carolina, Nikki Haley, is on some level hard not to root for. Haley can easily be read as a foil to former President Trump: a young woman of color who allows herself...
As a long-time retail worker, I am intimately familiar with the gift-purchasing process. It is my responsibility to help customers find the best gift without totally overshooting their budget. However,...
On May 27, 2023, during the NCAA rowing championship, I rowed in the Wellesley varsity eight as it crossed the finish line, securing a national title and team championship. Crew has been a fundamental...
I didn’t notice it at first. The first few ‘ums’ slipped easily past my ears. However, I soon found myself counting the number of ‘likes’ she would fit into one phrase. Soon, it became all I...
I have recently found myself in an interesting corner of the internet known as “#BimboTok.” Under this and similar hashtags one will find hundreds of videos from creators self-identifying as “bimbos,”...
On Nov. 3, the FBI officially shut down Z-library, a website that offered over 11 million books and 84 million articles for free. What led to the arrest of the creators and site runners Anton Napolsky...
Wintersession has been a staple at Wellesley College for decades and is known for giving students the ability to explore educational opportunities from study abroad to skill building workshops. However,...
In this upcoming election, like many other Americans, my vote will be statistically insignificant. I am from Monmouth County, New Jersey, which sits inside the state's fourth congressional district. My...
