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The student newspaper of Wellesley College since 1901

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Hira Khan, Features Managing Editor

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CG President Zainab Khan gives speech at Convocation. Image Credit: Iris Zhan

CG President delivers electric speech at Convocation

Hira Khan, Managing Features Editor | September 20, 2025

The start of the 2025-26 academic year was marked by Wellesley’s annual convocation ceremony on Sept. 2. At 4:40 p.m., students, faculty and staff were seated in the Hay Outdoor Theater. Per Wellesley...

Nicole Sobski (left) and Noora Harake (right) at the finish line. Image Credit: Daniel Sobski.

Class of ’25 runs 26.2: Wellesley seniors in the Boston Marathon

Hira Khan, Managing Features Editor | April 30, 2025

On April 21, Wellesley students Noora Harake ’25 and Nicole Sobski ’25 ran the Boston Marathon, one of the world’s most prestigious marathons with a notoriously difficult course and over 30,000 registered...

BSA members and performers at Coffeehouse. Photo courtesy of Samihath Zaman '25.

Speaking in mother tongues: BSA hosts International Mother Language Day Coffeehouse event

Phoebe Rebhorn and Hira Khan | March 11, 2025

As students trickled into Punch’s Alley on the evening of Feb. 21, they were greeted by the wafting aroma of “Cha” and the cheerful banter of surrounding students. They were attending the International...

Young Palestinians amidst a residential area reduced to rubble. Image credit: Mohammed Ibrahim via Unsplash.

Wellesley CC4J hosts ‘Health in Gaza’ talk

Hira Khan, Managing Features Editor | March 5, 2025

On Feb. 20, the Wellesley College Committee for Justice hosted a discussion on health in Gaza with Doctors Thaer Ahmad and Mark Perlmutter. The event took place in Collins Cinema from 7-8 p.m., with the...

Lake Tiberias, also known as the Sea of Galilee. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

“Bye Bye Tiberias” screens at Collins Cinema

Hira Khan, Managing Features Editor | February 24, 2025

Nestled between the Galilee, the Golan Heights and the Jordan Rift Valley, Lake Tiberias is known for its scenic beauty and religious significance. It is also the site of Lina Soualem’s 2023 documentary,...

The 2025 Albright Institute Fellows at the end of Wintersession. Image courtesy of @albright.inst on Instagram.

2025 Winter Albright Institute Fellow reflects on experience

Hira Khan, Managing Features Editor | February 16, 2025

The Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute for Global Affairs (The Albright Institute) is an immersive experience for Wellesley students eager to solve pressing issues around the world. Inspired by Secretary...

Wellesley students chat in the basement of Severance hall

Why we need to revive third places

Hira Khan | November 16, 2022

As people across the globe find themselves creeping out of long quarantines, many have come to the realization that socialization simply isn’t as easy as it once was. As many of us now struggle to find...

Aid worker provides support after floods in Pakistan

Climate reparations for Pakistan are long overdue

Hira Khan | November 2, 2022

“Every year the water comes, and every year we drown,” says Qurban Ali Lashari for the Financial Times. Lashari is one of 33 million Pakistanis who have been affected by ravaging floods in the Pakistani...

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