In my first semester of college, the fall of 2015, I was a big user of Yik-Yak, an app that let participants read and post anonymous comments visible to people within a range of a few miles. The use of...
By: Alexandria Otero '19 and Jacqueline Sánchez '19
Alexandria Otero's Take:
One of the best, and most unexpected, things about my college experience has been Bachelor Tuesday — a weekly watch party...
My friends laughingly say that the first thing about me that anyone learns is that I’m from New Mexico. They say it laughingly because I never stop talking about my love for my state, to the point of...
This article contains spoilers for "Avengers: Infinity War."
As a devoted Marvel fan, I shamelessly endeavour to find the good in even the most subpar installments. I’ll stick up for “Iron Man 2”...
As a part of an increasing national trend, during the 2016-2017 school year, more than 5,000 students in the U.S. took the SAT online rather than on paper. An article written for Education Week in the...
In an email sent out to the campus on March 12, Wellesley College President Paula Johnson explained that changes will be coming to the Freedom Project. She announced that the director of the project, Deffenbaugh...
Most of my friends were pretty taken aback when, two weeks after declaring my second major, I advised a first-year against a similar course of action.
When I first came to Wellesley, I arrived with the...
On Feb. 18, Director of Residential Life Seffie Tringet sent out an email to the campus announcing that the College would be making changes to its student housing process for the 2018-2019 school year.
In...
On Nov. 15 in New York City, Frank Bidart, the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities and a professor of English at Wellesley, won the National Book Award for Poetry for his collection “Half-Light:...
Professor Jeffries re-introduces the Commission on Ethnicity, Race and Equity (CERE)
Associate Professor of American studies and Chair of the CERE Michael Jeffries wanted to reintroduce the Commission...
Controversy has gathered around the speculated removal of three union positions in the botanic gardens. Conflict between members of the Independent Maintenance and Service Employees Union of America and...
After the beginning of a devastating hurricane season, many students and organizations on campus have had fundraisers to send aid to afflicted areas in Texas, Florida and the Caribbean, especially...
The accreditation steering committee has begun its work for the semester, commencing a three stage process that will culminate in 2019 with the reaccreditation of the college. Reaccreditation occurs at...
I can still clearly picture the moment in which my first encounter with my friend's mother went awry, unbeknownst to anyone but me. We had gone out for ice cream, and the vibrant green color of the walls...
By Jacqueline Sánchez ’19
News Editor
Freedom Project Senior Visiting Fellow Mustafa Akyol gave a lecture on September 7 entitled “Is Islam Compatible with Freedom?” While the lecture was met with...
On Sept. 1, prior to the beginning of the school year, College Government Cabinet (CGC) announced in an email sent to the student body that Remix, one of the biggest annual parties on campus, was canceled....
In response to rising fears felt by the immigrant community and allies concerned about recent policies proposed and enforced by the Trump administration, specifically the executive order concerning refugees...
Rumors have been circulating about the future of the Office of Sustainability in light of a recent announcement that Patrick Willoughby, the Director of the Office of Sustainability, will not be returning...
Environmental Action (EnAct), a student organization at Wellesley dedicated to promoting sustainability and environmental awareness, is attempting to bring the Green Revolving Fund (GRF) back to Wellesley.
Ella...
At Senate on March 20, senators approved a ballot question that will decide whether or not the College Government Cabinet (CGC) should receive compensation for its work. The question will appear on the...
At Senate on Feb. 27, student representatives from the Admission and Financial Aid Committee presented their recommendation that the admission and financial aid policy for undocumented students be changed...
Albright Institute holds annual symposium focused on refugee crisis
On Sunday, Feb. 26, the Albright Institute held its annual symposium. This year, the symposium was titled From Exodus to Action: Claiming...
On Feb. 1, Wellesley College announced that Hillary Rodham Clinton ’69 will be the class of 2017 Commencement speaker. It will be one of the largest events that Secretary Clinton has spoken at since...
Regardless of a viewer’s familiarity with the current American political landscape, it is nearly impossible to sit through “Rogue One: A Star Wars Film” without noticing blatant political messaging....
With polls such as FiveThirtyEight estimating the number of people in the U.S who participated in a Women’s March at 3.2 million, it’s possible the demonstration was the largest in the country’s...
On Nov. 16, Wellesley College and Babson College held a solidarity march. Over two hundred people from each campus marched to Morton Park in the town of Wellesley and gathered to listen to speakers who...
At Senate on Oct. 31, members of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and members of dance organizations on campus voiced their concerns about the lack of visibility of sports and arts at Wellesley...
The Office of Residential Life introduced a seemingly dramatic change last year when it announced that for the first time ever, Resident Assistants (RAs) and House Presidents (HPs) were going to receive...
America has never been a nation of equal opportunity. This becomes especially apparent when considering how biased the college admission is given that the process unfairly favors students who come from...
A “Stronger Together” rally was held for presidential candidate Hillary Clinton ’69 at 2:45 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 13 on the lawn of Alumnae Hall facing the Lulu Chow Wang Campus Center. A few hundred...
At Convocation, Provost Andrew Shennan mentioned the possibility of faculty reduction throughout the 2016- 2017 school year. These reductions will most likely affect the number of tenure-track appointments...
Wellesley students rank professors best in nation
According to the Princeton Review’s recently released 25th edition survey released on August 29, Wellesley College students have ranked their professors...
President Bottomly and Michael P. Jeffries, an Associate Professor of American Studies, sent out an end of year report on the Commission on Ethnicity, Race and Equity (CERE) after a year fraught with...
Wellesley College to offer new minor
The college will offer a new minor in the fall of 2016, entitled the “Minor in Comparative Race and Ethnicity.” Professors Peggy Levitt and Markella Rutherford...
Students at Wellesley, along with college students across the world, endure stress not only from their academic responsibilities but also from pressures such as networking and trying to find a job. Wellesley...
As Spring Open Campus passes and the class of 2016 graduates, preparations are under way to welcome the incoming class of 2020. According to statistics released by the college, there were a record number...
College Government announces Failsafe event
The last action of this year’s College Government Cabinet will be to hold a sequence of events known collectively as Failsafe: Redefining Failure. The event...
Lulu Chow Wang ’66 named as commencement speaker
Lulu Chow Wang ’66 was announced as the this year’s commencement speaker at the Class of 2016 Senior Soiree on Thursday. She founded the investment...
Wellesley College has its share of folklore, including a collection of ghost stories and legends about almost every building on campus. A popular LiveJournal post, which details several of the most common...
Dean Wolfson outlines new housing policy
Interim Dean Adele Wolfson announced at Senate this week that there will be one notable change to the housing lottery that will take place this year. Instead of...
Wellesley Student Aid Society Clothes Closet reopens
Wellesley Student Aid Society (WSAS) has reopened its clothes closet on the first floor of Billings, in the link near the Schneider Center. The aim...
Ballot initiative information announced
Ballot initiatives must be presented to Senate before March 14, 2016. The ballots and their creators must be inclusive of the entirety of the student body, must...
Title IX Coordinator finalists announced
Interim Dean of Students Adele Wolfson announced that the finalists for Wellesley College’s Title IX Coordinator have been chosen. The Coordinator’s position...
BostonInno names students’ app a “Boston Mobile Startup to Watch”
Olivia Joslin ’18 and Hannah Wei ’18 recently launched their app Cliqbit, which has been featured in USA Today and the website...
Alumnae members of the team that made groundbreaking astrophysical discovery
Dr. Nergis Mavalvala ’90 and Sheila Dwyer ’05 are members of the team that recorded gravitational waves for the first time...
