The first thing Luiza Nascimento ’21 wants you to know is that she is fine. Now at home in Sergipe, Brazil, Luiza learned March 24 that she tested positive for COVID-19. She is Wellesley College’s...
As spring break approaches, the COVID-19 outbreak has introduced numerous uncertainties in the College community and beyond. According to an all-school email issued by Wellesley College administration...
The first love letter I wrote to you arrived the same day I did. It came about two weeks late. I spotted it stuck in the mail slot on our way out to dinner, growing mortified at the thought of...
Wellesley College Google Groups, a ubiquitous aspect of all Wellesley lives that has guided, enraged and above all, connected the campus, died in its home in Fall 2019.
Emails, for better or for worse,...
Yesterday, Career Education notified students who were interested in the Nov. 13 Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) information and recruitment session that it had been cancelled, citing “potential event...
With its picturesque lake and hallowed stone halls, Wellesley College is not exactly known as a wild party school. When Wellesley students do party, they typically venture into the city on the Local Motion...
On Nov. 12, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on the Trump administration’s attempt to rescind Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), an immigration policy enacted by President Barack...
Financial considerations are, for most, a significant factor in determining their higher education path. Wellesley’s financial aid assistance program is committed to meeting 100 percent of calculated...
I attended the town hall last week and reported on the proceedings, and it’s blindingly clear that the problems at Wellesley are more than plentiful and each is more dire than the last. Housing issues,...
When the idea for the Wellesley College Hydration Enthusiasts Club (WCHEC) was first conceived, even the founders would find the support the club would one day get hard to believe. But each Tuesday evening,...
This Sunday, Sept. 21, the Wellesley College Department of Music kicked off its annual concert series with an organ recital by Erica Johnson, Doctor of Musical Arts, who recently joined the faculty as...
The world is facing the next stage in technological advancement in the form of 5G, which will open up the next generation of cellular network technology to promise hyper-fast speeds and a near-infinite...
We are honored to be serving as the co-Editors-in-Chief of 120th issue of The Wellesley News for the 2019-2020 school year. Since 1901 The Wellesley News has been committed to delivering factual, unbiased...
To the Editors:
Re: “The referendum petition shows a clear disregard for constitutional principles” (opinion, Apr. 10)
As of this writing, the referendum has already taken place and was decided...
For most Wellesley students, spring means warm weather and the additional stress from fast-approaching deadlines. But for one student, the season brings an additional exciting opportunity that is unique,...
I am the daughter of immigrants. Is part of my identity, my childhood and my existence. Like many children of immigrants, it wasn’t until I was much older that I began to contend seriously with that...
Last Thursday, Campus Police unveiled its new public safety campaign to the dismay of students everywhere. The campaign, which took effect at 12 p.m. on Thursday, is a partnership with the Department of...
When we talk about study abroad, we tend to focus on a couple of things: homesickness, culture shock and language barriers. But I want to shine a light on an aspect of studying abroad that we may forget,...
No two internship experiences are the same. The Wellesley News Artichoke investigative team spoke to three Wellesley students who have had, to say the least, some interesting encounters in their annual...
The first time I heard a line from “When Harry Met Sally” I was listening to a Modern Baseball track. The emo rock band, in their song “How Do I Tell A Girl I Want To Kiss Her?” sampled iconic,...
Once again, Wellesley College finds itself in the midst of another College Government (CG) election. In the past week, you have been accosted with countless emails with aggressively friendly invitations...
In a new study conducted via an all-school email, researchers concluded that a shocking 88 percent of current Wellesley students have just recently learned that an anonymous online confessions page has...
Last weekend, on Nov. 29, the digital news company Mic announced that it would be laying off the majority of its 100-person staff as the publication would be acquired by Bustle Digital Group. Once at the...
Going abroad, in my case to the London School of Economics, means quite a few things. It means the majority of your life is spilling out of three oversized suitcases, while the most important parts of...
Last week, Ravi Ravishanker, chief information officer (CIO) and associate provost, and Carol Shanmugaratnam, registrar and assistant dean, presented an update at Senate on the ongoing transition from...
‘Corporation’ is a dirty word. It’s a dirty, corrupt, blood-soaked word whose four syllables represent the most powerful forces in the world. Therefore I ask, when we graduate, armed with a laughably...
In July, I traveled back to Wellesley from Boston to attend presentations made by the two final bus companies being considered for the College’s new transportation service. Academy Bus Charter and WeDriveU––both...
At the beginning of this school year, students were greeted with the news that Wellesley College would be partnering with a new bus company to provide shuttle service to Cambridge and Boston. Peter Pan...
Wellesley celebrates Latinx Month in April
In April, Wellesley celebrated Latinx Month with performances, lectures and workshops for community members to understand and learn about Latinx culture and history....
As Wellesley’s Year of Sustainability comes to an end, student activism groups have organized to push the administration to adopt more sweeping campus sustainability practices. On Friday, April 27, about...
In our two previous issues, The Wellesley News revealed findings from our investigation, “Corporatizing our community,” into the Voluntary Retirement Program (VRP), a retirement incentive package offered...
Wellesley College is currently being investigated by the Department of Justice (DOJ) for possible violations of Early Decision admissions practices. Approximately two weeks ago, the College received a...
Last week, The Wellesley News printed the first of three articles in a series called “Corporatizing our Community,” which seeks to explain the Voluntary Retirement Program (VRP), the reasons for its...
On December 22, 2017, 38 Wellesley staff members quietly said their goodbyes to the College at which they dedicated so many years. On June 30, 2018, the end of this year, 34 faculty will do the same. This...
Wellesley College Guild of Carillonneurs to honor Martin Luther King, Jr.
On April 4, the Wellesley College Guild of Carillonneurs will commemorate the 50th anniversary of civil rights activist Martin...
Boston remembers Martin Luther King Jr’s 50th anniversary of assassination
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK) when he was shot in Memphis, Tennessee on April...
Last Wednesday night, the northeast was hit with Winter Storm Quinn, which brought up to a foot of snow in some areas and caused power outages throughout the night across the state. The nor’easter followed...
Working Group on Immigration presents updates
Associate professor of education Soo Hong, representing the Working Group on Immigration, presented updates to Senate on Monday. The group has been working...
At Senate on Feb. 12, the Student Organization Funding Committee (SOFC) presented its Spring 2018 updates, which included extensive rebranding as well as a review of proposed changes for Guaranteed Percentage...
SOFC Presentation
Student Bursar Natalie Jin ’18 presented spring updates for SOFC. Following the vote that took place at the end of the fall 2017 semester, the e-board retreat policy, as well as the...
Since renovations for the Science Center began this semester, parking has become a source of stress for students, faculty and staff. Preparation for the renovations, which will officially be undertaken...
On Friday Dec. 1, students, faculty, staff and union workers gathered on Chapel Lawn in a show of solidarity for the Wellesley College Botanic Gardens (WCBG) workers who are currently facing termination....
Since the end of September, the Student Labor Action Project (SLAP) has been developing an initiative to guarantee fair wages for Supplemental Instruction leaders (SIs) and Academic Success Coaches (ASCs)....
Wellesley College hosts annual Seven College Conference
On Tuesday, Nov. 28 and Wednesday, Nov. 29, Wellesley College hosted various presidents, provosts and other leaders from the Seven Sisters colleges—Barnard,...
Last week, posters advertising a joint Wellesley College Republicans and Wellesley’s American Enterprise Institute (AEI) Council, “Problems with Single Payer: A Discussion on Health Care Policy Problems...
I mourn the loss of my native tongue. Not often, but enough to spark the now-familiar guilt when I can only communicate with my grandparents with nods and cheery laughter and the same mangled phrases I...
On Oct. 30, a document titled “Establishing and Upholding Community Standards in Wellesley’s Orgs” was presented at Senate. The 10-page document, part of a student-led initiative to express concerns...
On Oct. 5, College Government (CG) and House Presidents Council (HPC) hosted a town hall to discuss social life on campus, drawing nearly 100 students and administrators to share their experiences on the...
Last week, a number of on-campus organizations hosted career and resource fairs for both their club members and the College at large.
On Sept. 27, Wellesley College Democrats held their annual Progressive...
Updates on hiring announcements
The committee to hire the director of student involvement and leadership has begun to receive applications with plans to begin phone interviews this week. The aggressive...
On Aug. 30, Wellesley College welcomed approximately 600 new students—including first-years, Davis Scholars and transfer students—to the campus. Ten of these students—Emely Larios, Paula DeAnda,...
Most theses turned in on April 21 were of the paper-and-ink variety, but Audrey Stevens ’17, The Wellesley News’s Photo Editor, submitted a half-hour long film as the sole thesising Cinema and Media...
When the fourth Google result for “chainsmokers new album” comes up as “Chainsmokers’ Memories’: Is this the worst album of 2017?” from USA Today — that means something. After several wildly...
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but the rise of social media as a platform to air grievances about anything and everything has changed the adage to “everyone is entitled to my opinion.”...
On May 27 of last year, Boston Calling announced that it would be moving from its usual location of Boston’s City Hall Plaza to Harvard University’s Athletics Complex in Allston and that it would be...
The old adage “a picture is worth a thousand words” rings especially true on Hidden Heartbreak, an Instagram page whose creator, an anonymous 29-year-old fashion designer, draws comics that revolve...
“A confession everyone—I’M ASIAN! Surprise!” The loud proclamation opened up Kristina Wong’s show, “The Wong Street Journal,” on Mar. 8. The show, billed as a “sharply hilarious one-woman...
Wellesley College Softball will kick off its 2017 season on March 22 with its first New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) game against Emerson. Currently in preseason, the team...
I’ve been on a horror film kick. I’ve tortured myself with Kubrick’s classic villains, bloodthirsty cave-dwellers and the slithery eels in Gore Verbinski’s surprisingly good—or is it bad?—...
Over President’s Day weekend, posters advertising the Newhouse Center film screening and director talkback of “Some of My Best Friends are Zionists” were vandalized across campus. Posters with the...
Everyone’s social media feeds after Sunday night’s Academy Awards will be filled with videos of Viola Davis’s tearful, inspiring speech of her accepting the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, Warren...
Several days of trying to wrap my mind around Gore Verbinski’s newest venture have resulted in a stubborn incertitude on the merits of the two-and-a-half-hour-long experience that is “A Cure for Wellness.”...
In the previous issue, I gave a detailed summary on the controversy involving the President, Buzzfeed and more traditional news outlets as a result of an unverified dossier on Trump released in its entirety...
On Jan. 10, Buzzfeed released a dossier alleging deep ties between then-President-elect Trump and the Russian government. The unverified and unedited report contains memos compiled by a former British...
Despite the fact that both presidential candidates are reticent about their stance on the arts in their campaigns, a collective of artists have made very clear their feelings about this year’s candidates....
Tuesday of last week, New Yorkers in lower Manhattan were shocked as a nearly-naked, cloven-hoofed Hillary Clinton appeared in the streets. Perched atop a map with a blood-covered pinpoint on Benghazi...
For the upcoming presidential election, students have sought out both volunteer opportunities to campaign for a party and chances to hear politicians speak. With organizations such as Wellesley Students...
I was raised on Disney Princesses and Barbies, not Power Rangers and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but I connected with that adventurous, kick-down-the-door side of myself through these series later...
Last Friday, students and guests were welcomed into the Davis Museum for a special preview night ahead of this Wednesday’s grand opening. Attendees were invited to walk through the three floors currently...
Reshma Saujani, lawyer and politician, has a phenomenal TED Talk called “Teach girls perfection, not bravery.” In 12 minutes and 39 seconds, she expounds on what I’ve been struggling with my whole...
Aunt Flo. Carrie at the prom. That time of the month. Whatever coy name we attach to it, there’s no denying that periods are a pain in the, well, everywhere. The physical and emotional stresses of periods...
As another summer filled with forgettable pop tunes winds down, Lady Gaga has emerged with “Perfect Illusion,” a single from her upcoming fifth studio album “Joanne,” set to be released on Oct....
