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The student newspaper of Wellesley College since 1901

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Winter fell in an anti-climatic battle for the dawn and petty drama continues to rise

Kelechi Alfred-Igbokwe | May 9, 2019

[columns_row width="half"] [column] TAKE ONE: Alexandria Otero '19 After eight seasons and nearly a decade of build-up, the much anticipated “Game of Thrones” episode, titled “The Long Night”...

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Jordan Peele offers up a scintillating sophomore spectacle with “Us”

Kelechi Alfred-Igbokwe | April 3, 2019

Jordan Peele’s much-anticipated sophomore flick, “Us,” emerged with a bang. It made box-office history with a whopping $70 million opening weekend, unique for an original film that is not part of...

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Jonah Hill, auteur?

Kelechi Alfred-Igbokwe | November 29, 2018

It started slowly, then all at once. I cannot actually pin the exact start of Jonah Hill’s transformation before our very eyes from comedic jokester to highbrow intellectual, and yet Jonah Hill’s new...

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Emmys 2018: Mrs Maisel and Gianni Versace win big while recognition of racial diversity flounders

Kelechi Alfred-Igbokwe | September 22, 2018

The 70th Primetime Emmy Awards were this Monday, awarding the crème de la crème of television for the past year. “Saturday Night Live”’s Colin Jost and Michael Che hosted the affair. This contributed...

New Girl Has Lost Its Charm

New Girl Has Lost Its Charm

Kelechi Alfred-Igbokwe | April 25, 2018

The television show “New Girl” has been a fixture in my life since I stumbled upon it during my junior year of high school. I greatly enjoyed watching the camaraderie between the cast in their central...

Kalief Browder is the subject of the recent documentary "Time," available on Netflix. Photo Courtesy of Netflix.

Kalief Browder Documentary screening investigates America’s broken criminal justice system

Kelechi Alfred-Igbokwe | April 18, 2018

On Tuesday, April 10, Wellesley Against Mass Incarceration (WAMI), an organization I am committed to, hosted a documentary screening of the Netflix docu-series “Time: The Kalief Browder story” in Pendleton...

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Your mediocre art isn’t being censored

Kelechi Alfred-Igbokwe | April 11, 2018

Ah, the age-old question: is restricting art on any grounds a form of censorship? This is a slippery slope. Are we better off letting artists say their piece without censure? Artists are often the people...

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What’s the deal with Timothée Chalamet? Two writers elaborate on their opposing views

Kelechi Alfred-Igbokwe | February 28, 2018

[columns_row width="half"] [column] "To me, the appeal of Chalamet is one of Hollywood’s great mysteries" To the delight of his legions of fans, the March 2018 cover of “GQ” features none other...

Screening of “Get Out” and talkback take on racial microaggressions and pervasive whiteness

Screening of “Get Out” and talkback take on racial microaggressions and pervasive whiteness

Kelechi Alfred-Igbokwe | February 15, 2018

For Black History Month, the Wellesley College Film Society, in collaboration with Harambee House, screened “Get Out” and “The Color of Friendship” last weekend, with a talkback hosted by Professor...

Elio (Timothée Chalamet) and Oliver (Armie Hammer) in “Call Me By Your Name”
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“Call Me By Your Name” brings gorgeous summer sensuality in the depths of winter

Kelechi Alfred-Igbokwe | December 6, 2017

I still can’t place my finger on when exactly I first heard about “Call Me By Your Name.” There has been buzz surrounding it for nearly a year since its January premiere at the Sundance Film Festival....

New episodes of “Chelsea” air Thursdays on Netflix
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A peek at the new, political Chelsea Handler

Kelechi Alfred-Igbokwe | May 5, 2017

If you had told me just a year ago that I would be interviewing Chelsea Handler primarily on politics and the current state of feminism, I would have promptly laughed in your face at the absurdity. Yet,...

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“Vogue” could learn a thing or two from “Teen Vogue”

Kelechi Alfred-Igbokwe | March 1, 2017

Vogue has recently come under fire for its lack of political awareness and reticence in regards to social issues. Meanwhile, readers have applauded Teen Vogue for shining light on cultural, political,...

Mowgli and friends return in the new “The Jungle Book." Photo courtesy of Disney.

Disney’s live action remakes reawaken the child in everyone

Kelechi Alfred-Igbokwe | May 5, 2016

I am a child at heart, and I don’t think that I will ever lose my childlike wonder for the world. Growing up, I was completely enamored by Disney’s animated films and cartoons and was entrenched in...

Anti-Zionism should not be conflated with anti-Semitism

Kelechi Alfred-Igbokwe | April 29, 2016

Palestinian representative Haifa Al-Agha told the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) on March 16, 2016:  “Israel…is directing its military machinery against women and girls. They are killing...

Rowan Winterwood and Maya Martin-Udry talk in character. Photo by Megan Stormberg '18. Photography Editor

Witty bromance between characters enthralls audience in “Matt & Ben”

Kelechi Alfred-Igbokwe | February 10, 2016

 When I found out that “Matt and Ben” was being modeled after Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, I was immediately filled with glee. I’d heard of their cute bromance and was excited to watch it unfold...

Pope Francis reaches out to 5th grader Omodelei Ojo of the Brooklyn borough of New York as he is greeted by children upon arrival at John F. Kennedy International Airport Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015, in New York. The pope is on a five-day trip to the USA, which includes stops in Washington DC, New York and Philadelphia, after a three-day stay in Cuba. REUTERS/Craig Ruttle/AP/POOL

Pope Francis bridges the Church and state gap in U.S. politics

Kelechi Alfred-Igbokwe | October 7, 2015

Pope Francis is one of the most respected men in the world. He has great capacity for social and political change and has a huge influence on the minds of the people. However, his recent political stances...

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