On Nov. 14, George Washington University suspended its chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) following the organization’s projection of pro-Palestine messages on a campus building. GW SJP...
On Aug. 28, the head of France’s Ministry of Education, Gabriel Attal, announced that state-run schools would no longer permit girls to wear the “abaya.” The “abaya” is a long, loose fitting...
The rise of ChatGPT and other AI tools has been transformative in recent years, offering researchers and professionals unparalleled access to information and streamlining workflows. ChatGPT, in particular,...
There is an assumption in the West that war, violence and disaster are perennial in non-Western nations. This view was amplified in the wake of the powerful earthquakes that killed thousands in Turkey...
In April 2022, Professor Phillip Levine, the Katharine Coman and A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Economics at Wellesley, released his latest book “A Problem of Fit: How the Complexity of College Pricing...
On July 22, Provost Andrew Shennan emailed the College community with updated COVID-19 guidelines for the 2022-2023 academic year. The new protocols included optional weekly testing at the College Club...
Danielle Ellis ’25
“Right now, [working at Mail Services] is a little stressful, but usually it's just very fun for me. It's obviously work … but I look forward to going to work most days...
Wushu is a student organization that, according to their Instagram, practices contemporary Wushu, a form of martial arts, with a focus on Taoist and Shaolin tradition. This year, they did a sapphic retelling...
On Saturday April 9, Wellesley On Tap presented “Tap Me Baby One More Time,” their first performance since the start of the pandemic. As hinted by the title, the theme of this year’s show was “Divas...
There’s no denying that Wellesley students have a unique style. Jusrin Padam ’25 noticed this during her first semester here, and she also observed that students cared about sustainability when curating...
On March 3, Sustainable Wellesley and the town of Wellesley’s Health Department hosted Dr. Kelsey Hudson to speak about climate change distress. Sustainable Wellesley, which is based in the town of Wellesley,...
Colleen Boggs ’23 @colleenboggs
I don't think it was really intentional. I started gaining an audience in the summer of 2020. I would make TikToks with my sister, funny dances, the ones that everyone...
On Jan. 25, President Paula Johnson emailed the Wellesley community with updates on health and safety for the spring semester. Among other new measures, the College announced that, based on data about...
On Jan. 25, Netflix’s YouTube channel released a trailer for Netflix Golden, a new social media channel promoting stories from the pan-Asian diaspora. The short video featured a slew of well-recognized...
Grace Oh ’22
Over the past school year because of COVID… we didn't really operate as a team. We had practices, but we couldn't have contact so they were just throwing the ball around. This season,...
Brynne Rurak ’23
I think I remember specifically when I had my advancement recital, so that is when you go up with Margaret, the carillon instructor, and she shows you how to play the main...
When the US locked down due to COVID-19 last year, many people picked up “quarantine hobbies” such as cooking, gardening or creating art. In a more unconventional fashion, Abby Webster ’22 decided...
As the entire Wellesley student body returns to campus this fall, members of the Class of 2024 that had been fully remote for the past year are seeing Wellesley in person for the first time.
“I...
Bella Jung ’24
Childcare as Commodity: The Impact of Capitalism on Children, Parents and Communities
My Tanner was called Childcare as Commodity and the Impacts of Capitalism on Children, Parents...
Over the past year and a half, as campus life has been disrupted and many Wellesley students have found themselves to be physically distant from one another, students have sought different ways to connect....
The first time I was able to find a shade of foundation that matched my skin tone in Sephora was 2018. Fenty Beauty had released their Pro Filt’r Foundation a few months before, and it had been...
Due to the pandemic, no one had a “normal” Wellesley experience last year. As students are required to be in-person again, one group of students is feeling particularly isolated: sophomores who were...
So far in 2021, over 100 bills aimed at enacting anti-transgender legislation have been introduced in states across the US. Dozens of state legislatures have begun to vote on these bills, many of which...
Over the past year, Wellesley College has implemented many changes and new rules to manage remote learning and maintain its high academic standards during the pandemic. One of the most popular changes...
Since President Biden’s election last November, there has been widespread coverage of his Cabinet nominations and administrative appointees, which are considered to be the most diverse in history. This...
