Cry in office hours — Truly a rite of passage, you might get this one done well before senior year. Maybe first year you didn’t even realize you were supposed to go to office hours, so you’re...
The Wellesley Exchange bus (and Senate on the weekends) is a strange and terrifying place. It exists outside of the normal bounds of space and time - sometimes a trip that should take an hour takes 20...
Cw: unsolicited messages
Earlier this month, Ashraf Youssef, a popular campus employee, was suspended by Wellesley College. On Tuesday, April 9 an employee at the Leaky Beaker, the café located in the...
Last week, whistleblower Chelsea Manning was released from solitary confinement (euphemistically called “administrative segregation”) into the general population of Alexandria, Virginia’s Truesdale...
On March 8, International Women’s Day, the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles. The suit accuses the United States Soccer Federation...
Ever since last month’s uncovering of the now infamous elite college admissions cheating scheme, renewed focus on the extreme means to which many parents resort to for the sake of their children has...
Wellesley College students were shocked to learn via Twitter that a fifth contender for college government president (CGP) had announced her candidacy. A video including clips from her senior year commencement...
This year we were blessed with a new (to us) short story from the patron saint of sad girls and former Wellesley resident, Sylvia Plath. Plath went to Wellesley High School and then to Smith College, where...
TW: Suicide
If you have children, or know any baby boomers who love to share posts on Facebook but lack the ability to tell a New York Times article from Liberalsarecomingtostealyourgunsandeatyourbabies.net,...
The current junior US Senator to California Kamala Harris, who recently joined the Democratic primary as one of many potential presidential candidates, describes herself as a “progressive prosecutor.”...
Wellesley students were in for a surprise this week after Wednesday night’s snowstorm. On Thursday morning, Tower Court was suddenly home to a voluptuous snow woman with curves that would make Marilyn...
Romantic comedies are much maligned by film snobs and regular moviegoers alike. The genre is sometimes rightfully mocked for its formulaic approach to love, from an unbelievable meet-cute to some kind...
Live your best lives, ladies
Everyone knows Wellesley students and administration love to tout the accomplishments of alumnae who go on to do amazing things that improve the world. Many a first year describes...
When “SpongeBob Squarepants” creator Stephen Hillenburg died on Nov. 26 at age 57 from complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the internet and an entire generation who grew up with...
Maybe you went home for Thanksgiving, or maybe you went to a nearby friend’s house. Or, maybe you stayed at Wellesley to catch up on work and make a Thanksgiving depression meal out of the snacks lying...
Wellesley students have participated in the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) at MIT since 1974, which allows students to train to become military officers while they are in college. Today, they commute...
Almost from the moment inquiring relatives, your parents’ friends and other well-meaning adults stop asking you where you’re going to college, the next question you can plan to hear everywhere is “What...
Well, it finally happened. The moment you’ve been dreading is here. No, your professor didn’t call you out for your worst researched paper to date. It’s worse! Not like, getting Honor Coded worse,...
Toward the end of every semester, projects and final papers pile up and tests must be studied for. Students are faced with a difficult decision: get some much-needed sleep or put those hours toward hopefully...
Every year before Marathon Monday, Wellesley students use the creativity they have saved up working on problem sets and papers all semester to make funny, topical and sometimes even risque signs to encourage...
02/28/18 Unclassified 5:28 p.m. Bates Hall
The RP, a WC staff member, requested officers to meet with a student. Officers were dispatched. Report filed. Case under investigation.
03/01/18 Motor Vehicle...
In December, Wellesley College began participating in the Cambridge-based program Food for Free, which facilitates donations of surplus food to people in need. Wellesley will join Olin College of Engineering,...
Wellesley College has been abuzz with talk of cross-registration at MIT as the semester begins. Unofficially, some students see this opportunity to take classes at another institution as a chance to boost...
Wellesley College has hired a new Director of Residential Life, Helen Wang, who will begin working in an official capacity this coming April. Wang has previously served as Associate Dean of Student Affairs...
A newly-released study by the American Psychological Association has found that Wellesley students are exceptional amongst all college students in their willingness to do anything for a gift card.
“At...
According to student witnesses, Wellesley College has experienced a huge spike in skywriting across campus this semester. “I was heading to Tower for lunch last week when I looked up to see ‘DIRTY...
Wellesley College is in the process of hiring a Director of Residential Life and a Director of Student Involvement. Although the positions are different, “in both positions I’m looking for someone...
09/26/17 Unclassified 2:06 p.m. Nehoiden Golf Course
The RP, a WC student, reported that some golfers yelled at her to get out of the way as she walked across the fairway on the golf course. An officer...
The Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School recently rescinded an offer to Chelsea Manning as a visiting fellow. In the Kennedy School’s announcement of her invitation to the fellowship,...
If you wake up with the urge to order a BlueApron meal, sleep on a Casper mattress or create a website using Squarespace, you have likely participated in the podcast craze. Even if you consider yourself...
Wellesley students concerned about President Donald Trump’s treatment of women’s rights are joining a nationwide campaign to publicly air their grievances. The #ReadMyLips campaign encourages students...
Americans are deciding to revisit classics of dystopian fiction in large numbers, such as 1984 by George Orwell, It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis and Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. These books,...
Sports fans around the world eagerly await the summer 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The festivities have already begun, and this week on May 3, the Torch Relay traveled through Brasília,...
Spring Open Campus (SOC), Wellesley’s yearly event when admitted students are invited to visit Wellesley, stay overnight and get a feeling of the campus, is known for its tremendous influx of prospective...
Wellesley students featured in CNN election interview
Five Wellesley students were interviewed on Thursday morning’s Newsroom with Carol Costello about their views of the 2016 presidential election....
Issues of class and financial accessibility are becoming increasingly visible on Wellesley’s campus. The Student Labor Action Project (SLAP) called students to participate in essential conversations,...
Ethos PAC presents
list of demands
Two members of Ethos, the organization for students of African descent at Wellesley College, presented a list of their demands to the Senate, which were first shared...
Winter storm Jonas hit parts of the East Coast severely just as Wellesley students were trying to return to the College in time for the spring semester. Between Jan. 22 and Jan. 24, Washington D.C. and...
Sustainability Plan Presented
Jay Turner, associate professor of environmental studies and chair of the Advisory Committee on Environmental Sustainability presented a brief outline of the four page plan...
Wellesley professor’s research calls for more math
Assistant Professor of Economics Kartini Shastry has conducted research on high school students’ understanding of money. Studies have demonstrated...
This week Senate voted to allocate $11,000 towards Ideafest, instead of a second ballot initiative. This year’s ballot initiative resulted in funding for RAs and HPs. Previously known as the College...
New waitlist procedure established for certain departments
Students registered for Spring 2016 classes this past week, and the online process has slightly changed as the Registrar’s Office implements...
Boston Public Library features map by Agnes Holbrook, Class of 1892
The Boston Public Library is showing an exhibit that highlights the role of women in cartography, or mapmaking, a subject which has often...
Last week, to the dismay of many students, paper cups were absent from their usual spot next to the coffee on the various dining halls across campus. According to a sign posted in Bates Dining Hall to...
College announces RA and HP stipends
Interim Dean of Students Adele Wolfson announced Friday that beginning in fall 2016, student residential life staff—Resident Assistants (RAs) and House Presidents...
A new study released by the University of La Plata in Argentina found that up to 85 percent of tampons and other cotton sanitary products contain glyphosate. Glyphosate is a herbicide used by Monsanto...
Storycorps records Wellesley’s stories
The Storycorps MobileBooth, which is a product of the independent Storycorps organization, was spotted outside of the Lulu Chow Wang Campus Center this week....
Tavi Gevinson, founder and editor-in-chief of the online Rookie Magazine, spoke in Boston to promote her new book, “Rookie Yearbook Four.” Following the high school yearbook tradition, this fourth...
College launches new humanities website
Wellesley launched a new website this week which offers a single space for students, faculty, staff, and others who want to access information about the humanities...
Wellesley’s Sustainability Advisory Committee released a draft of its sustainability plan, which includes goals for improvement in eight areas. The draft lists accomplishments and future efforts towards...
Campus Security and Fire Safety Report released
This annual report features statistics about crime and fire safety on Wellesley’s campus in the past three years. The report includes the college’s alcohol...
The White House recently released data about colleges across the United States that allows potential applicants to compare institutions based on average annual cost, graduation rate, average salary 10...
Family and friends visited campus this past weekend
The Guild of Carillonneurs performed in the Galen Stone Tower on Friday and family, friends and alumnae were able to tour classrooms and attend a reception...
The Freedom Project hosted Alex Epstein, author of New York Times Bestseller “The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels,” which argued that fossil fuels offer the greatest access to cheap, reliable, and plentiful...
It only takes minutes of scrolling through Twitter, watching the news, or listening to the radio to realize the prevalence of sexual assault. This problem is particularly rampant on college campuses. Columbia...
Members focus on collaboration and transparency
As the new school year begins, Wellesley’s 2015-2016 College Government Cabinet begins their tenure with goals of increasing communication and collaboration...
