To the Editors:
A letter to the editor was submitted on April 17, 2019 in response to my op-ed on how the referendum petition exemplified a disregard for constitutional principles. That article from April...
I write this article on behalf of College Government cabinet.
In recent years, the student body has become increasingly troubled with the expectations placed on College Government (CG) cabinet. In particular,...
Before I begin, let me state that even though I serve as the Chief Justice on College Government cabinet, I am writing this article as a student-at-large. That said, my viewpoints have been influenced...
At the Republican National Convention in 2000, then- presidential candidate George Bush promised to “uphold the honor and dignity” of the highest of ce in the land. These values, he said, were...
Following meticulous planning and research, the Davis Museum overhauled its exhibits in the fall of 2016, unveiling transformed galleries with special attention to context and chronology. The floors have...
Knafel Assistant Professor of Humanities and Assistant Professor of Classical Studies Liz Young is a living index of classical texts. She is a distinctly contemplative figure, able to rattle off lines...
Louise Glück speaks the way she writes: with an unapologetic boldness. “To compose poems, I wait and I listen,” she explains. “Not to the world, but I wait for a sound that doesn’t sound like...
In 399 B.C.E., Socrates entered a courtroom prepared to present a three-hour long defense speech for his innocence. The 500 men waiting to listen were performing their required jury sentence, but there...
A walk into the Davis Museum at Wellesley College this past weekend might have been more empty than expected, as many exhibits were shrouded or missing entirely. The simple statement that met all visitors...
A walk into the Davis Museum at Wellesley College this past weekend might have been more empty than expected, as many exhibits were shrouded or missing entirely. The simple statement that met all visitors...
Visit any news site nowadays — Huffington Post, The New York Times, Buzzfeed — and you’ll find a number of articles labeled “sponsored content.” That’s a “loaded term,” writes columnist...
The façade of Cheever House rises among the trees of Route 16 as if out of nowhere. Chipped white paneling and brick chimneys provide the exterior with its own distinct character, while the aging wood...
At a memorial service for 9/11 last week, Hillary Clinton collapsed due to pneumonia, prompting a whirlwind of media coverage questioning her overall health. Many publications made broad generalizations...
How we eat is arguably as important as what we eat. Recently, there has been an increase in commentary on “eating alone.” Viral videos compare the U.S. culture of “chore-like eating” to the hours...
Tomorrow, each of us will receive an email inviting us to submit Student Evaluation Questionnaires (SEQs) for the semester. In addition to final papers and assessments, students are asked to reflect on...
In 2013, 276 international students called Wellesley home. Of this group, 158 students hailed from East and South Asia. Yet, in the same year, the college paid only $1,044,056 in financial aid to undergraduates...
A friend of mine, a self-proclaimed gamer like myself, has a simple theory for why any girl starts to play video games. “They have the potential for cinematics of a movie or the personality of a book,...
Editors Note: This article is part of our annual satirical edition of the Wellesley News.
A recent poll of Wellesley students found that it was no longer politically correct to ask community members...
You would be hard-pressed to find a group more universally despised than pedophilic sex offenders, who, by all accounts, embody the most despicable features of the human psyche. When prosecuted, those...
On Feb. 11, 2016, NYPD Officer Peter Liang was convicted of second degree manslaughter and official misconduct for the murder of Akai Gurley, an unarmed Black man, two years after the actual crime occurred....
Regardless of which team you supported in this year’s Super Bowl, or if you supported one at all, the hype surrounding this past Sunday was inescapable, trapping fans and non-fans alike in a whirlwind...
Let me take this opportunity to admit the truth: I’m on Yik Yak often. I check the application in between classes. I read the feeds as a distraction during study breaks. I even write the occasional “where...
It’s a familiar scene: seats crowded in neat rows in impeccably straight lines across the room, a neat podium situated proudly at the prow, the rustle of papers and the click of pens as attendees prepare...
Lawns are the cradle of American virtues and culture. Often a marker of affluence and socioeconomic prosperity, well-manicured green expanses have defined neighborhoods and those within in them. Yet,...
