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The student newspaper of Wellesley College since 1901

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The student newspaper of Wellesley College since 1901

The Wellesley News

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Wellesley's COVID-19 restrictions remain despite student vaccination rates. Photo courtesy of Unsplash

Wellesley’s COVID-19 policies ignore mass vaccination

Neeraja Deshpande | March 2, 2022

My big concern with Wellesley College’s pandemic policy is simple: to put in place this many COVID-19 restrictions at a time when multiple vaccines have been freely available in the United States for...

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When it comes to grades, Wellesley College made the right call

Neeraja Deshpande | March 26, 2020

Wellesley College announced in an email sent on March 18 that Spring 2020 grades will be moving to a mandatory credit/non grading status due to the COVID-19 outbreak. While some Wellesley students were...

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In acquitting Trump, congressional Republicans indict themselves

Neeraja Deshpande | February 19, 2020

Though the Senate’s acquittal of President Trump will one day be regarded as a historic moment, it certainly does not strike as groundbreaking right now. Instead Feb. 5, 2020 felt like yet another day....

Iowa caucuses reveal institutional failure amid national chaos

Neeraja Deshpande | February 12, 2020

I can’t say I was excited for the 2020 Iowa Caucuses, but I was looking forward to them — mostly because I figured the caucuses would be the beginning of the end of a primary that has seemingly dragged...

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Vera Pavlova illustrates the Russian childhood through verse and Tchaikovsky

Neeraja Deshpande | December 4, 2019

The Wellesley College Russian department hosted acclaimed Russian poet, Vera Pavlova, for “A Night of Music and Poetry.” Throughout the night, she not only played Tchaikovsky's Children's Album —...

Clarifying the Wellesley College residential life compensation policy

Neeraja Deshpande | November 12, 2019

Until the 2016-2017 academic year, the Resident Assistant (RA) and House President (HP) positions at Wellesley College were essentially unpaid volunteer positions. According to a 2016 article from Wellesley...

Karen Dynan delivers annual Goldman Lecture on Student Loan Policy

Karen Dynan delivers annual Goldman Lecture on Student Loan Policy

Neeraja Deshpande | October 25, 2019

On Wednesday Oct. 16, Professor Karen Dynan gave this year’s Goldman Lecture in economics on the topic of the student debt crisis, titled "What's Wrong with Student Loans (And How to Fix It).” Dynan,...

Wellesley College Campus Police host “Coffee with a Cop,” students react

Wellesley College Campus Police host “Coffee with a Cop,” students react

Neeraja Deshpande | October 12, 2019

On Wednesday, the Wellesley College community took part in national Coffee with a Cop day, hosted by the Wellesley College Campus Police.  “Coffee with a Cop” began in Hawthorne, California in...

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