Ruby Barenberg ’27 is an English major and Economics minor from Lubbock, TX. In addition to writing for the News, she plays double bass in the orchestra and reads in her free time.
This January, the East Asian Languages and Cultures department (EALC) found that many of their staffing requests had been rejected across all three of their programs.
The Japanese program’s request...
Wellesley Organized Academic Workers (WOAW), the non-tenure track faculty union, has started a strike authorization vote after bargaining with the College since May 2024.
On the first day of spring semester classes, students in the Korean program were surprised to hear their professor, Eun Ha Hwang, announced that her lecturer contract was not renewed by Wellesley College...
An atmosphere of shock and anxiety settled upon Wellesley students after Donald Trump officially became the new president-elect on Wednesday morning. Trump has won both the Electoral College and the popular vote, the first Republican to do so since 2004.
As the first polls close on Tuesday, around 150 students gathered at watch parties around campus to follow the live polling results for one of the closest presidential elections in US history.
On Thursday, Oct. 25, over 60 students and staff members crowded a lecture room in Founders Hall for the Wellesley Organized Academic Workers (WOAW)’s teach-in.
A bench was moved from the hallway...
On Oct. 8, the Wellesley Organized Academic Workers (WOAW) union members reached an agreement on participating in flagship research programs during its 11th bargaining session with Wellesley College.
According...
Rylie Zhang ’28 called Health Services after testing positive for COVID-19. While she expected an answer to her question about the current COVID-19 policies, all she received was the answer that “they...
