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50 Lies You Tell Yourself in Order to Survive Until Graduation

50 Lies You Tell Yourself in Order to Survive Until Graduation

Samantha Churchill | March 12, 2020

I will wake up early to do my readings before class tomorrow I do not turn into one of those scared dog memes when I hear a male voice on campus Next week I will really start to get my life together ...

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Northwestern in the national limelight: the role of consent and ethics in journalism

Samantha Churchill | November 20, 2019

Overview of the Events On Nov. 5 former Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke at Northwestern University, and students staged a protest. The Daily Northwestern sent a photographer and two reporters: one...

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The course browser (continued)

Samantha Churchill | November 14, 2019

Here are a few essential Wellesley courses to help you make the most out of your time here. If you managed to miss seeing these the first time around on the course browser please add yourself to the waitlist...

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The Epic Chronicles of a Wellesley Fall Break

Samantha Churchill | October 24, 2019

Part 1: Realising you are still alive After five days in the trenches of undergraduate academia, deadlines whistling by our heads at every turn and the foreboding thunder of midterms on the horizon, today...

Boston Breakers Morgan Marlborough controls the ball in front of FC Kansas City Becca Moros (#3) during first half action of the NWSL action at Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium. Photo Courtesy of Matthew J. Lee.

The fall of the Boston Breakers

Samantha Churchill | May 2, 2018

Earlier this month, the Office of Student Involvement (OSI) offered Wellesley students the chance to buy tickets to a Boston Red Sox game for a discounted price. The OSI has done so for the past two semesters....

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Students should not be forced to incur large upfront costs for organizations

Samantha Churchill | April 18, 2018

This semester, the organization that was known to the student body as the Student Organization Funding Committee (SOFC) decided to rebrand itself in an attempt to better serve the Wellesley community....

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Hillary Clinton should fight for all women, not only those who support her

Samantha Churchill | April 5, 2018

Earlier this month at the India Today Conclave in Mumbai, Hillary Clinton ’69 was asked why she thought most white women voted for Trump in the 2016 presidential election. Clinton responded, “[Democrats]...

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Wellesley needs a common sense spamming policy

Samantha Churchill | February 22, 2018

Wellesley College runs on email. I once made the mistake of forgetting my phone on my way to an 8:30 a.m. class, and by the time I retrieved it less than two hours later, I had already received 46 new...

Hallmark-style Christmas movies continue to attract audiences

Samantha Churchill | December 6, 2017

Christmas movies have long been a staple of the holiday season. In recent years, however, many of the newly-released holiday movies have followed a similar formula: a female protagonist sets out on a Christmas-themed...

Visitors to Dubai must educate themselves about the emirate’s laws

Samantha Churchill | November 29, 2017

Dubai, one of seven United Arab Emirates, has a long history of taking pride in the number of foreigners that it attracts each year. Many of Dubai’s official travel websites even claim that it is the...

NPF pitcher and highest paid player, Monica Abbott, winds
up on the mound, for her team , the Chicago Bandits.
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Female athletes fight for equal pay across sports

Samantha Churchill | November 15, 2017

An average of just under 19 million people in the U.S. watched the games of the 2017 World Series this month.While the men of Major League Baseball (MLB) drew huge crowds, the women of the National Pro...

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EPA scientists cannot serve government properly when barred from presenting ndings

Samantha Churchill | November 8, 2017

Wellesley students have a long, proud history of public service, but in the current political climate it has become increasingly clear that, for scientists as well as other professionals, working for...

Carter Jackson’s book critiques the popular show and novel “Roots”
Photo by Lien Dao '20, Photo Editor

Carter Jackson’s new book analyzes the praises and criticisms of “Roots” and their relation to today’s political climate

Samantha Churchill | October 29, 2017

Earlier this year, Professor Kellie Carter Jackson and her co-editor Erica Ball published a book entitled “Reconsidering Roots: Race, Politics and Memory,” in which they reexamined Alex Haley’s...

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Recent arrest highlights logical fallacies in Austria’s new burqa ban

Samantha Churchill | October 29, 2017

Earlier this month in Vienna, a man wearing a shark costume to advertise a new electronics store was approached by Austrian police and asked to remove his mask. When the man refused, claiming that...

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U.S. needs to withhold military threats against North Korea

Samantha Churchill | September 29, 2017

Regardless of your opinion of Trump, one thing that most of us can agree on is that he is an excellent showman. He is very good at getting our attention and provoking a response, and like most young...

Sophie Trudeau’s clumsy call for inclusion

Samantha Churchill | March 24, 2017

On International Women’s Day, Sophie Trudeau, wife of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, called for women to “celebrate the boys and men in [their] lives.” Her controversial Facebook post...

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Identity is not politics, but it is political

Samantha Churchill | February 24, 2017

“The optics aren’t great,” admitted Wellesley Professor Thomas Cushman as he and another white man prepared to begin their conversation on why “Identity is Not Politics.” Nonetheless, last Wednesday...

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