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The student newspaper of Wellesley College since 1901

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Abramson created a tool to help with TAR Syndrome Photo Courtesy of Sarah Abramson '21

Sarah Abramson ’21 develops tool to assist with arm mobility

Sarah Young | May 9, 2019

In addition to a thesis, Wellesley offers students the ability to study a topic they choose or a project to do in a single semester: an independent study. These can be done in any area of study as long...

Passover food available for all who need

Passover food available for all who need

Sarah Young | April 17, 2019

This Friday night, April 19, is the first night of the Jewish holiday of Passover, an eight day long festival holiday commemorating the Jews’ exodus from Egypt.  Because the date of the holiday...

SHEs host many events yearly Photo Courtesy of Wellesley Sexual Health Educators

SHE’s Sexuality 2019 Education Week adds new traditions and keeps old ones

Sarah Young | April 10, 2019

You may have noticed receiving more emails this week about sex, sexuality and gender than usual, even by Wellesley’s standards. This past week was Sexuality Education Week, or SEW, as you may have seen...

QConnect links LGBTQ+ Wellesley students across the board

Sarah Young | March 14, 2019

It is no secret that Wellesley has a strong LGBTQ+ community. We all know about the office of LGBTQ+ student life and its leader, Leah Fygetakis. This year, the office started a new student-led group called...

The author's ESA, Abby Photo Courtesy of Sarah Young '20 Staff Writer

Emotional support animals: what they are and what they aren’t

Sarah Young | February 28, 2019

While at Wellesley, you may see students walking dogs or hear a strange meow coming from your neighbor’s room. Rest assured, these animals are not contraband. They are emotional support animals, or ESAs. ...

Photo Courtesy of Ashley Kim' 19

Campus snow days can make life hard for Wellesley community members

Sarah Young | February 20, 2019

As a kid, who didn’t love snow days? Even now, when a snow day is announced at Wellesley, you can hear the cheers of students all over campus. However, not everyone is such a fan of snow days. As many...

Weekly Shabbat dinner is held in 330 Billings Photo Courtesy of Annabel Thompson '19 Features Editor

Jewish community to increase visibility on campus next weekend with Shabbat 101

Sarah Young | February 15, 2019

On  Feb. 22, Wellesley's Jewish community will be hosting an event called “Shabbat 101,” open to the whole campus.   “Shabbat is the Jewish Sabbath, a weekly opportunity to disconnect...

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Atheists have the ability to alter election outcomes

Sarah Young | November 7, 2018

Disclaimer: for the purpose of this article, “atheist” refers to those who don't believe in God or view themselves as having no religion, or as Pew calls them, “nones.”            Atheism...

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