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The Wellesley News

The student newspaper of Wellesley College since 1901

The Wellesley News

The student newspaper of Wellesley College since 1901

The Wellesley News

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Renewing the call to divest from fossil fuel companies

Shannon Dennehy | April 25, 2019

In the fall of 2014, student activists petitioned the College to begin the process of completely divesting from fossil fuel companies. A working group formed by the Board of Trustees met with students...

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Wellesley must embrace fiscal liberation as an advocate of female empowerment

Shannon Dennehy | September 20, 2018

The question was bound to come up. Whenever I met someone new at the University of Otago in New Zealand, and told them about Wellesley, they inevitably asked “A women’s college? What’s the point...

Wellesley propagates harmful culture against workers rights

Shannon Dennehy | December 6, 2017

Service is the cornerstone of the Wellesley experience. With a motto that declares “Not to be ministered unto, but to minister,” how could it not be? However, my cynical self can’t hear that...

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