This semester, the Office of Housing and Residence Life is updating the Resident Assistant (RA) and House President (HP) reimbursement policy. The reimbursement payment of $4000 will now be split between...
When the London School of Economics (LSE) and their Political Science’s Student Union voted to ban beef from its campus on Feb. 21, Wellesley’s Phoebe Woodruff ’21 could hardly believe it....
Food scarcity is an issue on Wellesley’s campus that often goes unaddressed, especially during semester breaks when dining halls are open at odd hours or not at all. This year, student and faculty volunteers...
Wellesley College Upstage presents Fade
Tanya Saracho’s two-person play about class and status within the Latinx community premiered over the weekend in Barstow Theater to enthusiasm from the Wellesley...
The Wellesley Office of Religious and Spiritual Life (OSRL) kicked off a program called 40 Days of Kindness and Gratitude through their own act of kindness by inviting the Wellesley community for bagels...
This semester, Wellesley students will see new faces in the Stone Center and the Office of Student Wellness. The latest staff members who have been hired in the Division of Student Wellness include Athena...
Since Monday, Feb. 10, an outsourced management company has been overseeing Wellesley’s Mail Services operation, ending a bidding and transition process that has lasted for two years. Collegiate Press,...
On Nov. 18, Senate voted on whether or not to permit a Lennon Wall, a display of Post-It notes filled with inspiring messages, to be put up in Lulu in support of Hong Kong protesters. The resolution did...
Spring 2020 is the first semester that all students chose their classes through Workday, the new course registration system. This completed the transition that began during the fall of 2019 during which...
Last Wednesday students gathered in Green Hall for a town hall meeting on revoking the access of school wide emails for faculty, staff and individual students. Among many lingering questions, this...
Boston to see record cold temperatures this week
This Wednesday Nov. 12 saw record low temperatures throughout the Greater Boston region. Although temperatures climbed up near 60 degrees on Tuesday, they...
Boston Children’s Theatre director resigns amid allegations of inappropriate behavior
Burgess Clark, the artistic director of Boston Children’s Theatre (BCT), has been accused of inappropriate behavior...
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association forecasts a milder winter
Winter is coming, but it won’t be a Westerosian one this year, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association. On...
Group that lost admissions lawsuit against Harvard is filing an appeal
Last week, federal judge Alice D. Burroughs, convinced by the testimony of admissions officers, ruled that Harvard University has...
Massachusetts State Police found to be corrupt, but no action is taken
The Massachusetts State Police has had a troubled couple of years. Having been subjected to a corruption probe, the police force...
Construction personnel broke ground on Wellesley’s highly anticipated Science Center renovation in late 2018. The $206 million renovation was presented as a unifying endeavor aimed at building the “gold...
Recently, there’s been a spate of campus sightings of a species with whomst Wellesley students (persona Wellesleiani) are well acquainted, but that comes back in slightly variated ---but not necessarily...
Introducing the first Outside the Bubble of this school year!
8th human case of EEE confirmed in Massachusetts, officials say
Recently, there has been a little bit of buzz regarding mosquitos and...
Most students spend their first month in college focused on making it through their classes in one piece, and maybe joining some clubs and organizations if they have time. But Abby Harrison, also known...
First recreational marijuana shop to open up in Boston (Update!)
In last week’s Outside the Bubble column, we learned that the first recreational marijuana dispensary would be coming to Boston. The...
Whitey Bulger killed after transfer to West Virginia prison
https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2018/11/02/who-killed-whitey-bulger
In a big story that dominated the news cycle this week, mob boss...
Harvard’s Admissions Process Unveiled in Federal Court
The cause of many a teary meltdown or, more rarely, a celebratory scream-fest, Harvard University’s rigorous admissions process has long been...
Starting the first year of college is a universally intimidating experience. But for LGBTQIA+ students, that transition can be particularly daunting. Students may be closeted or may have faced difficulties...
