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The student newspaper of Wellesley College since 1901

The Wellesley News

The student newspaper of Wellesley College since 1901

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Haspel should not be confirmed as CIA director due to her involvement in torture

Yu Rong Lim | April 5, 2018

Recently, Gina Haspel, Trump’s nominee for director of the CIA, has been criticized in the media for using torture during her career at the CIA, and then being involved in the destruction of the records...

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The federal government is too negligent of infrastructural failings

Yu Rong Lim | February 24, 2017

Recently, the Oroville Dam experienced an overflow that caused alarm amongst policymakers and residents in Oroville, CA. The Oroville dam is the tallest dam in the United States and was constructed in...

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Unity won’t come easily to Trump’s America

Yu Rong Lim | November 16, 2016

On Tuesday night through Wednesday morning, the whole world was astonished. Trump became the President-elect. The 2016 election was one of the most chaotic elections witnessed by most generations. Nobody...

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Current U.S. policies fail to deliver mental illness treatments

Yu Rong Lim | December 2, 2015

According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), 18.5 percent of Americans experienced mental illness in the past year, 4.2 percent of which interfered with their daily lives. Moreover, NAMI...

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Everyone is a journalist: the truth of social media

Yu Rong Lim | November 18, 2015

With increased social media and more expedited modes of communication, the face of journalism has changed from television hosts to a purported public population. In the past, journalists were people who...

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Wellesley Women in Business hosts founder of dynamic new startup

Yu Rong Lim | October 29, 2015

Wellesley Women in Business recently invited Max Meyer, the co-founder of a new app called Getmii, to speak about his startup. The app seeks to redefine how everyday people search for things using technology. Meyer...

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