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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

College announces it will not divest endowment of fossil fuel stock

March 7, 2014

by Emily Bary ’14, Co-Editor in Chief In a statement released to the College community this morning, President H. Kim Bottomly announced that Wellesley would not divest its endowment of holdings in fossil...

BLEACHER FEATURE: A conversation with Wellesley’s Athlete of the Week

February 26, 2014

By Emily Bary ’15 Co-Editor in Chief Jasmine Davis ’17 had fenced in high school but wasn’t sure that she was going to continue with the sport in college. After talking with her coach and some...

BLEACHER FEATURE: A Conversation with Wellesley’s Athlete of the Week

February 19, 2014

By EMILY BARY ’15 Co-Editor in Chief Meg Kelly ’17 has had a good year so far running cross country and track for the Blue. The New Jersey native was part of a cross country squad that took second...

Basketball looks to rebound after dropping last three games

February 12, 2014

By EMILY BARY ’14 Co-Editor in Chief The Wellesley basketball team got off to a great start this season, taking down some tough teams and building up an 11-game winning streak that stretched from late...

BLEACHER FEATURE

February 12, 2014

By EMILY BARY ’15 Co-Editor in Chief Sara Del Balzo ’14 was a competitive racquetball player in Oregon when squash coach Wendy Berry contacted her about joining the squash team at Wellesley. That...

11-5 squash team on course to post first winning season in a decade

February 12, 2014

By EMILY BARY ’14 Co-Editor in Chief In the past, squash coach Wendy Berry scoured her physical education classes and first-year recreation programs for potential new additions to the squash team....

BLEACHER FEATURE: A conversation with Wellesley’s Athlete of the Week

February 5, 2014

By EMILY BARY ’15 Co-Editor in Chief This semester, Maddie Stern ’17 is the only diver on Wellesley’s swimming and diving squad, but she says she’s never felt more like part of a team. Her high...

BLEACHER FEATURE: A conversation with Wellesley’s Athlete of the Week

December 4, 2013

By EMILY BARY ’14  Editor in Chief After having played basketball for more than a decade, Leslie Leong ’14 originally didn’t think she would continue with the sport in college. But after hearing...

Amazon’s original series “Alpha House” fails to deliver

November 21, 2013

by EMILY BARY ’14 Co-Editor in Chief They work in the Senate. They live in the house. The tagline just about says it all regarding “Alpha House,” Amazon’s first foray into original programming....

by Sammy Marrus '16
Assistant Photography Editor

Field house upgrades to begin in March 2014: Renovations aim to improve “antiquated and undersized” facilities

November 20, 2013

By EMILY BARY ’14 Co-Editor in Chief The Keohane Sports Center (KSC) may not be getting the most money out of the Wellesley 2025 budget, but field house renovations are among the first to be tackled....

by Pamela Wang '17
Staff Photographer

BLEACHER FEATURE: Athlete of the Week

November 19, 2013

by Emily Bary ’14 co-Editor In Chief It’s hard to believe that Jessica Guo ’17, who finished 20-4 in the fencing team’s Nov. 10 meet with the best record on the team, only started fencing foil...

by Bianca Pichamuthu '16
Staff Photographer

BLEACHER FEATURE: Wellesley’s Athlete of the Week

November 13, 2013

By EMILY BARY ’14  Editor in Chief Luckily for the Wellesley cross country team, Sonja Cwik ’17 never made her middle school soccer team. That’s why the first-year standout decided to switch...

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