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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

Wellesley’s Latin@ Month events, poster campaign stress tolerance and inclusion

April 17, 2014

By KRISTEN GREEN ’14  Features Editor On April 8, Wellesley hosted Rick Najera, author of  “Almost White: Forced Confessions of a Latino in Hollywood,” and an actor and screenwriter for shows like...

Susan Wagner ’82 to give Class of 2014 commencement address

April 16, 2014

By KRISTEN GREEN ’14 Features Editor Last Thursday, members of Wellesley’s Class of 2014 crowded in Tishman Commons for Senior Soiree, the annual event sponsored by the Senior Class Gift Committee...

All roads lead to Wellesley: Wellesley first-year students find gap years rewarding

April 3, 2014

Compiled by KRISTEN GREEN ’14 Features Editor   Gap years are becoming increasingly common among young prospective college students around the world. Proponents of gap years, or bridge years,...

Crowdfunded ‘Veronica Mars’ revival geared towards fans

March 19, 2014

By KRISTEN GREEN ’14 and MARIANA ZEPEDA ’14  Features Editor and Online Editor Six years after the “Veronica Mars” series came to an abrupt end, fans continued to clamor for closure. A Kickstarter...

Culinary organizations offer good food, good times to Wellesley students

March 19, 2014

By KRISTEN GREEN ’14  Features Editor Last week, at the Communicating Science Symposium hosted by Wellesley Energy and Environmental Defense (WEED), attendees were treated to a buffet of vegetarian...

Three Wellesley students awarded Watson Fellowhips Seniors prepare to explore bricks, music and housing security around the world

March 19, 2014

By KRISTEN GREEN ’14Features EditorThe Watson Fellowship is awarded each year to approximately 40 graduating college seniors of “unusual promise.” The fellowship sponsors a year of independent international...

Martenitsa workshop rings in springtime

March 13, 2014

By KRISTEN GREEN ’14 and MARIANA ZEPEDA ’14 Features Editor and Online Editor  On Saturday, March 8, students gathered at Slater International Center to celebrate Baba Marta, a Bulgarian tradition...

Behold the automated boyfriend: BroApp offers solution to guys who can’t text

March 5, 2014

By KRISTEN GREEN ’14 and MARIANA ZEPEDA ’14 Features Editor and Online Editor Two bros from Brisbane, Australia recently launched BroApp, a $2 application, now only available on Android devices,...

Wellesley students show solidarity with Venezuelan protestors

February 26, 2014

By KRISTEN GREEN ’14 Features Editor On Saturday, Feb. 22, hundreds of protestors, mostly members of the Venezuelan diaspora, gathered in Copley Square to demonstrate their support for peace in Venezuela,...

Let Buzzfeed tell you who you really are

February 26, 2014

By MARIANA ZEPEDA ’14 and KRISTEN GREEN ’14 Online Editor and Features Editor In generations past, college students turned to Kierkegaard or Hegel to guide their path to self-discovery. They read...

It’s a Benjamin Button world, and we’re just livin’ in it: A response to Susan Patton’s most alarming claim

February 17, 2014

by MARIANA ZEPEDA ’14 and KRISTEN GREEN ’14 Online Editor and Features Editor Hold up! Of all the knowledge bombs Susan Patton dropped in her “Little Valentine’s Day Straight Talk,” there’s...

Research in Wellesley’s HCI Lab highlights potentials of technology in science education

February 12, 2014

By KRISTEN GREEN ’14  Features Editor In 2012, George Church and Sriram Kosuri, two molecular geneticists from Harvard University’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, revealed...

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