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The student newspaper of Wellesley College since 1901

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

Alex Poon ’14 wins 119th hoop rolling competition

May 7, 2014

Second generation champion follows in his mother’s footsteps By LAUREN TONTI ’14 Features Editor On May 3, Alex Poon ’14 rolled his way into the history books as the winner of Wellesley’s 119th...

Wellesley hosts 12th annual Latin@ Cultural Show

April 10, 2014

By LAUREN TONTI ’14 Features Editor People packed the seats in Jewett Auditorium this past Saturday evening to watch Wellesley College’s 12th annual Latin@ Cultural Show. Organized by a collaborative...

Inaugural Hackathon aimed at attracting women to coding

March 12, 2014

By LAUREN TONTI ’14 Features Editor    This past weekend, Wellesley students camped out in the Science Center to participate in the inaugural Rosie Hackathon at Wellesley College. Organized...

THE HOURGLASS: The lyrically-laced love letters of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning

March 5, 2014

By LAUREN TONTI ’14 Features Editor “My love, only wait, only believe in me, and it cannot be but I shall, little by little, become known to you.” Robert Browning wrote these words to Elizabeth...

THE HOURGLASS: Who was Alice Freeman Palmer?

February 26, 2014

By LAUREN TONTI ’14 Features Editor In 1855, Alice Freeman Palmer was born in Broome County, New York to a devoutly  religious family of Scottish descent. The oldest of four children, young Freeman...

Wellesley Memories Night: Alumnae talk love, drugs and Wendy Wellesley

February 19, 2014

By LAUREN TONTI ’14 Features Editor This past Wednesday, on a frigid February evening, Wellesley students warmed themselves in Tower Great Hall with fond recollections of the Wellesley of yesteryears....

In Web we trust?: Data breaches impact our daily lives

February 12, 2014

By LAUREN TONTI ’14 Features Editor When Meat Loaf first started singing about how he “would do anything for love,” he couldn’t have imagined the likes of Chris McKinlay, math whiz and modern...

Borrowed pages: 100-year-old scrapbook documents college years of Helen Bump Kellam ’16

November 20, 2013

By LAUREN TONTI ’14 Features Editor During my sophomore year at Wellesley, I penned a biweekly college history column for The Wellesley News entitled “The Hourglass.” Working closely with the Wellesley...

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