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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

Tower Court dining hall

Food theft on the rise in Tower Court

Jessica Chen | October 29, 2024

On Sept. 30, after Ilana LeVine ’27 spent an entire day in urgent care, there was one thing she wanted to do: eat her Trader Joe’s soup dumplings.  She had put them in the communal fridge, labeling...

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Tower Court Renovations: What took so long?

Violeta Salazar and Celena Wang | October 9, 2024

Tower Court summer renovations continued into the first five weeks of the 2024-25 academic year, with the dining hall just fully opened last week. However, in an email addressed to Wellesley College students...

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Newly Transformed Dorms: Are They Actually Better?

Eunice Kang | September 17, 2024

Each morning, I wake up to the energetic sounds of drilling and hammering, a reminder of the exciting renovations happening in Tower. As a current resident of Tower, I’ve come to anticipate the updates...

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Racial Slur Written on Tower Hall Whiteboard: The Who and Why Remains Unknown

Lyanne Wang | February 7, 2024

An unknown individual wrote the N-word with a non-erasable marker on a whiteboard in Great Hall on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023, sometime between 10:00 p.m. of that night and 10:00 a.m. of the following morning. “There...

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Unveiling Renovations in Severance and Tower Court West

Galeta Sandercock | September 20, 2023

Students arriving on campus have noticed sweeping changes to some familiar spaces on campus, namely Tower Court West and Severance Halls. The dorm renovations, whose goals ranged from aesthetic upgrades...

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Halal Dining Moved to Tower Court for 2023-24

Micol J. Zhai | September 20, 2023

At Wellesley College, certain dietary restrictions are accommodated for at certain dining halls. For this academic year, halal dining has been moved to Tower Court after having been at Bae Pao Lu Chow...

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