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Diversity awareness should mean celebration over criticism

The Wellesley Asian Alliance’s spam publicizing Asian Awareness Month has sparked a debate on the nature of diversity —especially after “Cultural Exchange” posters were put up to celebrate “white culture,” seemingly in response to the Asian Alliance’s spam.

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Cheneys’ smear campaign undermines justice

The Cheneys’ attitude towards the Guantanamo detainees themselves is terrible; they believe that as long as the prisoners are not charged with crimes, they can be held indefinitely as “enemy combatants.”

Wait on Wellesley to win one over

Over Wintersession I came across an old pro-con list when cleaning my room for the first time since the beginning of summer. Today when people ask me if I like this school, I answer assertively that I would not prefer any other place.

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Window shopping should extend to college selection

As the stereotypical Wendy Wellesley barrels through her time here, she overthinks problem sets and underthinks her happiness, forgetting to consider that she might be happier as a Wendy Wheaton or Wendy Wesleyan.

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Baller or BS?

It’s been 38 years, but the question still remains: who is so vain that they think Carly Simon would write a song about them?

Letters to the Editor

This week, Wellesley has been the most vocal I’ve ever seen it. We shout and we whisper, across the internet or across the lunch table. Wellesley, we are speaking and, I’m afraid that this is something that we don’t do enough of. 

 

 

 

 

A quest for perfect Irish coffee: 12 hours in Southie

Irish coffee is a hot cocktail consisting of whiskey, preferably Bushmill’s or Jameson’s, and sugar, stirred and topped with a puff of thick cream. Like Guinness, there is a complex and well-developed method involved in its creation. 

Soldiers in Afghanistan

Still no victory in sight for eight-year war

What does an endless war look like? It looks like a battle without a definite strategy, in which victory always remains uncertain because no one—not even the military—is sure what the goal is.

Feeder schools may not live up to past role in college admissions

In today’s college selection process, qualifications matter the most, followed by distinctive
backgrounds, and sometimes, if the issue is closely examined, money. Personal connections may be of some use in certain cases, but the name of your high school does not facilitate admittance.