<![CDATA[Wellesley News - Opinion RSS]]> http://www.wellesleynewsonline.com/se/wellesley-news-opinion-rss-1.632013 Wed, 8 Sep 2010 20:03:48 -0400 en <![CDATA[Window shopping should extend to college selection]]> http://www.wellesleynewsonline.com/opinion/window-shopping-should-extend-to-college-selection-1.934793

By: APRIL M. CREHAN ’13


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....

]]> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:25:30 -0500 1.934793 APRIL M. CREHAN ’13 Opinion <![CDATA[Wait on Wellesley to win one over]]> http://www.wellesleynewsonline.com/opinion/wait-on-wellesley-to-win-one-over-1.934786

By: TERRA STANLEY ’12


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

]]> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:20:41 -0500 1.934786 TERRA STANLEY ’12 Opinion <![CDATA[Diversity awareness should mean celebration over criticism]]> http://www.wellesleynewsonline.com/opinion/diversity-awareness-should-mean-celebration-over-criticism-1.934754

By: VALERIE SOON ’13


The Wellesley Asian Alliance's spam publicizing Asian Awareness Month has sparked a debate on the nature of diversity and mdash;especially after 'Cultural Exchange and rdquo; posters were put up to celebrate 'white culture, and rdquo; seemingly in respon...

]]> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:14:25 -0500 1.934754 VALERIE SOON ’13 Opinion <![CDATA[Cheneys’ smear campaign undermines justice]]> http://www.wellesleynewsonline.com/opinion/cheneys-smear-campaign-undermines-justice-1.934738

By: KATIE BLAIR ’11


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. and rdquo;...

]]> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:05:50 -0500 1.934738 KATIE BLAIR ’11 Opinion <![CDATA[Baller or BS?]]> http://www.wellesleynewsonline.com/opinion/baller-or-bs-1.934709

By: HALEY HARRIS ’12


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?...

]]> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:00:22 -0500 1.934709 HALEY HARRIS ’12 Opinion <![CDATA[A quest for perfect Irish coffee: 12 hours in Southie]]> http://www.wellesleynewsonline.com/opinion/a-quest-for-perfect-irish-coffee-12-hours-in-southie-1.894596

By: HEATHER VAN HULL ’10


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. and nbsp;...

]]> Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:57:41 -0500 1.894596 HEATHER VAN HULL ’10 Opinion <![CDATA[Letters to the Editor]]> http://www.wellesleynewsonline.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor-1.894577

By: Karyn Clements ’10


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 tha...

]]> Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:50:40 -0500 1.894577
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 tha...]]> Karyn Clements ’10 Opinion <![CDATA[Still no victory in sight for eight-year war]]> http://www.wellesleynewsonline.com/opinion/still-no-victory-in-sight-for-eight-year-war-1.894486

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 and mdash;not even the military and mdash;is sure what the goal is....

]]> Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:19:25 -0500 1.894486 KAYLA SCIRE ’12 Opinion <![CDATA[BALLER or BS? ]]> http://www.wellesleynewsonline.com/opinion/baller-or-bs-1.862834

By: HALEY HARRIS ’12


Baller or B.S.? B.S. Not that I don't praise Paula for finally owning up to the inspiration for those unintelligible comments on American Idol, but there is no way she's actually clean. Not Paula and mdash;she's got to be addicted to crazy pills....

]]> Thu, 5 Nov 2009 21:06:26 -0500 1.862834 HALEY HARRIS ’12 Opinion <![CDATA[Bristol Palin’s new role as abstinence spokeswoman is hypocritical and ineffective]]> http://www.wellesleynewsonline.com/opinion/bristol-palin-s-new-role-as-abstinence-spokeswoman-is-hypocritical-and-ineffective-1.862832

By: BRITT DUFFY ’12


I defended Bristol Palin's choice to keep her baby and to do so privately. However, her recent appearances on several morning talk shows have proven that her plan is not to avoid the limelight, but rather to thrust herself into it....

]]> Thu, 5 Nov 2009 21:02:28 -0500 1.862832 BRITT DUFFY ’12 Opinion <![CDATA[Germany’s convoluted politics of campaigning and the youth movement ]]> http://www.wellesleynewsonline.com/opinion/germany-s-convoluted-politics-of-campaigning-and-the-youth-movement-1.862830

By: CHRISTINA GOSSMANN ’11


Even though election time is over in the U.S., it is only starting in Germany. There are five months to go until the federal elections and the two biggest political parties in Germany are looking into ways to win the election. While both parties are looki...

]]> Thu, 5 Nov 2009 20:59:10 -0500 1.862830 CHRISTINA GOSSMANN ’11 Opinion <![CDATA[Bush vetoes anti-torture bill, further undermining American legitimacy]]> http://www.wellesleynewsonline.com/opinion/bush-vetoes-anti-torture-bill-further-undermining-american-legitimacy-1.862823

By: Katie Van Adzin '11


If the public does not know what the bill sought to ban, then one wonders what is currently permitted. What we do know is that the bill would have banned methods such as simulated drowning, or waterboarding....

]]> Thu, 5 Nov 2009 20:51:05 -0500 1.862823 Katie Van Adzin '11 Opinion <![CDATA[Five years, trillions of dollars and 100,000 lives later, U.S. remains at war in Iraq]]> http://www.wellesleynewsonline.com/opinion/five-years-trillions-of-dollars-and-100-000-lives-later-u-s-remains-at-war-in-iraq-1.862821

By: Heather Van Hull '10


To most people, March 19 is the day they wake up from hangovers induced by a night of heavy drinking on St. Patty's Day two days ago. However, to a few thousand families in the United States and about a hundred thousand families in Iraq, March 19 is a day...

]]> Thu, 5 Nov 2009 20:48:58 -0500 1.862821 Heather Van Hull '10 Opinion <![CDATA[Feeder schools may not live up to past role in college admissions]]> http://www.wellesleynewsonline.com/opinion/feeder-schools-may-not-live-up-to-past-role-in-college-admissions-1.860220

By: CLARA BRODIE ’13


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 ...

]]> Wed, 4 Nov 2009 07:30:47 -0500 1.860220 CLARA BRODIE ’13 Opinion <![CDATA[The HerCampus Controversy 2]]> http://www.wellesleynewsonline.com/opinion/the-hercampus-controversy-2-1.860219

By: Karyn Clements ’10


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. and nbsp;...

]]> Wed, 4 Nov 2009 07:22:45 -0500 1.860219 Karyn Clements ’10 Opinion