The world of sports is not only divided by gender and level, but also by ability, which is a broader, often overlooked, boundary. Athletes with […]
Year: 2023
Controversies amid Black History Month: ‘The Embrace’ statue and changes in the AP African American studies curriculum
If you find yourself on Boston Commons on the 1965 Freedom Plaza, you wouldn’t miss the newly installed 20-foot tall spectacle: a shining bronze statue […]
Abby Lothian breaks school record in the 55m dash
On February 8, at the Bay State Conference Championship meet for indoor track, Abby Lothian ’23 broke the school record in the 55m dash with […]
Affirmative Action: how to turn an unfair policy into an equalizing one
Affirmative action is a policy in which race is taken into consideration as a factor in applications for universities or jobs. It was first introduced […]
Affirmative Action in the Supreme Court 2023
With the Supreme Court’s ongoing consideration of affirmative action, measures taken by schools across the country to admit their applicants on the basis of racial […]
League of Women Voters Wellesley aims to educate
For over a century, the grassroots organization League of Women Voters (LWV) has worked to advocate for democracy by providing minority groups with access to […]
Who received the Scholastics Art and Writing Awards?
The Scholastics Art and Writing Awards, the nation’s oldest recognition program for teens with creative interests, recently released its winners of the competition. At the […]
AP African-American Studies class is the center of controversy in Florida
Starting this school year, the College Board piloted its new Advanced Placement African-American Studies class, in 60 schools across the country. The course has found […]
How national security just became a teen issue
Under the Trump administration, TikTok, the popular social media application that allows users to create and share short videos, came under fire for its possible […]
Boys’ hockey season recap
As the final horn sounded on March 5, 2022 to mark the end of the third period, Wellesley skated off the ice to the tune […]