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Kramer recently sold the Harvard Book Store to Jeff Mayersohn ’73 and Linda Seamonson of Wellesley, Mass. But Kramer remains a well-known member of the Cambridge and Harvard Square community...
...students are ready to bring a whole new meaning to higher education. In this handy timeline, FM takes a look back at how other recent historical milestones affected our social life. Title IX (1972) Female athletes start to balance out the female nerds. This creates negative side effects for Wellesley girls, as they get displaced by the tougher competition. HIV Awareness (1980S) As one alum from the 70s recently explained, “Let’s just say things were a lot looser before AIDS.” I’ll leave it at that. Drinking Age Changed...
...Society. Lee first divided the participants by gender, and then asked women to sit in front of the men so they would feel more comfortable voicing their reactions. Throughout the discussion, he compared their responses to the more negative stereotypes he had received from an all-female group at Wellesley. Showing pictures of black, white, and Asian men, along with same and mixed race couples, Lee asked participants to say the first words that came to their minds. When pictures of Asian males and Asian male celebrities were projected, the associations were sometimes unflattering: “nonsexual...
...sculptor, and I am so inspired by her,” audience member Libby A. Maclaren said, explaining that Odundo’s pottery had always had a significant impact on her, as had recently visiting Odundo’s exhibiton “Black Womanhood” at Wellesley College. “Her forms are very, very beautiful, very elegant.” And Odundo made certain to convey her unwavering love for the art form while discussing her specific exhibitions and her work’s artistic importance. “I’m very passionate...
...helped Castro Samayoa organize the exhibit. “It wasn’t too out there, but it was enough to make a statement.” Several pictures highlight the role of college women in the movement. In one, hundreds of women, crowded under Radcliffe and Wellesley banners, march down a New York street in a suffrage demonstration. These images link past activism with the current political atmosphere on campus. “It’s such an inspiration seeing people our age parading... being pro-active and so mature,” says Liz J. Powers...