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...pioneering study of 51 gay Massachusetts couples - 36 of whom have married - research scientists with the Wellesley Centers for Women found that, while all the study participants enthusiastically supported the change in the law, many expressed caution about their own personal decision on whether to marry. They wanted to tie the knot for the "right" reasons, not to "make a political statement or be part of history...
...remarks actually echoed those of another famous student speaker. In 1969, Hillary Rodham at Wellesley used her speech to chide the women's college's commencement speaker, Republican Senator Edward Brooke of Massachusetts, for his support of the Vietnam War. Rodham took it to Brooke in a way that's surprisingly similar to how Rohe took it to McCain...
Police are investigating the disappearance of a Somerville resident who has reportedly been missing for nearly two weeks in a case where detectives have ruled out foul play. Jane Park, 23, who won a Fulbright scholarship after graduating from Wellesley College in 2004 and took classes at the Extension School this past fall, was last seen in Harvard Square on May 5, according to a missing-adult alert released by the Somerville Police Department. Park was first reported missing after her roommate had not seen or heard from Park in five days, said Christine Y. Teng...
...there any xenophobia at work here. Anyone associated with Harvard must be appalled that Harvard’s name came to be associated first with an insubstantial work of chick-literature. Although I am not a Harvard College graduate, I was the student chief justice at Wellesley College many years ago and presided over many plagiarism cases. Intellectual integrity cannot be compromised at an academic institution. Kaavya has dealt Harvard’s reputation a blow by associating the Harvard name (no doubt part of the marketing strategy) first with chick-literature and then with plagiarism?...
...barriers to the creation of a code.“The self-reliance and self-interest of the Harvard student might smother an honor code before it had a chance to grow and thrive,” Melendez wrote.Paula F. Popescu ’07, a transfer student from Wellesley College, agreed with this assessment.“My opinion is that it might not work,” she said. “Because it’s a more stressful environment, more competitive, people would be more likely to cheat here.”Professor of Sociology Michele...