Comments on: The “Wellesley Experience” is Dying https://thewellesleynews.com/19021/opinions/the-wellesley-experience-is-dying/ The student newspaper of Wellesley College since 1901 Thu, 26 Sep 2024 03:23:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 By: Esther Jang https://thewellesleynews.com/19021/opinions/the-wellesley-experience-is-dying/#comment-1367 Thu, 26 Sep 2024 03:23:41 +0000 https://thewellesleynews.com/?p=19021#comment-1367 I vividly remember going to my first MIT frat party as a first year. I was sober the entire time, called my mom to say I was so tired and miserable but that I had to wait for my friends to make sure they got on the last bus back to Wellesley. Despite being into men, I never really went to a coed party after that bc it’s just not how I wanted to meet men (drunk and in the dark…) I was incredibly grateful to be a Wellesley student who could party and let loose in a safe, all women’s environment. I’m so disappointed that the very people who should be safeguarding the Wellesley experience are actively destroying a critical aspect what makes (or made) Wellesley so unique and special. -Esther J, Class of 2009

]]> By: Nancy Dart '79 https://thewellesleynews.com/19021/opinions/the-wellesley-experience-is-dying/#comment-1366 Wed, 25 Sep 2024 21:58:43 +0000 https://thewellesleynews.com/?p=19021#comment-1366 What is this trend actually about? Fear of legal liability for problems? Bad publicity that can spread around the world overnight thanks to the internet? Loss of fundraising capability due to parents’ anger? Something else?

I was not a hard-core partier while at Wellesley (Class of 1979) but it saddens me that this is happening.

]]> By: Lia https://thewellesleynews.com/19021/opinions/the-wellesley-experience-is-dying/#comment-1365 Fri, 20 Sep 2024 05:14:03 +0000 https://thewellesleynews.com/?p=19021#comment-1365 This article really saddened me. My daughter and I chose Wellesley precisely for the unique social life it could offer, for the “warm hug” it markets itself to be. Why is admin doing this? How are they responding to your article? Are the students going to protest? I hope admin does something.

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