This past Saturday, my peace and justice class took a trip to a community organization in Boston called DSNI. The Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative (DSNI) is an organization that we had been studying in our class. The organization serves to advocate for the people of the Dudley Street neighborhood in Boston. The people in that community are mostly immigrants, people…
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MarMon
I had my first MarMon this past Monday. The Boston Marathon, held on Patriot’s Day every year, runs through Wellesley. In order to help celebrate the marathon and to enable the students to get involved, Wellesley’s administration gives the students the day off to go cheer on the runners. Throughout the year, upperclassmen have told me about this particular day. How special the…
Kung Fu Laïssa
This week I wanted to chat just a little bit about my Kung Fu class. Kung Fu is fuuuunn! I have been learning a lot and having fun doing it. I want to finish my PE requirement before the end of my first-year. Those who do get a T-shirt and I want that T-shirt to brag about my accomplishment. I took…
Res Life
I live on the second Pomeroy, with my roommate. Pomeroy is the best dorm on campus (in my opinion). It is in the quad along with Shafer, Bebe, and Cazenove which is connected to Pom. Pomeroy has a dining hall that serves Kosher/Vegetarian food. It also has great breakfast. It’s awesome having a dining hall in your dorm because you…
Spring Break
As I write this, it’s SPRING BREAK. I haven’t done much of anything so far besides enjoy a well-deserved break. But I do have work to do. This is not like the old days where a break meant no work and all play. It feels great to be home again. However, it’s a little weird. Going home feels new and familiar…
Café Hoop
I become a Noopie (New Hoopie)last week. Café Hoop is a student-run café in the bottom of our student center the Lulu Chow Wang Campus Center. (Hoopies are people who work at the Hoop). In my opinion, it is one of the best places on campus. I fell in love with it the first time I went there during my first…
I am a DJ!
WZLY is Wellesley College’s student-run radio station. Students have shows on the station where they play music or have interviews. After a semester of interning, each intern can get their own show. There are tons of DJ’s on board and they play all types of music. It’s a great group of people to be with. I spent last semester interning…
Visit to Haystack
My ASTRO physics class recently took a trip to the Haystack Observatory. The trip was on a Saturday, so my class of about 8 people and my professor piled into a Wellesley van and drove there. On the way there and back, we talked about black holes, dark matter (which is what our class is focused on) and the possibility…
WiCkeD Fun
You may be a little thrown off by the title of this post, but I will explain. WCD or Wellesley for Caribbean Development is one of my favorite groups at Wellesley. WCD is an organization for people from the Caribbean or who are interested in the Caribbean to meet and talk about the region. A lot of the members are…
Fun times
Some cool events happened since the last time I wrote. First, we had an awesome comedian come to Wellesley. Sasheer Zamata! She came as part of Black History Month. I had a bit of a hand in her coming. As Ethos, comedy appreciation chair, it is my job to make Ethos members laugh. One of my missions, once I got…