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On Civility

September 30, 2015 by Editor-in-Chief in Campus Life

By Megan Locatis '16

This year, Kim Bottomly’s speech at Convocation was met with lukewarm applause. The tension between the face of the college’s administration and the student body saturated the air, cutting through what had been a moment of nostalgic joy and emotion for seniors such as myself. The chosen topic? Civility. But when you address a group of highly intelligent, capable students on the importance of controlled debate and the willingness to entertain and consider all ideas, regardless of how ill-conceived or outright offensive they may be at face value, your words come off as a rebuke more than anything. And I believe that it is only human nature that, feeling rebuked, we close our ears and tell ourselves that these words are poorly-chosen and irrelevant, that we are being dismissed as temperamental children who have yet to learn to control ourselves and engage in adult conversations.

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September 30, 2015 /Editor-in-Chief
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Would You Like a Side of Transparency With Your Tea?

March 12, 2015 by Oset Babur in Campus Life

By Danni Ondraskova '18

In the end, I applied. I poured my soul into my application, penning my own struggles and linking them to my vision of Agora as an organization that breaks taboos about racial, political, and economic inequality. 

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March 12, 2015 /Oset Babur
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What Am I?

February 16, 2015 by Oset Babur in Campus Life

By Olivia Funderburg '18

Let’s talk about race. Race is a hot topic right now, because of recent attention on police brutality and potential racial profiling. Race is also an important topic, always. Whether we realize it or not, race, and associations that come with it, affect our daily lives. 

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February 16, 2015 /Oset Babur
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The Fallacy of the "Safe Space"

February 16, 2015 by Oset Babur in Campus Life

By Anonymous

When I came to Wellesley College, I was excited to join a safe space. However, never would I have imagined that often times, I would feel uncomfortable voicing my thoughts, because they differed from those which seemed to represent the entire student body.

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February 16, 2015 /Oset Babur
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