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Yesterday | The Swellesley Report

Wellesley College Theatre presents Waiting for the Parade

Wellesley College Theatre is proud to present Waiting for the Parade by John Murrell.

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Related Topix: Wellesley, MA

Sun Nov 08, 2009

NewburyportNews.com, Newburyport, MA

Another tax grab that could hurt our downtowns

In a desperate search for money to fill the holes in the state budget, Massachusetts lawmakers are looking for new ways to tax.

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Related Topix: Amesbury, MA, Salisbury, MA, Newburyport, MA, Opinion

Fri Nov 06, 2009

The Times-Delphic

Pearson to lead discussion on the - race card'

The bets are high, and in the next round you can pass or play the card. Which will you choose? Senior Brittanie Pearson is trying to educate students on the concepts of white privilege and race relations through a oeThe Race Card: Who holds the privileged hand?a Pearson said the conference is a platform for students to evaluate how race influences ...

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Related Topix: Boston, MA Metro

Wed Nov 04, 2009

New York Times

Wartime China's Elegant Enigma

Illustrated. 787 pages. Simon & Schuster. $35. Excerpt: 'The Last Empress' Sigrid Estrada Hannah Pakula Soong Mei-ling, better known to history as Mme.

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Related Topix: Vanderbilt University, Macon, GA, Arts

Mon Nov 02, 2009

CreditUnions.com

Record Loan Volume, Stabilizing Asset Quality Headline Preliminary Third Quarter Data Trends

Lydia Cole's work as an Industry Analyst at Callahan specializes in leading the company's ongoing research activities in credit union delivery channel trends and credit union service organizations nationwide.

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Related Topix: Investment Services, Wellesley, MA, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance

SavannahNow

Scenes near and far inspire watercolors by Marilyn Foley

During the past 72 years, nationally-acclaimed artist Marilyn Foley has experimented with oil painting, sculpture, mosaics and frescoes.

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Related Topix: Painting, Arts, Skidaway Island, GA, Savannah, GA, Savannah Metro, Gordon, GA

Sat Oct 31, 2009

New Urban Legends

Paper Trail

Claim: Barack Obama's thesis for Columbia University, entitled "Aristocracy Reborn," noted that America's founding fathers "did not allow for economic freedom." FALSE Example: [Collected via e-mail, October 2009] I saw someone online claim that the following is a quote from Barack Obama's thesis at Columbia contains the following segment: "... the ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Columbia University, Hillary Clinton, US Senate, Democrat, Michelle Obama, Princeton University

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Oregonlive.com

Paulson, Portland should be a good fit -- if he figures out how things work here

Merritt Paulson should be a good fit for Portland. Sure, he's rich. His father worked for George Bush.

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Related Topix: Paulson Capital, Financial Services, Investment Services, George Bush, Oregon

Tue Oct 27, 2009

NPR

Econ 223: Latest In Changing Financial World

NPR's Tovia Smith last week introduced us to Anne Witte, an economics professor at Wellesley College in Massachusetts.

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Sun Oct 25, 2009

Boston Globe

Relaunching your career after kids

Liz Brown , 39, of Dedham, with daughter, Rachel Adler, 13 months, and Phoebe Peabody, 37, of Needham, with son, Asher Shillin, 13 months.

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Related Topix: Family, Kids, Boston, MA Metro, Boston Metro, Wake Forest University, Babson College

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Technology Review Feed v2.1

M. Bilal Kaleem '03, MEng '03

M. Bilal Kaleem entered MIT with dreams of becoming an astronaut, but the tragedies of September 11, 2001, changed his plans.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force, Science, Computer Science, Boston University, Boston College

Wed Oct 21, 2009

National Public Radio

Wellesley Class Teaches Personal Finance Basics

Prof. Ann Witte created the Fundamentals of Personal Finance at Wellesley College to help students get some real life experience before they start real life.

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Tue Oct 20, 2009

MSNBC

Out of work, out of options, into retirement

Richard Freund, 67, works on one of his art pieces made from found objects in his studio in Redlands, Calif.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Retirement, Redlands, CA, Social Security

Sun Oct 18, 2009

Boston.com

A better diet, under wraps

Colleges trying to encourage a well-balanced diet have a message for students sizing up that all-you-can-eat smorgasbord in the dining hall: What you don't know can help you.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Nutrition, Tufts University, Merrimack College, Vegetables, Northeastern University

Sat Oct 17, 2009

Boston Globe

Wellesley College library turns 100

As many alumnae will attest, the 100-year-old Margaret Clapp Library is the heart of the Wellesley College campus, gracefully bridging a print past and a digital future.

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Related Topix: Libraries

TheBostonChannel

Woman Finds Stolen Bike For Sale Online

A local woman whose bike was stolen right off her front porch found the bike for sale online when she was looking for a replacement.

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Rutland Herald

Bennington student answers to five burglary counts

A man whose attorney said he was a student with a full scholarship at Bennington College was arraigned on five felony counts of burglary on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Bennington, VT, Bennington College, North Bennington, VT, Rutland, VT

Fri Oct 16, 2009

Financial Times

'A house is part of your being'

Karl E Case, who with Robert J Shiller created the influential Standard & Poor's Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, is the Katharine Coman and A Barton Hepburn professor of economics at Wellesley College, where he has taught for more than 30 years.

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Related Topix: Home Listing, Home, Housing, Wellesley, MA

Biking Bis

Stolen bike found on Craigslist, for the umpteenth time

Who doesn't like bike theft story with a happy ending. Here's one from Wellesley College in Massachusetts.

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Thu Oct 15, 2009

The Swellesley Report

Wellesley Police follow Craigslist trail to recover stolen bike

Wellesley Police , with help from a heads-up victim, have tracked down an alleged bike thief in town via a Craigslist ad.

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