... my case, a creative writing course I took from Robert Pinsky (who later became Poet Laureate) at WellesleyCollege changed my thinking about writing. I remember how one day he opened a classroom window (on an upper floor) and leaned way, w-a-a-y out of it; he was showing us that we had to risk discomfort and break out of our comfort shells, to dig deep enough to get the stories out....
NEW YORK – The vicious hair-pulling of an opponent was inexcusable. But prominent advocates of women's sports say that so, too, has been much of the commentary generated by the popular video of college soccer player Elizabeth Lambert's combative tactics in a recent game. "Catfight" has been a term commonly used in cyberspace reactions to the video clip now seen by millions of
... 4. Diane Sawyer: Sawyer won Junior Miss in 1962 and used her pageant scholarship money to attend WellesleyCollege. She started her career as a weathergirl and now an anchor. 5. Imelda Marcos: Before reigning as First Lady of the Philippines, Marcos served as Miss Manilla 1953. 6. Marla Maples: Before becoming the second Mrs. Donald Trump, Maples was named Miss Photogenic and won...
... she writes, "The Rogers I know is down-to-earth. She grew up in New Orleans, graduated from WellesleyCollege, picked up a MBA from Harvard, and then built a successful, lucrative business career in Chicago, starting at AT&T. I met her around 1991, when she was the director of the Illinois State Lottery." Pravda? Today Lynn Sweet offers a flak-catching puff piece on...
Susan Reverby, professor at WellesleyCollege, has delved into the shocking and revealing Tuskegee syphilis study as a lesson to us today as we argue over health care reform. In her new book, "Examining Tuskegee: The Infamous Syphilis Study and Its Legacy" (University of North Carolina Press, 2009), Reverby looks at the study's racist history, explains how people experienced...
NEW YORK – The vicious hair-pulling of an opponent was inexcusable. But prominent advocates of women's sports say that so, too, has been much of the commentary generated by the popular video of college soccer player Elizabeth Lambert's combative tactics in a recent game. "Catfight" has been a term commonly used in cyberspace reactions to the video clip now seen by millions of