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Noor Naseer• October 9, 2024. Men’s soccer (8-2-1, 5-20-0 NESCAC) dominated over the weekend, defeating the Bates Bobcats (6-4-1, 2-3-1 NESCAC) 2-0 on Saturday and the SUNY Cortland Red Dragons (7-3-3) 1-0 on Sunday. The weekend’s victories brought the team to four consecutive wins, solidifying its strength after an uneven start to the ...
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Aliya Huprikar • October 2, 2024. California will ban private universities and colleges from considering the legacy and donor status of applicants during the admissions process starting Sept. 1, 2025. Governor Gavin Newsom, who signed the bill into law on Monday, said the ban is intended to promote equal educational opportunity in California.
College begins construction for new WCMA building
7 hours ago · October 23, 2024. Tatiana Geroulanou/ The Williams Record. The College began the first stage of construction for the new Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA) building on Oct. 7. The building, located at the intersection of Routes 2 and 7 across from Greylock Quad and the Center for Development Economics, will open in 2027.
One in Two Thousand: Wyatt Cotton ’27 – The Williams Record
7 hours ago · Each week, the Record (using a script in R) randomly selects a student at the College for our One in Two Thousand feature, excluding current Record board members. This week, Wyatt Cotton ’27 discussed his nickname, his football game rituals, and his love for Tyler House. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
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Max Billick • September 25, 2024. The Honor and Discipline Committee, which hears allegations of academic misconduct at the College, used an incorrect voting procedure in its hearings for more than a year, a Record investigation found. Rather than using a three-quarters majority vote as the threshold to find a student responsible for ...
Investment Office launches website in effort to increase transparency
7 hours ago · The College’s Investment Office launched a new website on Oct. 11 that includes details about the College’s investment strategy, asset allocation, and approach to investor responsibility standards. The website is part of the Investment Office’s efforts to make its practices more transparent, a commitment the College announced in the wake of student protests related to the war in Gaza.
Men’s 1v takes seventh, 2v finishes in top 20 – The Williams Record
7 hours ago · In the collegiate eights race, the 1v placed seventh with a time of 14:57.559, 27 seconds behind LaSalle University’s winning boat. The 2v ended in 19th place, completing the course in 15:20.974, and the 3v placed 25th, clocking in at 16:15.540. Co-captain Owen Maier ’25, who rowed in the 1v, was proud of the team’s performance.
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About the Record. The Williams Record is the student-run newspaper of record at Williams College. The paper was founded in 1887 as The Williams Weekly and changed its name in 1904. The Record editorial board is responsible for making all decisions about coverage and content.. The weekly paper publishes in broadsheet form on Wednesdays from September through May, except during school breaks and ...
College admits 7.5 percent of record-high 15,411 applicants to …
Mar 31, 2024 · Combined with its early decision cycle, the College received 15,411 applicants for the Class of 2028. The Record calculated the total acceptance rate for the 2023-2024 admission cycle as 7.5 percent — down 2.3 percentage pointssince last year — marking the lowest rate on record. The acceptance rate for the regular decision round was 6.4 ...
College admits 249 out of record-breaking 1,068 applicants to …
Dec 15, 2023 · (David Wignall/The Williams Record) The College admitted 23.3 percent of 1,068 early decision applicants to the Class of 2028 on Dec. 8, according to Dean of Admission and Student Financial Services Liz Creighton ’01.