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Babson College grads to don “green” caps and gowns

By bbrown | Published: February 2, 2010
Babson College’s school colors are green and white, and 2010 grads will emphasize the green when they wear caps and gowns made from recycled bottles. Babson says the fabric is spun from molten plastic pellets and that each gown is made from about 23 bottles. Biodegradable dishes and cups, as well as recycled paper for [...]
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Wellesley’s weirdest stories of the year

By bbrown | Published: December 28, 2009
Beep Day all fun and games till someone crashes their cars The Wellesley High School senior tradition of parading in their cars took a bad turn when a four-car accident sent 9 kids to the hospital.  Imagine how bad it might have been if they hadn’t been prebriefed by Wellesley police on traffic guidelines for the [...]
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Ranking Wellesley College and Babson

By bbrown | Published: August 22, 2008
The annual U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings are out and the local colleges fared well as usual (methodology here). The magazine put Wellesley College at #4 among liberal arts schools behind only Amherst, Williams and Swarthmore (Wellesley’s tuition and fees are listed as $36,640).  Babson grabbed honors as the top entrepreneurial undergrad [...]
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