Editing Wellesley College (section)

===Traditions===
[[File:Wellesley College Library.jpg|thumb|upright|Wellesley College Library]]
[[Hoop rolling]] is an annual tradition at the college that dates to 1895.<ref>{{cite press release | url = http://www.wellesley.edu/PublicAffairs/Releases/2009/042509.html | title = Susan Wang Wins Wellesley's 114th Annual Hoop Rolling Contest | date = April 25, 2009 | author = Wellesley College Office for Public Affairs | publisher = Wellesley College | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100516033729/http://www.wellesley.edu/PublicAffairs/Releases/2009/042509.html | archive-date=May 16, 2010 }}</ref> Each senior has a wooden hoop, often passed down to them from their "big". Before graduation, the seniors, wearing their graduation robes, run a short race while rolling their hoops. In the early 20th century, the winner was said to be the first in her class to marry; in the 1980s, the winner was said to become the class's first CEO; and since the 1990 Commencement speech by then-[[First lady|First Lady]] [[Barbara Bush]], the winner has been said to be the first to achieve success, however she defines it.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wellesley.edu/Welcome/Traditions/hooprolling.html |title=All About Hooprolling |work=Wellesley.edu |access-date=2010-02-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100108110054/http://www.wellesley.edu/Welcome/Traditions/hooprolling.html |archive-date=2010-01-08 }}</ref>The winner is also carried by their classmates and thrown in Lake Waban. 

The Wellesley campus sits just before the halfway mark on the [[Boston Marathon]] course, and students come out to cheer runners in what has become known as the "Scream Tunnel".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.runnersworld.com/boston-marathon/wellesley-scream-tunnel-cheers-kisses-and-funny-signs|title=Wellesley Scream Tunnel: Cheers, Kisses, and Funny Signs|date=2017-04-17|work=Runner's World|access-date=2018-04-29|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430051140/https://www.runnersworld.com/boston-marathon/wellesley-scream-tunnel-cheers-kisses-and-funny-signs|archive-date=April 30, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Student have been cheering on runners since the first running of the marathon.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wellesley.edu/about/collegehistory/traditions/marathonmonday|title=Marathon Monday|website=Wellesley College|language=en|access-date=2018-04-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430113839/http://www.wellesley.edu/about/collegehistory/traditions/marathonmonday|archive-date=April 30, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1966 the school heard word that a woman was running in the race and turned out in numbers in cheer her on.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.runnersworld.com/boston-marathon/first-lady-of-boston|title=First Lady of Boston|date=2016-04-06|work=Runner's World|access-date=2018-04-29|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430051150/https://www.runnersworld.com/boston-marathon/first-lady-of-boston|archive-date=April 30, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>  Once women were officially allowed to register for the 1972 race, the campus cheer tradition became more popular.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-marathon/2018/04/12/kissing-posters-and-so-much-screeching-a-history-of-the-wellesley-college-scream-tunnel|title=A history of the Wellesley College Boston Marathon 'Scream Tunnel'|date=2018-04-12|work=Boston.com|access-date=2018-04-29|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430050004/https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-marathon/2018/04/12/kissing-posters-and-so-much-screeching-a-history-of-the-wellesley-college-scream-tunnel|archive-date=April 30, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>This day known commonly as "MarMon" (Marathon Monday) is the one day students can count on a break from academics as the campus celebrates the runners and each other in jolly fashion.