A fellow Wellesley alum sent along this Boston Globe article that goes into depth on the racial diversity issues of the student extras in the movie ”Mona Lisa Smile.” I completely understand their need for accuracy in casting mostly white students, but I know that if I were still a student there I would feel upset. My intellectual understanding of the situation (a multiracial student body in the movie would be as wrong as if they shot scenes at the modern Science Center) would conflict with my envy of fellow classmates. Hopefully we’d all come out ahead. The student extras would find it strange to be on campus in a manufactured world of Caucasians and those excluded would have a better appreciation for the opportunities available to them in the present.