by Sally Sorte – Spain
As I drank my Colombian coffee stirred into leche semidesnatada (one percent), I opened the kitchen window and peered out at the courtyard over which my apartment building hangs its laundry. How are we going to dry our laundry on rainy days, or when the temperature falls below zero? I’m not [...]

It is well into October and much to my surprise there is still not a hard copy of the first quarterlife publication. Trying to start a new club that has ambitious goals (like publishing three magazines per semester that include all sorts of writing from the Whitman community) presents hoops that few circus tigers would [...]

by Katie Collier
Reading over last week’s editorial disparaging the “Democratic bias” of the Politics page, I was initially offended by Marcus Koontz’s objections to the Oct. 5 spread on how those in the Whitman community are involved in the November elections. Upon deeper reflection, however, I began to feel that his concerns with the lack [...]

by Andrea Miller
When Walla Walla voters enter the poll booths in the coming county elections, they will not be burdened with the choice of numerous candidates.
Only one name will be listed on the ballots in upcoming area elections for positions such as auditor, clerk, prosecuting attorney, sheriff and assessor. Bob Biles, candidate for county commissioner, [...]

by Sarah McCarthy
“Take time to savor each moment,” “Cosmo” (or “Ladies Home Journal,” or “O,” or “Shape,” or “Better Homes and Gardens,” or “Women’s Weekly,” or “Marie Clare”) tells me. “That way, you’ll get more out of every day.” They tell me to eat slowly and chew my food (by savoring, I will eat less), [...]

by Valerie Lopez
I always used to dread the advent of a Sunday, probably even more so than the nightmare of a Monday.
After an immensely onerous week, there’s nothing more therapeutic than looking forward to a weekend of a. explosive debauchery, b. 100 years of slumber-itude, C-movie marathons and defghijklmnopqrstuv’s of anything non-school related. Friday and [...]

by Marcus Koontz
Of the two games the Whitman women’s volleyball team played this weekend, both were spectacular wins.
The first win was over Willamette University on Friday, Oct. 13 and the second was over Linfield College on Saturday, Oct. 14.
On Friday, Oct. 13, Whitman battled with Willamette University at home, and Whitman won three matches [...]

by Josh Boris
Why are we in such a rut again? After emerging from the whiz-bang of summer blockbusters I want to be thought-provokingly entertained again, but that just ain’t going to happen.
With the exception of “The Departed,” the movie offerings in the last several weeks look more like the post-Oscars season drivel we have to [...]

by Erin Salvi
Apparently, Bob Dylan can do no wrong. With 42 albums under his belt, at 65 years old, one might think that he would have run out of good material by now. Not so. With his most recent concoction, “Modern Times,” Dylan has cranked out yet another masterpiece.
But it seems that Robert Allen Zimmerman [...]

by Andrea Miller
Usually, the content of a book outshines the physical book itself, but to bookmaking artists, that content might be just a finishing detail.
Seanacey Pierce, the director of the Whitman College Arts and Crafts Series and a senior Religion major at Whitman, organized and led a bookmaking workshop on Oct. 14. On the agenda [...]

by Caitlin Tortorici
Another successful Visitors’ Day came and went on Friday, Oct. 13. As early as 7:45 a.m., parents and prospective students arrived at Whitman prepared to seize the action-packed day organized by the Office of Admissions.
Visitors enjoyed a complimentary continental breakfast at Reid before moving next door to the Young Ballroom to hear about [...]

by Andrea Miller
It bodes well for any lecture when the Dean of Faculty, Patrick Keefe, turns around in his seat to say of lecturer Dr. Gary Rollefson, “You wouldn’t believe what a scholar Gary is.…”
In his lecture in Kimball on Oct. 12, “Safe Haven for Shepherds: Neolithic/Chalcolithic Desert Sanctuaries in Southern Jordan,” Whitman anthropology professor [...]

by Lizzie Norgard
For a gas station deli, the Exxon on Main Street offers some uncommon and remarkably popular fare.
Long lines form at the Exxon every Wednesday and Friday at lunchtime when Neera Kaur, who with her husband Bali Singh owns and operates the Exxon station, cooks authentic Indian food and serves it in the station’s [...]

by Caitlin Tortorici
“I think it’s retarded that people try to steal food from Reid. Everyone who works here is getting pretty sick and tired of it. I feel like it’s gotten worse in recent weeks, and we’re beginning to crack down more,” said a Reid Café employee.
The first sign of such cracking down appeared Saturday, [...]

by Christina Russell
At some point in our youth we learned about our Founding Forefathers, the Pilgrims, that there were originally 13 colonies and a man named John Winthrop, who talked about his city on a hill. It wasn’t until freshman orientation day this past August, when I was arriving by car to Walla Walla, that [...]