by Alex Henke
WHITMAN COLLEGE PIONEER
Castro found alive, walking—resurrection technology to be barred from US soil
The presumed-dead and formerly presumed-not Communist Cuban dictator Fidel Castro released a video earlier this week showing him walking and reading a newspaper. Experts who declared his death earlier this month now expect the recently resurrected corpse of Castro to […]

A few years ago Whitman College was ranked high in the catagory of “Happiest Students.’ Year after year, our ranking continued to slip and we always wondered why. Thanks to the postsecret exhibition in Stevens Gallery, we now know. Man, Whitman College, you’ve got angst. I mean, I know we all got problems, but […]

by Marcus Koontz
WHITMAN COLLEGE PIONEER
Regarding two recent October swim meets, Whitman swim team coach Jenn Blomme touted the team’s strong sportsmanship.
The Oct. 27 Northwest Conference Sprint Pentathlon and the following day’s Northwest Conference Relay provided an opportunity to practice diligence, win success, and grow as a team.
“Our swimmers came into the meet with a […]

by Christina Russell
WHITMAN COLLEGE PIONEER
The Whitman cross-country team kicked up their heels and headed west last Saturday, where they ran in the Northwest Conference Cross-Country Championships at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma.
The NWC is comprised of George Fox University, Lewis and Clark College, Linfield College, Pacific University, Pacific Lutheran University, University of Puget […]

by Lizzie Norgard
WHITMAN COLLEGE PIONEER
The weekend ended with excitement for the Whitman’s volleyball team, as the women won home matches against both PLU and UPS.
Whitman played against Pacific Lutheran University on Friday night, handing PLU their first defeat of the season. The Missionaries won 3-2, cinching the victory in the last three games. The […]

by Lizzie Norgard
WHITMAN COLLEGE PIONEER
On Nov. 7, Walla Walla voters will decide if they will pay to build a new aquatic center. Complete with water slides, a wave pool, and a wading pool for small children, the aquatic center would especially benefit youth and families during the hot Walla Walla summers.
The bond proposal for […]

Mike McGavick, Republican
Slogan:
“Northwestern voice of civility”
Status:
He has never held an elected office. He is the former Chairman, President, and CEO of Safeco Insurance.
Platform:
Education
McGavick wants to invest in early childhood education, excel educational standards with acts such as No Child Left Behind, increase grant, and make the US more competitive with other nations.
War on terror
McGavick […]

by Emma Wood
France
It’s not my calendar but instead my grammar teacher, Madame de Pous, who serves as my measure of time. Blue eyeliner brightens her leathery face as each Monday she reminds us: “You’ve been here four weeks now … five … six. If you haven’t started speaking French yet, it’s time. You didn’t come […]

by Sally Sorte
SPAIN
Portugal is appropriately located on the West Coast of the Iberian Peninsula in relation to the Spanish East Coast, which fits the laid-back attitude of its inhabitants. Lisbon is to San Francisco as Madrid is to NYC—Lisbon even has its own golden gate bridge.
In Portugal, without Halloween or Thanksgiving to splice the holiday […]

by Sophie Johnson
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
It is getting colder. The days are getting shorter. The wind is getting stronger. Finally. I know I’ve been waiting to employ “the layered look” (sooo chic right now) since mid-June.
Before I go any further, I must preface this column by telling you that while I think of myself as pretty progressive […]

by Sarah McCarthy
WHITMAN COLLEGE PIONEER
When plotting my schedule for the coming semester, I first, carefully, make up a bizarre-world schedule—one full of classes that I am unqualified for, that I would not like, and that I would sooner drop out of school than take. This spring’s schedule includes: LIB 100: Use of the Library, […]

by Valerie Lopez
WHITMAN COLLEGE PIONEER
Aside from dispelling my irrational fears of having bronchitis or pneumonia (a big middle finger salute to whoever got me hacking phlegm for two weeks now), my friends provide a necessary anodyne relief to an irreverent strain of cold: spooning. Yes, hold the Nyquils, the Dayquils and the Robitussins. At […]

by Marcus Koontz
WHITMAN COLLEGE PIONEER
“If you don’t do this, I’m going to beat your *expletive-deleted*. Get it done, I know you can do it, one of us has to make it.” That’s what my younger cousin Michael, a high school dropout, said to me the week before I came to Walla Walla for college. […]

by Chelsea Gilbert
WHITMAN COLLEGE PIONEER
After asking our party of five if we had eaten at Luscious before (we hadn’t), our waiter launched into a brief spiel about the concept behind the new restaurant.
The restaurant (located on Colville and Main) is built around the idea of seasonal cooking. Only local food and beverages are served, […]

by Sarah McCarthy
WHITMAN COLLEGE PIONEER
The most recent exhibit at the Sheehan Gallery, entitled “Goatsilk,” explores the intriguing question of how animals and humans will continue to co-exist in an increasingly technological age.
Two of the artists, Ben Bloch and Caroline Peters, were inspired by a “New York Times” article that explained how scientists […]