by Christina Russell
WHITMAN COLLEGE PIONEER
The Missionaries dominated Lewis and Clark on Friday night, claiming a victory in overtime, 71-63.
The win marked the beginning of the conference opener for both Lewis and Clark and Whitman, a game that augmented Whitman’s record to 3-1 and brought Lewis and Clark’s down to 2-2.
Senior Katie Patneaude earned a […]

by Andrea Miller
WHITMAN COLLEGE PIONEER
The women’s basketball team rounded out the weekend with another victory against the Pacific University Boxers on Saturday, Dec. 2.
Junior forward Kelsey Krumdiek put 15 points on the scoreboard for the Missionaries. Senior guard Katie Patneaude followed that lead with 11 points, eight rebounds, four assists and three […]

by Lizzie Norgard
WHITMAN COLLEGE PIONEER
Pacific University gained an early lead on Whitman in the men’s basketball game on Dec 2, and the gap continued to widen throughout the game. Whitman eventually lost, at a score of 65-46.
The Missionaries’ defensive strategy held reasonably well through the first half, but their offense struggled to hold on. […]

Freezing temperatures did not deter annual march downtown and vigil for victims
by Jamie Soukup
WHITMAN COLLEGE PIONEER
For World AIDS Day on Dec. 1, a group of about 30 people gathered on the corner of First Street and Main at 7 p.m. for a candlelight vigil, supported by Blue Mountain Heart to Heart. The temperature was […]

by Andrea Miler
WHITMAN COLLEGE PIONEER
When the commercial breaks with the soothing voices of electoral candidates stop airing, the plastic signs with red and blue letters are but mere trash run over by cars in the street and the election results are said and done, what is left to do for those who toiled over […]

by Lizzie Norgard
WHITMAN COLLEGE PIONEER
Many of the projects ASWC undertakes for Whitman take place through the Senate and the committees each senator belongs to. Senators participate in the Policy, Finance and Programming committees and typically discuss policies, events and issues in committee meetings before they address them in senate meetings and to ASWC as […]

by Andrea Miller
WHITMAN COLLEGE PIONEER
By chance, two ASWC Junior Senate positions became available for the upcoming spring semester.
Last May, the junior class elected Kate Rosenburg and split ticket holders Griff Lambert and Sam Bell to the ASWC Senate. However, Rosenburg and Bell will be taking leaves of absence beginning next spring and Lambert will […]

Seriously Whitman College, we’ve been doing some thinking here at the Back Page and we’ve come up with a solution for most, nay, all of the problems here at Whitman College. Remember the co-op? Well apparently it exists now, but they’ve been having some problems. For example, nobody knows about it. Also they do not […]

by Alex Henke
WHITMAN COLLEGE PIONEER
Bong Hits 4 Jesus case goes to higher court, ‘war on drugs’ leaders compare Arab holy figure promoting illegal activity to terrorist
Famous shithead Kenneth Starr is taking up the prosecutor’s side of an ongoing court battle surrounding a Juneau, Alaska high school student’s suspension for holding up a ‘Bong Hits […]