by Ian Jagel
STAFF WRITER

One could assume that anyone who has made it a habit to summit the highest peaks in the world would have to have a little spark of madness in them in order to constantly put themselves in such situations. Brien Sheedy, director of the Whitman College Outdoor Program, is, perhaps, the exception. […]

by Aisha Fukushima
STAFF WRITER

Hanging out: sometimes it seems like a lost art in between rushing to classes, meetings, and meals. Since Whitman does not resemble the stereotypical high school environment with an infamous “popular group,” it is easy to overlook the cliques that we often become comfortable in.
An overnight camping trip consisting of 20 […]

by Natalie Knott
COLUMNIST

I own a dog.
Jesus Christ, every time I think about this fact it makes me light-headed with terror. See, I have a not-so-little problem with commitment. Forget romantic relationships—friendships stretch my comfort boundaries, and it by no means stops there. My phobia extends far into “everyday” experiences—signing cell phone contracts, purchasing items of […]

by Alex Henke
COLUMNIST

Our times are plagued with prejudice against those who spread love and happiness. Society twists our thoughts against the ‘criminals’ we are meant to disparage, to judge, and to seek justice against
My brothers and sisters, it is time for a shift in our paradigms. I speak for myself and the 43 souls I’ve […]

by Kaitlin Phillips and Caitlin Tortorici
COLUMNISTS

This morning we woke up to see the sun shining through the window, a balmy breeze playing through the trees, a gorgeous three-day weekend ahead of us. As amazing as this was, we knew that it could not last. For after such a blissful and seemingly endless break, the return […]

by Lizzie Norgard
COLUMNIST

When you first approach the Sudbury Rd. landfill off Highway 12, it doesn’t look like a dumping ground for 5,000 monthly tons of garbage. An expanse of land over 9,000 acres, the landfill is barely distinguishable from farmland on a foggy morning. But the Sudbury Rd. landfill is the final resting place for […]

COLUMNIST

Since 1872 the laws governing the use of the public lands for mining have remained effectively static. The going price for the minerals beneath an acre of land is between $2.50 and $5.00. In 2003, the Federal government sold 155 acres near the mountain resort of Crested Butte for $875.
Closer to home, […]

by Beth Frieden
COLUMNIST

I believe without any reservations that my best friend from home should be allowed to marry her girlfriend of three years when they decide they’re ready. A lot of people don’t believe this. A lot of people believe that allowing these two educated, loving young women to pledge lifetime commitment to each other […]

by Lisa Curtis
STAFF WRITER

The one thing I’ve noticed about Whitman is that everyone here seems to be a little weird.
Not in a bad way, in an interesting way. Everyone seems to have some bizarre talent or strange interest or unique habit that makes them stand out just a tiny bit.
Personally I think this […]

by Leah Bloomberg & Grant Margeson
STAFF WRITER & GUEST WRITER

N.B. This article is meant to provide a glimpse into the drug use on campus, not to either condone or condemn it. The views expressed by those interviewed in no way reflect the views and opinions of the Whitman College Pioneer.
On a typical Friday […]

by Emma Wood
COLUMNIST

We met a jewel of a man in the Louvre. I slouched beside him on a bench in the middle of Italian Paintings, an island of respite built for the art-weary. My museum buddy and I had seen the Greek artifacts; we had drawn the Winged Victory and Venus de Milo, […]

by Veronica Prout
COMMUNITY EDITOR

Quite often, we speculate about the war in Iraq questioning ourselves about whether or not we should remove our U.S. troops. We debate using information given to us by the media and our country’s leaders and politicians. But what do our soldiers think? Jonathan and Jesse Ansorge are brothers. Jon, 22, deployed […]

by Hanna Perry
COLUMBIA DAILY SPECTATOR (Columbia U.)

(U-WIRE) NEW YORK - Who is the voice of our generation? The literary world’s most trite question has inevitably been pored over in recent years by publications from the New York Times to Time magazine. Previous generations have pointed to Hemingway, Salinger, Kerouac and Vonnegut, among others, and maybe […]

by Lauren Adler
STAFF WRITER

Every Thursday night at 9 p.m., the dorm rooms are empty. The library is empty. Reid is empty. No one walks across Ankeny, or down Boyer. Whitman has turned into a ghost town for a half an hour—and why? A little show called “Grey’s Anatomy.”
Okay, maybe this is an exaggeration. The campus […]

by Aisha Fukushima
STAFF WRITER

Three days, 72 hours, 4,320 minutes: no matter how you put it, the possibilities of what you can do are endless. For some, the main objective is to stay on campus and overcome the allure of procrastination. For others, getting off campus and finishing up little projects is ideal.
Without a […]