Leo, the Bear (only people born in soybean fields or on September 12): As a Leo, you are bold and intuitive, but also caring and whimsical. With such strengths, no Turkish prison cell can hold you long.
Joe-Jack, a local Disgrace (born to two people both named Claude): Joe-Jack is rising this week, thanks to […]

I’m a little ashamed to admit, as an art major, my devotion to the landscape genre. Art-makers put landscape on the shelf long ago, as you’ll know if you’ve browsed the Tate Modern or ventured into MOMA. In the glory days of the French Academy, landscape painters could turn their noses up at […]

Last spring, surrounded by the lovely, corseted ladies of the cast of Tartuffe, we C/Kaitlins issued a passionate declaration imploring the over-worked student body of Whitman College to, for God’s sake, just get laid.
This appears to have worked. Somewhat. Certainly the new freshmen are already making their contribution to the cause (Lyman and Anderson – […]

This is not a politically correct article. This article is a step towards removing the veil of political correctness to hopefully arrive at the TRUTH.
Disclaimers: 1) We are not presupposing that some forms of diversity are more important than others, nor are we trying to de-legitimize oppression felt by others. Rather, we are trying to […]

America has a serious problem with the crazies. Something in the water here has made it shameful to be on anti-depressants. Something here has made it necessary to be on anti-depressants in the first place because no one wants to talk about what’s wrong. Why is it hard to accept that what’s in […]

“Actually, one of the reasons I wanted Indian food this week is because I was sick and a lot of the spices they use are natural medicines,” said my good friend Kaji Shrestha when I was talking to him on the phone this week. Sure, there are plenty of folks around this campus who […]

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spoke this past Monday at Columbia for the university’s annual World Leaders Forum.
Ahmadinejad’s scheduled speech at a United States academic institution immediately caused disagreement. Columbia University students, parents and alumni were outraged that Columbia would invite the president of Iran to their alma mater. Ahmadinejad also requested to visit Ground Zero. […]

The question of whether or not vegetarianism is ethical can be approached from so many angles that it seems almost impossible to discuss.
Many pro-vegetarianism Web sites focus on the conclusion and throw in any argument that will arrive there, including those from ethics, politics, and health. For example, GoVeg.com uses health benefits, animal rights […]

Feminism killed American food.
I love to cook from scratch. Bread, from flour and yeast to loaf—wine, from sugar and fruit to alcohol—yogurt, from milk and culture to tasty sour-ness. And I love to cook for other people. Perhaps it is some maternal urge inside me, but when I hear someone say that […]

If you’ve ever spent more than $500 on textbooks in one semester, then you’ll agree with me when I say that they’re expensive—prohibitively so. That’s troubling to me: the materials we need to study are so expensive that you’ve got students here on campus—I’ve done this—buying old editions or using shabby used copies in order […]

When my protest literature professor Nadine Knight walked into the classroom on Friday, Sept. 21, she had just one question:
“How many of you wore black yesterday?”
Not a hand went up.
“Okay… How many of you know why college students across the country wore black yesterday?” she asked.
Blank stares.
“Has anyone been reading the news recently?”
Maybe three […]

“It’s like dating,” said Sharon Alker, assistant professor of English, about the hiring process for new professors. “You date a lot of universities, and you see which one you want to marry.”
Some students, however, have issues with the courting rituals. “The system can be very disappointing,” said one senior who wished to remain anonymous.
With […]

“I was disappointed in the number of students participating in the Service Saturdays and Make a Difference Day, so I was trying to think of a way to stimulate more volunteer interest in the Whitman community,” senior Kari Berkas said. “I wanted to create a large group of students who could be contacted when a […]

Luis Alberto Urrea, author of “The Devil’s Highway,” will speak at Whitman Thursday, Sept. 27. Several events on campus pertaining to the book are scheduled, including a student slideshow of border photographs and—for some—dinner with the author.
“The Devil’s Highway” tells the story of 26 men’s journey across the Arizona desert on the Mexican-American border […]