When you put college students and Spring Break together, the image of club hopping in Mexico may come to mind. Although many students look forward to spending these two weeks away from school, others say they prefer options that provide first-hand, educational experiences.
“The alternative started in 1997 and ever since then it’s been a student-organized, […]

Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, commonly nicknamed “Mormons,” gave a presentation to raise awareness about their religion. Speakers from the local church, many of them Whitman students, took turns sharing information about the religion.
However, many students were disappointed that the Latter-day Saints avoided issues of contention. “I thought […]

Twelve teams of students and professors received Abshire Research Scholar Awards from the college for research projects this semester. The subjects of the projects cover a wide variety of disciplines and departments, ranging from cancer treatment to a course on the Silk Roads.
Alfred D. Abshire, who graduated from Whitman in 1945, founded the Abshire Scholar […]

From Ukrainian egg decorating to beer tasting; murder mystery to Pilates, this year’s Winterim workshops gave students the chance break out of their usual routines.
Winterim, which took place from Friday, Jan. 18 through Sunday, Jan. 20, is an annual event sponsored by ASWC Programming in which students and staff are able to lead and attend […]

Clouded by stress and confusion, the upperclassmen rush for off-campus housing has arrived. Although some students have not even begun to think about where they are going to live next year, many landlords claim they have already found renters for all of their houses.
“Once one person starts, then everyone has to, it’s like a race,” […]

No one expected last week’s second annual Symposium on Diversity and Community to be as well attended as last year’s. After all, last year there was a real, pressing issue that needed to be addressed: Two students’ costumes at a fraternity party had moved the campus to practical pandemonium over the hypersensitive subject of race […]

Twelve weeks into the Writer’s Guild of America (WGA) strike, many television programs have gone dark.
“I was watching ‘Chuck’ and there was no resolution! Suddenly it just ended, and my sister and I just looked at the screen and said ‘What!?’” said senior Deanna Lucini.
The strike began in November and primarily focuses on the writer’s […]

Nothing about Iowa is glamorous. The star quality that passes for currency in New York and Los Angeles is as alien to the Hawkeye state as a palm tree. That is why every four years, with the influx of people and attention that comes with the Iowa Caucuses, Iowans feel like they have been transported […]

No fear is as great as the fear of exile. The sentinels, in their glossy red armor, knocking on your door with the staff of authority, sealed documents of High Damnation in hand…it is a terrifying image. But I have been exiled, and I confide that I enjoy my new life.
Exile is more honorable than […]

Imagine the options: Chicken Nuggets, Fries, Big Mac, Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Quarter Pounder, McChicken, Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese, Sweet and Sour Sauce, Barbecue Sauce, Honey Mustard Sauce, Southwest Salad, Asian Salad, Bacon Ranch Salad, Egg McMuffin, McSkillet Burrito, Sausage McMuffin, Fruit n’ Yogurt Parfait, McFlurry. I’m lovin’ it.
I am not your typical Whitman […]

Since launching a new upgrade of the school’s administrative program, Datatel, in October, several scheduling and grading mix-ups have occurred. The most notable errors were a mistake in the online grades that were posted Dec. 20 and the scheduling of the History and Sociology of Rock ‘n’ Roll class.
“We went to a brand new […]

On Friday, Jan. 4, while the majority of the student body was wrapping up their last week of winter break, a windstorm struck Walla Walla that downed more than 55 trees around campus and knocked out power for 30 hours.
“Above all else, we are thankful that no one was injured,” said Whitman President […]

This week Whitman’s literary magazine blue moon went 3-D. On Wednesday, Jan. 30 at 7:30 p.m., blue moon hosted “Install Me,” an exhibition of performance and installation art on campus. For one hour, the entire campus became a gallery of student art that couldn’t be printed in blue moon.
Kate Rosenberg, editor-in-chief of the magazine […]

“Spirituality” is a loaded term; if this is obvious to you, you’re probably a Whitman student. Perhaps you’ve passed Core; or maybe you failed it—I’ll assume you at least read the syllabus just to see how much reading you were going to avoid while you drew random circles in your otherwise empty notebook with a […]

I recently saw “The Departed,” Martin Scorsese’s 2006 blockbuster about the seedy underworld of Boston gangs. It was a huge deal. Oscars were won, critics were thrown into fits of ecstasy, beloved TV actors were thrown off buildings. Huge deal.
I also recently saw “Shortbus” again. “Shortbus” made $131,000,000 dollars LESS than “The Departed” in […]