Delta Gamma: The Whitman Delta Gamma chapter was just recognized by their nationals with the prestigious Patricia Patterson-Danielson Award, which places them in the running for ‘Chapter of the Year’ at the national level. Additionally, the DGs just chose a new faculty advisor, Professor Barry Balof. Furthermore, on Sunday the chapter successfully celebrated their Founder’s […]

Mike Huckabee. Inspirational. Evangelical Minister. Full of one-liners. His emergence as the last remaining Republican not named John McCain surprised everyone. Although winning the Iowa caucus didn’t catapult him to the Republican nomination, his candidacy makes this liberal columnist still proud of American politics.
His values and beliefs don’t reflect those of […]

Recent tensions between Walla Walla and College Place over development, staffing and water resources have some citizens looking for alternatives.
“Why don’t the two cities merge?” wrote user DannyD on the Union-Bulletin Web site. “[College Place] would get better fire protection and maybe the combined city services would save a ton of money from excess staff. […]

It has come to my attention that some boys are frequently preoccupied; they only show up to eat their daily meals and then mysteriously disappear. Their appearances are becoming barely more regular than the presence of a blue moon. The reason for this odd behavior is not a living, breathing organism with a pulse. No, […]

“Butterflies are my favorite,” said local artist Virginia Peacock. “I like drawing animals best. Sometimes I do stars. But landscapes are good, too.”
Known around town as “the crayon artist,” Peacock, who is developmentally disabled, has become something of a local celebrity because of her vibrant works of art.
“I start with crayons, and then I paint […]

February was a terrible month for citizens of the U.S. and U.K. who identify as transgendered. In this, our shortest month, five people were murdered because of their non-conformist gender identity.
That’s a lie. MORE than five people were murdered, but five particularly outrageous cases received an eensy bit of media attention. I am using outrageous […]

This week sophomore Devon Spika will compete in the Nordic Skiing NCAA National Championship in Bozeman, Mont.  She was one of two Whitman students to qualify in their sports, along with senior Erin Petterson for swimming.
Nordic Collegiate Nationals consists of a 5K skate ski that took place on Wednesday and a 15K Classic this tomorrow.  […]

With a tagline like “Three relationships. Three disasters. One last chance,” one might expect the fourth disaster that the wordsmith who composed that line forgot to mention will be the film itself. But as much as you can’t judge a book by its cover, you also shouldn’t judge a movie by its tagline. After all, […]

President George W. Bush does not deserve a presidential library. But we should nevertheless give him one.
For the first time last Thursday, he spoke in some—but not much—detail about his plans for erecting a library at the Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas—Laura Bush’s alma mater—that would bear his name on its façade.
“We just announced […]

I like dancing to club and house/trance/techno music, but this weekend I’m going to this frat party and I just KNOW the only thing they’re going to play is hip hop. And not only do I not know how to dance to hip hop, but I don’t like it. The only thing girls are going […]

Former Valley Vision optometrist charged for indecent liberties former Valley Vision optometrist Kelly J. Cochrane, 50, faces criminal charges for allegedly sexually touching two of his female assistants. Cochrane was charged Monday by the Walla Walla County Superior Court with two counts of indecent liberties.
Cochrane, who lives in Kahlotus, allegedly placed his hands inside the […]

For the 2008-’09 housing selection, students will have the option of applying to live in a substance-free area of student housing.
The Residence Life and Housing office decided to offer a substance-free housing option after adequate student interest was shown. This option had been available in the past, however due to a lack of student interest, […]

“The flavor is like a romantic love story between fresh strawberries and sweet cherries. No wonder they call it blush. I’m getting red in the cheeks just thinking about it. Especially when I think about enjoying it with a warm quesadilla and my favorite senorita.”
- CarloRossi.com’s description of Carlo Rossi’s Blush Table Wine
Charlie and I […]

ASCH:
Despite the fact that the barrelful of fun that is the NHL regular season is approaching its home stretch, we’re going to completely ignore it and talk about basketball this week: we’re gonna talk college basketball (is anyone’s bubble bursting?), we’re gonna talk pro basketball (what was the worst deadline deal?), and even the business […]

]“The Vagina Monologues” has traditionally been performed at Whitman in honor of V-Day, but this year senior Nicole Pexton wanted to try something different.
With the help of Feminists Advocating Change and Empowerment (FACE), VOX and the Women’s Resource Lounge (WRL), Pexton organized the performance of “A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer” in […]