Living within the Whitman bubble often leads to overlooking the simple pleasures that lie just beyond campus. Spas and salons are aplenty in our burgeoning city of wine and wheat. Three spas are even located within five blocks of campus and regularly cater to students.
Staffed by an ultra-fashionable, amiable, young and all-female team, Misbehaven Spa [...]

The Youth Adventure Program, or YAP, as it is commonly known, is not just another group of students enjoying the outdoors. No—they want to change the world.
“The official mission of YAP is twofold,” said YAP coordinator, sophomore Elena Gustafson. “One, it’s to provide Whitman students with leadership opportunities and leadership training. The second part is [...]

WOODS: Well, Eli, the marathon of the NBA playoffs have started.  I’ll try to keep my words at a minimum, because the readers need to hear some of your early baseball season analysis before this column is over.  So here’s a few quick thoughts on the NBA.
We’re only a couple games into the series, but [...]

Spoken word poet Staceyann Chin performed at Reid Coffeehouse Friday, April 18. The event was sponsered by ASWC, the Campus Activities Board (CAB), Coffeehouse, and Feminists advocating Change and Empowerment (FACE).
Some of the issues that Chin’s poetry addressed including masturbation, menstruation, sexuality and sexual assault.
Sophomore Rachel Hahn described the performance as being very empowering.
“She was [...]

Prison jokes, religion jokes, homosexual jokes, drug jokes, handicapped jokes, cancer jokes and old person jokes scattered the sketch of Miles Stroth and Dan Bakkedahl, two improvisational comedians brought to campus on Saturday, April 12. Although breaking many of the rules of Whitman’s politically correct environment, they were received by a full house, non-stop laughter [...]

Judging from the size and enthusiasm of the crowd, it was hard to believe that it was a Tuesday night. Whitman students cheered, danced and sang along to the lyrics for three hours as seven different groups played at the Phi Delta Theta’s Battle of the Bands fund-raiser that raised over $1,000 for charity.
Sophomore Albert [...]

On March 28, the admissions office sent out 1,416 acceptance letters to the potential class of 2012.
Applications totaled 3,245, a 6.5 percent increase in applications since last year.
“Of the 3,200 applications we read it seemed to be a very engaged, intellectually curious group of students who have done amazing things—not only students who have succeeded [...]

With dozens of pizzas, temperatures in the 80s and a sound system blasting hits from the ‘60s and ‘70s, it was difficult not to have fun at the lacrosse tournament hosted by Whitman’s women’s lacrosse team this past weekend.
Add in the Whitman women’s lacrosse team’s fun-loving attitude and it was a blast.
“I think all the [...]

Junior Elliot Okantey will be the new ASWC president next year after the election last week.  He is joined by Executive Council elects David Changa-Moon, Roman Goerss, Rachel Stein and Julia Nelson.
Okantey ran against sophomore Larsen Close.  Close’s campaign centered around his role as an outsider from ASWC coupled by a promise to stir things up.
“I’ve [...]

Christina Russell and Elsbeth OttoWith graduation only a month away, there’s one pressing question that is becoming more and more of a reality for the senior class: what are you going to do after college?
It might be surprising to some that many Whitman students choose to pursue careers in a subject that isn’t even offered [...]

Whitman custodians cover almost twice the recommended amount of square footage per day—but said it’s all in a day’s work.
While larger campuses like WSU maintain an extensive staff and come closer to the optional industry guideline of 20,000 square feet per person each day, custodians at Whitman have to prioritize.
“It’s doable. We have to learn [...]

The face of the Walla Walla wine industry is changing.
Lowden, Wash. will soon be home to Walla Walla Wine Works, a new winery under construction by Seattle-based Precept Wine Brands.
“This time marks an exciting evolution for Precept. Our hope since the beginning has been to build viable wine brands that speak to the consumer and [...]

Sigma Chi: Last weekend the Sigs held their annual spring cleaning event where members’ parents came to help clean the house. The house’s scholarship luncheon is scheduled for Wednesday, April 27.
Phi Delta Theta: Last week the Phis held their Battle of Bands fund-raiser, raising $1,055 dollars for the Walla Walla Community Center for Youth. The [...]

Creativity is under attack. Now, I know this rant is overdone, but I promise, I have enraging news from the front lines of this war. After reading this, you’ll be at least a little upset.
Take the age-old example of television, for instance. This is over-discussed, but bear with me.
When we were young, a typical kid [...]

I really like food.  Without it, I am nothing.  Food is not only a life necessity, but also an important part of culture and tradition.  If all this is true, why do we treat the people who bring us our food worse than the dirt that they work?
Rednecks, welfare farmers and all the unfortunate names [...]