First-year students voted on Tuesday for the four senators that will represent them in the Associated Students of Whitman College Senate.
Stephen Stradley, Matt Dittrich, Duji Tahat and Elisa Jaramillo were elected to represent the Class of 2012 in this year’s ASWC Senate.
Mired by technical difficulties, the finalvote count for the election was hand-counted by Kendra [...]

Almost a quarter of the Whitman student body used the Welty Counseling Center’s resources at some point over the course of the 2007-2008 school year, according to Dr. Richard Jacks, Associate Dean of Health and Wellness at Whitman College. Depression was the second most common issue faced by students, despite the school’s highly publicized status [...]

Computer hackers from places such as Russia and Africa are increasingly targeting busy and intelligent Whitman students, staff and faculty as part of a “phishing” scam through e-mail.
“It’s a play on the word ‘fishing.’ You’re actually throwing out some bait and trying to catch something with it,” said Kevin Kelly, Whitman College Technology Service’s Director [...]

The American Indian Association is recruiting Whitman mentors to join in a cultural initiative project at the Nixyaawii Community High School in Pendleton, Ore. With 56 students currently enrolled, it is the first school to be opened on the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Students and mentors involved in the program will focus [...]

Wailing sirens pierced the air on the night of Monday, Sep. 22, as a high-speed car chase intersected campus. Walla Walla Police began their pursuit at about 9:20 p.m., after an officer spotted the vehicle in question driving recklessly around a parking lot and then merging onto the street, where the driver sped through stop [...]

ASWC Public Speaker Dr. Michael Shermer will visit campus Wednesday, Sep. 31, at 7 p.m. in the Maxey Auditorium. Dr. Michael Shermer is the founding publisher of Skeptic Magazine, Executive Director of the Skeptics Society, a monthly columnist for Scientific American, the host of the Skeptics Distinguished Science Lecture Series at Caltech, and Adjunct Professor [...]

Status Update: Thousands of users of the popular social networking site Facebook are joining forces to protest the site’s new design.
After Facebook’s new look was unmasked in July, users were given the opportunity to try out the new design and give feedback to the site’s administrators before the changes were made permanent this month. While [...]

In April 2008, the Port of Walla Walla, in the midst of building a potable water system,
discovered petroleum contamination on their property in Burbank, a town in the Tri-City metropolitan area. The contamination is located at the Burbank Industrial Park, a property of the Port’s, right under Chevron diesel and petroleum pipelines.
Upon discovery of the [...]

A woman at the farmers’ market leaned across the display of tomatoes at our produce stand and hefted a paper bag bulging with tomatoes into my open hands.
“You didn’t tell me these things were addictive when I got some last week. I’ve just got to get more,” she whispered, almost giddy, eager for [...]

As the whole country raises money and sponsors events to “go green,” there may not be an event bigger and more effective than the Green Jobs Fair, occurring nationwide on Saturday, Sept. 27.
Called “the national day of action to build the new economy,” 397 venues in 47 states will throw block parties, house parties, teach-ins, [...]

Environmental activism, although alive today, is something that has not always had a strong presence on Whitman’s campus.
“The way I see it, the 60s were all about social rebellion with a moral purpose: The Civil Rights Movement, which segued into the anti-war movement where promiscuity and dope became a political statement,” said General Studies Professor [...]

Follow these directions, and whether you pop a tire in the middle of Ankeny or the outskirts of Tollgate, you’ll be ready to ride in no time.
Step 1: Remove the bicycle wheel from the frame. Some bikes have a quick release that releases the wheel; others require a wrench to loosen the nuts on either [...]

Have you ever been discriminated against because of the color of your skin? Your religion? Your gender? Your sexual orientation? Unless you’re a straight, male WASP like me, your answer is probably “yes.” But have you ever been discriminated against because you care about the environment, or because you’ve fought against domestic violence?
A report issued [...]

Senior Andrew Hill, a musician since age 7, a song writer since age 10, entertained Whitman students while performing at Coffeehouse in the Reid Center on Friday, Sep. 19. A past performer at Coffeehouse, Hill again relished in the supportive ambiance and expressive freedom it provided. Like other Whitman student musicians, Hill took full advantage [...]