“Specimen Days,” written by Michael Cunningham, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “The Hours,” is a compilation of three stories: a ghost story set during the Industrial Revolution, a modern crime mystery, and a futuristic romance between an android and a reptilian woman from another planet. These wildly different chapters are linked to each other [...]

Students might have found themselves scrambling for their ID cards when they attended a fraternity party at the beginning of the semester.
The rule was implemented by the Interfraternity Council (IFC) in response to some incidents last year involving Whitman students and Walla Walla community members.
“Over the course of last year . . . there [...]

It’s the most popular, the most intense, the most played, the most centripetal and, ultimately, the first intramural sport on campus. Intramural football begins this upcoming weekend with many teams eager to get at it.
“People seem to take football more seriously. People really want to win football,” said Intramural Committee Chairman Michael Warren Anderson.
“It’s one [...]

A little restaurant that resembles a bustling New York City café on the West side with its black roped poles and the blue awning out front boasts both good food and a laid back atmosphere.
Located a block down from the Goodwill, Stone Soup Cafe provides its famished patrons satisfaction. The inside is very quaint, aside [...]

It’s easy to remember why Barack Obama was such a hero for American Democrats, and even many Republicans, when he first announced his decision to run for president.  He is young, fresh, exciting and appears honest and trustworthy. Americans want change and a government we can believe in.  Obama, with his rock-star smile and inspirational [...]

September 18, at 7:30 p.m., Wade Clark Roof, one of the country’s foremost scholars on religious pluralism in America gave a well attended lecture titled “America’s Gods and Politics.”
“He’s a particularly prominent figure, doing important research on pluralism and the connection between religion and politics,” said Melissa Wilcox, professor of religion and the director of [...]

Reid Campus Center buzzed with excitement last Saturday as students sporadically dropped to do pushups, jumped in an inflatable bouncy-castle and sprayed paint on T-shirts during the annual Interest House Community (IHC) Block Party. The interest houses were encouraged to put on events pertaining to their respective houses.
Patrick Herman, IHC Resident Director, [...]

Contributed by Lenore Barkan
Walla Walla Democratic Party Canvassing Co-Chair
If they are not registered to vote, many Whitman students wonder whether they should register to vote in their home town or in Walla Walla. If they are already registered, Whitman students often ask whether they should change their registration from their hometown to Walla Walla or [...]

“Do I have a best friend? Well of course I do. It’s my hand.” Jokes like these had the entire audience laughing hysterically ten minutes after 10 pm on Tuesday Sep. 16. The comedy came from Whitman’s improve theater group known as T-sports, who put on their first performance of the school year.
There [...]

PIONEER BOARD EDITORIAL
Each day, 18,000 children die of hunger and/or malnutrition; there are over 23 million refugees and internally displaced persons worldwide; and billions of people live each day with no guarantee of freedom of speech.
In the meantime, American colleges and universities are busy chattering about whether the drinking age should be lowered to 18.
Around [...]

In an attempt to expand his range of voters, Washington gubernatorial hopeful Dino Rossi spoke at Walla Walla’s Elk’s Lodge in a luncheon address last Thursday. In a packed room of Rotary Club members, the Republican candidate lamented the current affairs of state politics and touted his ability to effectively lead Washington out of its [...]

At this point in the year, everyone reading should be familiar with the Core program.  Core has been the subject of a great deal of controversy, and has withered assaults from many quarters, but still perseveres.  This article has two parts and will attempt to shed some light on why exactly Core might not be [...]

President Bush is playing the gotcha game, yet again.
In July, well before Russia invaded Pakistan, he authorized United States Special Operations forces to invade Pakistan at the sound of the word ‘terrorist.’ Then, in August, after Russia was provoked and proceeded to invade Georgia, he criticized their invasion as being “disproportionate and unacceptable.”
Camouflaged in the [...]

With a record number of 170 student applicants, the Whitman Mentor Program is busting at the seams – and the organizers could not be happier.
“There are so many Whitman students involved – over 10% of the student population. We are happy because the biggest problem is getting people to commit,” Mentor Program Intern, sophomore Rachel [...]

Not long ago, it seemed as if the world was ending.  The dizzying ascent of oil prices sent many people (including yours truly), pondering and fretting about oil at $200 a barrel and beyond.  Though this frenzy seems to have tapered off in the wake of a de facto recession (and thus decreasing energy use), [...]