Friday, March 19th, 2010
Articles by Chelsea Bissell:
Seniors recall most talked about events
Blackface Incident 2006 ushered in a hugely publicized and controversial event at Whitman. At a “Survivor” themed party at the Sigma Chi house, two students, attempting ...
Amb. Crocker to bid farewell
Whitman and Foreign Service Alumnus, Ryan Crocker, has promised to make his upcoming Commencement speech brief to ensure that the awaiting graduates won’t fall asleep ...
Remembering celebrated past graduation speakers
Technically, the exact moment of graduation occurs when students receive their diplomas and shake hands with the paper’s bestower. This single moment, however, is rarely ...
Finals frenzy? Experts advise best study habits, strategies to succeed
In the days and weeks counting down to finals, study rooms in the library are impossible to get. Conversations center around a countdown of remaining ...
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang!
On May 18, 1987, Whitman student Tristram Lundquist, a sophomore, died of multiple gunshot wounds to the chest from a .22 caliber hand gun. He ...
Day of Silence’s message lost on Whitman campus
Last Friday, April 17 marked the National Day of Silence, which aims to bring awareness to anti-GLBT behavior and sentiments in the United States. In ...
Take shots, hook up: just another night in local bars
Bars. The one lingering perk of turning 21 left to American youths. They’re the last legal distinction of maturity. As many of us spend the bulk ...
Tamarac House puts on Outdoor Film Festival
On Friday, Tamarac, known as the campus’s outdoor hub, is getting creative. The Tamarac Outdoor Film Festival has been a part of Whitman since the induction ...
Departments introduce major course changes
Developing coherent tracks for each major is a delicate process, one that is usually in flux. This year, the philosophy, economics and English departments have taken ...
Gender-neutral bathrooms?
When the sexy men and women of “Ally McBeal” shared one bathroom in their progressive law firm, the mid-1990s audience was shocked. Sexually non-discriminate bathrooms ...
