Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
Articles by Elana Congress:
Class of ‘09 prepared to tackle challenges ahead
Since their arrival in August 2005, the students of the class of 2009 have greatly impacted the Whitman community. Although it’s difficult to define a class ...
Incoming first-years offered Scrambles alternative
We all remember The May Mailing. Chock full of papers to be examined and obsessed over. That stack of paper was our connection to our ...
Campus women to gather tonight to ‘take back the night’ with town march
[caption id="attachment_5299" align="alignright" width="293" caption="Credit: Calkin"][/caption] Tonight at 9 p.m., students will meet at ...
Be the green dot: Whitman launches new sexual assault program
The Green Dot campaign is Whitman’s newest tool to prevent sexual assault. “A green dot is any behavior that makes our campus safer,” said Barbara Maxwell, ...
Class of 2013 to encounter ‘Last Town on Earth’
The incoming class of 2013 will read “The Last Town on Earth,” a novel by Thomas Mullen, for their required summer reading. The Last Town on ...
Climbing wall to open in fall 2009
Next fall, Whitties will lose one more excuse to avoid exercise. The new rock climbing wall, housed in Sherwood Athletic Center, will open in the fall—just ...
Student publication seeks out alternative voices
A hefty historic association, difficult spelling and similarity to the word “succession” make “secession” a rich word—so it’s understandable that Whitman’s newest literary publication would ...
Bettison-Varga named Scripps president
On Saturday, Lori Bettison-Varga, the provost and dean of faculty, shared bittersweet news with the Whitman community. Effective July 1, 2009, Bettison-Varga will leave Whitman ...
First state execution in near decade scheduled for Friday
On Friday, Mar. 13 murderer Cal Coburn Brown, 50, is slated for execution at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla in what will be ...
Community members gather to discuss Community Gardens
Community members met at the First Congregational Church on the corner of S. Palouse St. and E. Alder St. on Tuesday, Feb. 24 to discuss ...
