Whitman Pioneer

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

Articles by Sophie Johnson:

LAY OFF: the Whitman Pioneer definitely does not suck

I’m a pretty big opponent of the kind of editorial I’m about to write. Granted, this isn’t the most abhorrent of the editorial styles the Pioneer ...

Course focuses on voting rights, interaction with community

In the fall of 2005, Whitman students were given the opportunity to do academic research which would directly impact their Eastern Washington community. The course ...

Whitties’ fashion sense influenced by geography, ideology, lifestyle

Clothing is an anomaly. Humans are the only species that wear it, and we wear it as if the very act of covering our bodies ...

Wilbur reads celebrated poetry at annual Walt Whitman lecture

When Richard Wilbur, former U.S. Poet Laureate and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner for poetry, ended his reading at Thursday’s Walt Whitman Lecture by sharing a ...

No excuse for hurtful rhetoric

I have been thinking a long time about what to write in this letter of apology. As one of the writers of “Indians Take Over ...

green bits

+ March 03: Several restrictions on the Navy’s employment of mid-frequency sonars off the coast of California were upheld by a federal appeals court. This ...

green bits

+ February 27: The House of Representatives approved legislation to  up renewable-energy tax incentives by getting rid of $18 billion in tax breaks that currently ...

WPN takes strides toward safer neighborhood

Last year, Todd and Yesenia Wise and Sylvia Moya—who live less than a block from one another—didn’t know each other. At most, they recognized each ...

WPN takes strides toward safer neighborhood

Last year, Todd and Yesenia Wise and Sylvia Moya—who live less than a block from one another—didn’t know each other. At most, they recognized each ...

Primarily passé: Presidential primaries are overdone

I’m done with the presidential primaries. Really, I’ve been over them for weeks now. I was over them before Super Tuesday. I was over them before ...

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