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Bookstore prices loom over students’ Budgets

By Shannon Buckham

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“We don’t do anything secretive or exciting, it’s just business,” said Douglas Carlsen, manager of the Whitman College Bookstore for the past 23 years.
While he admits that the prices may at times be more expensive than online, the bookstore aims to help students, despite what some may say when looking at a price tag.
The bookstore […]

Educating the future

By Maggie Allen

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Most Whitman students would consider themselves very lucky for being able to go to college. Often, childhood is considered the basis for a successful future.
Unfortunately, sometimes children do not have the chance to succeed. Of Washington high school graduates whose parents did not attend college, only 20 percent choose to pursue higher education. Thankfully, there […]

Football kicks off intramural season

By Andy Jobanek

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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 […]

Whitties: going, going, Greek!

By Elise Otto

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This year’s recruitment solidifies an upward trend for the Whitman Greek system.
According to Panhellenic Recruitment Coordinator Rachel Constantino-Wallace, 89 girls went through recruitment last year.  This year that number increased to 104.
Although the fraternities do not keep track of numbers during rush, there is a similarly good vibe about the body count.
“My estimate just from […]