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Staff member of the week: Dawn Chlipala, RN

By Melissa Navarro

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Most Whitman students have had at least one late night experience at the health center. The friendly face we see after 11:30 pm is that of Dawn Chlipala, an RN whose duties consist of caring for the sick, the hurt and the intoxicated (depending on the night). The Pioneer made a midnight trip over to [...]

Making ‘watered-down’ chai spicy, sweet, delicious

By Julia Lakes

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I’ve never been to India and so I’ve never had authentic masala chai served on the street in tin cups. Nonetheless, I’ve gotten to know our watered-down American version of chai pretty well. Those of us that are connoisseurs of the milky, spiced beverage know how widely it can vary from overly sweet and [...]

Hearty winter veggies

By Julia Lakes

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Winter root vegetables aren’t much to look at. They aren’t the most inspiring of foods. Parsnips resemble large, pale carrots; rutabagas are a long bulbous root with a purple top and creamy white bottom; turnips look like rutabagas but have a thinner skin and are rounder. These hearty vegetables are an affordable, tasty way to [...]

Employee of the week: Ryan ‘the pizza man’ Piekos

By Lyndsey Wilson

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Have you dreamt of being a chef since childhood?
No, not really. I’ve always loved to cook. You know, (gesturing to self) obviously. When I was five years old, I was pushing up a stepladder next to my grandma at the stove and
cooking with her. I never knew I would pursue this later in life. I [...]

Billy Boal Baggin’s sweet skate trick: LadyKiller

By quinntaylor

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Hey Muska, oh, what was that? You can tailflip-lipslide? Well guess who nollie-treflip-5-0-manual-backside-nosegrind-heelflipped Wa High last weekend? Billy did. What up? It’s Billy, coming back at you with a fistful of the dopest tricks you can’t even do on THPS.
Last week me and my krew took you to the Cordiner Four for the Skeetzel. I [...]