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Residence Life and campus security are taking steps to combat further crime as Saturday’s thefts in Prentiss Hall became the latest in a line of incidents to strike campus in the past two weeks. According to Associate Dean of Students Nancy Tavelli, all student residences will now remain locked at all times. This new system [...]
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When English Professor Jean Carwile Masteller was diagnosed with breast cancer earlier this year, she witnessed firsthand the overwhelming quantity of financial, medical and educational resources needed to combat the disease. Now, by pioneering creative fundraising projects, a number of students are joining their professor in an effort to help make these resources available for [...]
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Last week, the French House discovered the difficulty of representing a culture unfamiliar to most of Whitman. They put out fliers and advertisements for an educational event: A Night in Morocco. It was held Saturday, Nov. 15th. The night’s purpose was to educate Whitman students on Moroccan culture. One of the fliers advertising for the event [...]
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The Associated Students of Whitman College (ASWC) held the first ever Town Hall meeting on Monday for club representatives and ASWC officers to together to discuss the contentious subject of Core’s future.
The Town Hall meeting serves the purpose of the former House of Clubs, to let club representatives have a say in student policy matters [...]
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What is an activity in which approximately 50% of Whitman students participate? No, it’s nothing illegal: it’s study abroad.
Compared to other schools, Whitman may not have a high student population or the same number of options for classes, but its study abroad program boasts 39 affiliated programs in 24 different countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, [...]
