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The jostling and trouble around the Olympic torch on its trip around the world is an expected surprise, if there ever was one. The organizers of the relay and the Chinese Communist government behind them have gone for an all out headbutt with an assortment of protesters.
It started with the Reporters Without Borders’ sabotage of […]
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As a plump hormonally-charged sixth grader, I often wondered what I could do to better market myself to the fairer sex. I tried to portray myself as a stud: I joined a soccer team the previous summer and, at the time, I played on a competitive hockey team.
That didn’t seem to work, so I began […]
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Last night, celebrating some of our last times at Whitman, some seniors and I returned to our first-year dorm roots; we stayed up really late having passionate discussions about serious topics and making friends. One of the topics we discussed was individual rights, as they relate to cigarette-smoking and gun control. I present […]
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I had heard of the Popemobile, but not until Pope Benedict’s recent trip to the United States did I have the opportunity to see it. Any quirk of image the Popemobile causes is swiftly excused because everyone would rather see the Pope behind bullet-proof glass than see him come to any harm. Such is the […]
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On various Mondays this year, Whitties may have noticed several pairs of severely bruised legs in mini-skirts walking around campus.
These legs belong to the members of the Motherruckers, Whitman’s women’s club rugby team, who proudly sport the war-wounds they earned in competition the week before.
Next Monday, April 28, will be the last time Whitties will […]
