Read the Pioneer’s full coverage of the ski team:
Whitman students and ski team members came together in Maxey Auditorium to discuss the cuts. Credit: Zipparo
- The economic crisis has finally hit home. Last night, Wednesday, March 11, 300 Whitman students, faculty, staff and concerned community members filed into Maxey Auditorium to discuss the controversial decision to convert the varsity Alpine and Nordic ski team to a club sport. Continue reading…
- After being notified that both the varsity Alpine and Nordic programs would be cut, Whitman skiers are left with a decision to make: what to do now. The timing of the decision makes student choices less than clear-cut. Many Whitman skiers are still trying to process the information, which they learned the afternoon of Mon., March 9. Continue reading…
- The Whitman women’s and men’s varsity Nordic teams swept through the competition over the weekend to second and third place finishes in total team points at the U.S. Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association’s (USCSA) national championships in Frasier, Colo. Continue reading…
Opinion pieces about the ski team:
- The Whitman administration has made some terrible decisions in dealing with the economic crisis. These decisions include leaving the director of student activities spot unfilled and cutting varsity skiing. These are unacceptable losses to the student body. Continue reading…
- I came to Whitman for the ski team. I really wish it weren’t that simple, but it is. In high school I was a fairly successful skier, I was a successful student too, but I really considered myself a skier. Continue reading…
- The reason I have come to this school (other than to get an education and succeed at life and all that bull) was to ski race. I know that all you have something that gets you fired up and you would go crazy without. Continue reading…
