When people pour in from out of town, parking becomes impossible, and cowboy look-alikes become commonplace, it all points to one thing. The Walla Walla Fair and Frontier Days is back for yet another year.
I am gay. I am somewhat homophobic. I am white and was born in this nation’s capital. My memories begin in Nairobi, Kenya, where I was raised. I am here to write about the unsettling question of diversity and how it relates to Whitman College. I am here to discuss and to learn.
Whitman’s Counseling Center is improving its services in preparation for the academic year under the guidance of its new director Thacher Carter. New services will include expanded drop-in hours and an electronic organizational system.
Earlier this month, hundreds of first-years filed through Reid Campus Center to get their student IDs, record their voices and receive their mailbox assignments. Among the many tables that they passed by was one dedicated to the newly introduced “Campus Safety App†available for free.
While there may be value in the old adage “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,†the Climbing Center at Whitman College has thrived by adjusting to the growing needs of its student body. During August, Whitman built a new addition to the wall, welcoming a more angled slab to the preexisting facilities to better accommodate beginning climbers.
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The newest addition to the Whitman varsity athletics department is head volleyball coach Matt Helm. After relocating his family from Hawaii to come to Walla Walla, Helm has high expectations for his team heading into the 2012 season.
Scoreboard
Soccer
Men's
8/31 University of Redlands W 1-0
9/1 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps L 3-2
9/2 Pomona-Pitzer W 2-1
9/4 College of Idaho T 1-1
Women's
8/31 Webster University L 2-1
9/1...
The fair was in the air this Labor Day weekend, and also at the fairgrounds. See how Whitman students experienced the annual Walla Walla Fair and Frontier Days.
This morning I embarked on my yearlong adventure away from Whitman to study abroad in Nantes, France and then Mérida, México. It's nine thirty am and I am already chilling in the Pasco airport, which...
Hello everyone! I have now been in Spain for just a little over a week, and there is so much to talk about! As promised though, here are some tidbits about my experience navigating a new city and exploring...
