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Vol. CLIV, Issue 6
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Whitman Wire

Baseball Season Preview

Baseball Season Preview

Tristan Gavin January 24, 2013
With spring hanging like an icicle precariously over us, Whitman’s top sports team returns to the field for what promises to be another successful year. But while the Sweets toss the disc around as casually as they toss around phrases like “nice huck, breh” and “do you think this up-bid will get me in Skyd Magazine, D?”, men’s baseball will also be taking to the field. Despite the fact that the baseball team has won only five of its 35 to 40 games every year for more years than most of its players can even count, they remain optimistic with the hiring of a new coach.
The bench rejoices as Morgan Outzen 16 scores a deuce at Fridays game against Linfield.

Athletes Stay On Campus Over Winter Break

Sarah Debs January 24, 2013
The men’s basketball team needed to spend most of their four-week break in Walla Walla, but made the most of their extended time together.
Arnolds Back in The Last Stand

Arnold’s Back in “The Last Stand”

Nathan Fisher January 24, 2013

After the break, I wanted to start off the new year with a bang. Arnold Schwarzenegger's return to the big screen as the sheriff in "The Last Stand" seemed like a good bet. Unfortunately, the Governator's...

Pio Columnist Confesses Publicly That He Joined Staff Just to Make a Joke About Jenkem

Matt Raymond January 24, 2013
In a truly disgusting public interview with Whitman professor Chopra Winfrey, Pioneer humor and sports writer Tristan Gavin confessed freely that his reason for joining the staff of Whitman’s newspaper was to “try to make a joke about jenkem."

Stats obscure complex realities of graduation

Hannah Bartman January 24, 2013
The generic eight-semester set-up of college is a path most commonly followed by Whitman students. However, there exists a fraction of students whose intellectual pursuits take them more than or less than eight semesters that's larger than one would imagine.
Yerba Mate is Not Your Friend

Yerba Mate is Not Your Friend

Zach Gordy January 24, 2013
The mysterious appearance of yerba mate canisters across campus puzzled many students. Private investigators overheard students saying, “Were coffee and tea not good enough?”
Super seniors appreciate prolonged time for study

Super seniors appreciate prolonged time for study

Serena Runyan January 24, 2013
After an enriching high school experience studying abroad in Latin America, current fifth-year Oliver Wood knew he wanted to take a semester off before beginning his time at college. Little did he then know that this would take him down the path to becoming a "super senior."
We Have Lost the Fight for the Planet

We Have Lost the Fight for the Planet

Sam Chapman January 24, 2013
What if environmentalists have lost the fight for the planet? Green advocates will likely be prevented from implementing any meaningful solutions to our climate crisis, we must think of ways to live on a new planet.
Whitman Investments in Fossil Fuels Spurs Divestment Movement

Whitman Investments in Fossil Fuels Spurs Divestment Movement

Lachlan Johnson January 24, 2013
In its most recent effort to organize efforts to combat global warming, Climate Campus Challenge (CCC) aims to change Whitman College’s investment policy to encourage the college to withdraw funds, or "divest", from fossil fuel companies.
Tennis Court Remodel

Tennis Court Remodel

Tristan Gavin January 24, 2013
Whitman's Board of Trustees will meet to make a decision on the possibility of expanding the tennis courts in the center of campus, impacting athletes and non athletes, alike.
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International Mo B. Raps with Purpose

Quin Nelson January 24, 2013

Mobi Njoku is a senior at Eastern Washington University, where he is an accounting and finance double major. Like many students, Njoku has a side hobby to keep him busy. However, when other kids are out...

I think it would be cool to try to make some of the residence halls kind of self sufficient
in terms of the energy that they need to run… Solar paneling, or some other sort of generators
that are just for each of the dorms so that it’s not necessarily campus wide.  We could also all live in tents.”

Issue 1: Voices of the Community

Becca Mellema January 24, 2013

How do you think the college should prioritize divestment from fossil fuel companies? [portfolio_slideshow]

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