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Vol. CLIV, Issue 9
Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Spring Break Movies Leave Plenty of Time for the Instant Queue

Spring Break Movies Leave Plenty of Time for the Instant Queue

Nathan Fisher March 7, 2013
Looking for good movies this Spring Break? Skip the theaters and check out Netflix instead.
Danish Open Prison System Shows Different Understanding of Crime

Danish Open Prison System Shows Different Understanding of Crime

Dylan Tull March 7, 2013
Lecturer Anne Okkels Birk discusses how the Danish open prison system attempts to normalize prisoners and how the social net in Denmark helps to prevent crime in the first place.
Golf teams prepare spring competition

Golf teams prepare spring competition

Cole Anderson March 7, 2013
Both the men and women of Whitman golf look to build off of a productive fall heading into the spring season.
Whitman Group Rafts the Grand Canyon

Whitman Group Rafts the Grand Canyon

Tristan Gavin March 7, 2013
Devin Kuh leads a group of Whitman students and alumni through the Grand canyon on a Spring Break rafting trip.
Life Skills Series Teaches What Classroom Learning Doesnt

Life Skills Series Teaches What Classroom Learning Doesn’t

Emma Dahl March 7, 2013
Making the perfect pizza is just one of the many life skills taught at this Student Activity Office's series.
Mens Tennis Team Sweeping Through the Competition

Men’s Tennis Team Sweeping Through the Competition

Kyle Howe March 7, 2013

Whitman tennis' recent wins against the University of Puget Sound and Whitworth University raised its win streak to six following a loss to Lewis-Clark State. The team easily won its two matches this weekend...

Race Symposium To Bring Nobel Laureate to Campus

Race Symposium To Bring Nobel Laureate to Campus

Maegan Nelson March 7, 2013
Whitman's first annual Power and Privilege Symposium will feature workshops on racial issues in a Whitman context and other issues of inequality and difference. Nobel Prize laureate Rigoberta Menchú will be the keynote speaker.

Students Sense Hazard in Social Media Outlets

Emily Williams March 7, 2013
Facebook: whether students hate it, love it or some combination of the two; Facebook is a huge presence in many people’s lives, but how do people live around it?
Crucible Lunch Meetings Help Students Look Forward

Crucible Lunch Meetings Help Students Look Forward

Keenan Hilton March 7, 2013
"Crucible" discussions give students a chance to discuss the intersection of social justice and the working world with local alumni.
Ten Things that Will Get You Weird Looks or Cause People to Question Your Convictions

Ten Things that Will Get You Weird Looks or Cause People to Question Your Convictions

Evelyn Levine March 7, 2013
An examination of certain habit that are not socially acceptable next year.

Schools Should Be Judged by Their Covers

Sayda Morales March 7, 2013
Aesthetics have more to do with students' ability to learn than you might think, meaning investments in campus aesthetics are well spent.

Letter to the Editor: Thank You for Lincoln High School Support

Alex Brott March 7, 2013

Thank you, Whitman College, for inviting Lincoln High School to come to Maxey Hall and share about our trauma-sensitive model. We appreciate all the Whitman students that have come to Lincoln to volunteer...

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