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Vol. CLIV, Issue 6
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This is a Talking Heads Cover Band Exudes Talent, Funk

This is a Talking Heads Cover Band Exudes Talent, Funk

Emma Dahl April 25, 2013

You might have heard of This is a Talking Heads Cover Band, a new student band taking campus by storm. This reporter can say with confidence that this group of student musicians is incredibly talented. Members...

Whitman Christian Fellowship Fundraises to Fight Sex Trafficking

Whitman Christian Fellowship Fundraises to Fight Sex Trafficking

Daniel Kim April 25, 2013
Whitman Christian Fellowship is organizing a fundraiser for non-profit organization Speak Up for the Poor, which aims to help adolescent girls get out of the sex trafficking industry.
Baseball Team Takes Advantage of Bye Week

Baseball Team Takes Advantage of Bye Week

Tristan Gavin April 25, 2013

After seven consecutive weekends playing conference opponents, Whitman baseball had a bye this weekend. Rather than using the break to catch up on sleep and schoolwork, the team flew down to California...

Samuel Moyn Lecture Defines Human Rights

Sarah Cornett April 25, 2013
On Monday, April 22, Historian and Columbia University Professor Samuel Moyn discussed the origin of our definition of human rights in Olin 130.
A collaged chest rests on a rock at Lakum Duckum.

The FAH Keeps Abreast of Local Research

Quin Nelson April 25, 2013
The Fine Arts House displays the best chests cast for breast cancer.
Illustration by Marlee Raible

Sustainable Walla Walla Prepares for Fourth Annual Green Travel Competition

Maegan Nelson April 25, 2013
Sustainable Walla Walla is holding the fourth annual Green Travel Competition in honor of Earth Week.
Illustration by Eduardo Vazquez

Beautiful Hair Without Pain, Politics or Shame

Gladys Gitau April 25, 2013
Too often faced with stigma around their hair, black women deserve to have that chance to make decisions about hair without associating it with pain, or politics, or shame.
Illustration by Asa Mease

In the Kitchens: The Voices in Whitman’s Dining Halls

Lachlan Johnson April 25, 2013
Bon Appetit employees share the trials and tribulations of juggling their jobs with their lives off-campus.
Seniors Combine Sports, Psychology

Seniors Combine Sports, Psychology

Cole Anderson April 25, 2013
Jed Jacobson and Leland Matthaeus had the unique opportunity of combining academics and extracurricular activities in their sports psychology thesis.

Indie Women Make No Appearance This Year

Adam Brayton April 25, 2013
Despite their past success, the Independent Women choral group didn't manage to register for the Choral Contest in time.
Illustration by Kelsey Lund

A Tool for Hosting Prospective Students: Brought to You by the Office of Admission

Evelyn Levine April 25, 2013
Do you feel weird around your prospie? Does it seems like they don’t want to do anything? Do they sit quietly and look longingly at stuff, or text all the time? You want them to have a good time. You want them to want to go to Whitman because you love it. It’s certainly for the love of Whitman and not the $10. But then, you have this prospie and you want to make them happy, you don’t know what they want to do, what they want to see, and they are too shy to ask.
Illustration by Emily Jones

Humans vs. Zombies Keg Sneak

Kyle Seasly April 25, 2013
Everyone knows what “4/20” means. And on Saturday, it had a very interesting twist… A keg sneak! Indeed, as everyone knows 4/20 was the start of the fad that is “Humans vs. Zombies.”
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