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Vol. CLIV, Issue 6
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Renaissance Society and Outhouse Join Forces to Make Wiping with Left Hand Cool Again

Renaissance Society and Outhouse Join Forces to Make Wiping with Left Hand Cool Again

Kyle Seasly October 25, 2012
Medieval reenactment nerds and environmental activists have few things in common, those being wearing outdated clothes, walking around like they own the place and believing in fairy tree spirits. Recently, however, the Environmental House (a.k.a. the “Outhouse”) and Whitman’s Renaissance society have teamed up to bring back “wiping with the left hand.”

Nascar insitutes minimum BAC level

Kyle Seasly October 18, 2012
Shakespeare once said that alcohol “provokes the desire but ... takes away the performance.” I don't know what he was talking about there, but obviously Shakespeare didn't think about NASCAR when he said that it would take away from the performance.

DEA study declares: “Texting and Driving gets you higher than heroin”

Kyle Seasly October 4, 2012
It’s late at night, and you’re out for a drive by yourself. You see a car swerve in front of you. You look to see a glint of a bottle in your headlights, but instead you just see the glow of a cell phone.

Senior math major estimates he’ll graduate in 7 dog years

Kyle Seasly September 27, 2012
Senior math major Dhavan Cue's thesis has had a serious impact on the greater math community and “also the world.”
Illustration by Emily Jones

Whitman to change mascot to ‘Reverse Cowgirl’

Kyle Seasly September 20, 2012
That one guy who wears the bow-tie announced recently that Whitman College would “finally be changing that awful mascot.”

Whitman administrator caught “red-dotting”

Kyle Seasly April 1, 2012

It's springtime and love is in the air. At least that's what a Whitman administrator kept shouting last weekend when she showed up to an all-campus party, followed by, "Let's do one more shot!" The...

Illustration: Ariel Carter-Rodriguez

Open primaries encourage manipulation of democratic process

Kyle Seasly March 5, 2012

About a week ago, my dad sent me an article encouraging Democrats in Michigan (my home state) to vote for Rick Santorum in the Republican primary. Since Michigan has an "open primary," anyone can vote...

Louis CK promotes artistic integrity via self-distribution

Kyle Seasly March 1, 2012
Comedian Louis CK's self-release of a comedy show, free from the channels of any agent or label, demonstrates the exiting possibilities for the internet for independently creative exploits.

Same-sex marriage headed to supreme court, to be decided by one man

Kyle Seasly February 16, 2012
If and when the decision on prop 8 comes before the supreme court, the decision of one justice will mean everything for the gay marriage fight.

Beer, music industries have same indie history

Kyle Seasly February 2, 2012
Both the beer and music industries have been able to successfully market a striking variety of taste-specific products, and for strikingly specific reasons.
Illustration: Alex Bailey

RIP Steve Jobs: Technical rock star

Kyle Seasly November 3, 2011
When I think "rock star," I think of moments such as Paul Simonon smashing his bass on the cover of "London Calling," John Lennon's bed-in with Yoko Ono, or Bob Dylan's responding "play it [expletive] loud" to fans booing him for going electric. What unites these moments are the expressions of opposition to the status quo, as well as a belief that their actions could influence the world around them.
Credit: Allie Felt

Students bring GlobeMed chapter to Whitman

Kyle Seasly September 15, 2011
Whitman students Colleen Bell and Kaitlan Benner have started a new GlobeMed chapter at Whitman. GlobeMed is a network of university students across the United States who partner with grassroots organizations around the world to improve the health of people living in poverty.
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