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Vol. CLIV, Issue 6
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Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Mountain lion sparks fierce debate over divestment

Ben Freedman, staff writer September 17, 2015

The push for divestment has become a heated topic over the last few years, with much of the student body and ASWC voicing their strong support for moving Whitman investments into non-fossil fuel related...

Headlines

Jeffrey Gustaveson, Humor editor September 17, 2015

Kanye drops new single entitled "Intersectional Feminism" Bon Appétit releases most exciting pasta bake yet Whitman ranked #1 for "Best Watered Sidewalks" by Princeton Review National shortage...

Missing swimmer baffles Whitman community

Jeffrey Gustaveson, Humor editor September 17, 2015

Whitman College authorities have opened up a Missing Persons Investigation in the case of first-year John Johnson, who was last seen on Aug. 28 as he moved into his first-year residence hall. The College...

Whitman Survival Tips

Jeffrey Gustaveson, Backpage editor September 10, 2015

  This week: Listserv Madness  Dear Backpage, I’m a new student here at Whitman. I’ve been having a great orientation so far (I only called my RA “mom” twice!!!), but there’s one...

Which sandal tan are you?

Which sandal tan are you?

Jeffrey Gustaveson, Backpage editor September 10, 2015

If there’s anything we at the Backpage know to be true in this world, it’s that we can tell a lot about a person based on their sandal tan. See which one matches your personality! Birkenstock Wearers of...

Jackpage: Tiny Jack adventures in public park with grandpa

Jack Swain May 7, 2015
The summer I turned five... in the park with my grandfather, walking...

New frat arrives

Callie Brown May 7, 2015
In light of recent events, Whitman College has decided to make a new fraternity solely for prospective students. It will be named Sigma Upsilon Kappa (otherwise known as SUK) and will only allow prospective students to join as members. What could possibly be the reason for this new fraternity?

First-year couple staying together

Kyle Seasly May 7, 2015
It's official. First-years Janet "Jannifer" Reno and William "Billiam" Rogers are staying together for the summer of 2015.

Jackpage: Understanding babies

Jack Swain April 30, 2015
A week or two ago I went to Safeway and something really wild happened. I was minding my own business, contemplating the cereal aisle, when I came across a baby. She was standing up, wearing a fuzzy blue onesie and a full head of blonde hair. Her parents were nowhere to be seen. It was just me and the baby. We stared at each other.

Boy sneezes in Encounters

Kyle Seasly April 30, 2015
It was 11:37 on a Friday morning in first-year James Leblooze's Encounters section with Tom Davis when something happened that changed Leblooze's life forever. Leblooze had been experiencing mild allergy symptoms but had taken a little Allegra and drank some tea and said later that he felt "genuinely good that morning and was definitely not expecting any sort of Vesuvius-like disaster to happen." But, it seems, that Encounters class was much like Pompeii in 79 A.D. and would witness an eruption almost the size of Krakatoa.

Tales from beyond the Frat: Confessions in the wake of partaking in the Jaeger challenge

Dylan Snyder April 30, 2015
Now while the story I am about to tell is mostly true, details have been changed to protect the innocent as they were involved in the story. But the fear, passion, elation and misery that is discussed is all too real. I don’t recommend doing this to anyone, unless they want to feel completely at a loss for words.

Mercyvail resigns

Kyle Seasly April 23, 2015
It was to the surprise of many normally apathetic Whitman students that President-elect Jack Mercyvail would not be occupying to the ASWC Presidency next fall. In a surprise press conference followed by a solemn brunch on April 21, Mercyvail discussed his reasoning: "I cannot with good conscious ascend to the bejeweled Beerhozian Throne that Tati currently sits upon. Even though I ran unopposed, I did not even get 50 percent of the vote of the Whitman student body. I thought this election would have a better turnout with all these supposedly politicized Whitties, but it seems they don't even care about ASWC or me."
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