“We're all kind of living in the moment right now," said junior Matt Bachmann, bassist for Chicago band The Dogs, summing up the wave of publicity the band's been experiencing in the wake of their last album, Free Write.
While the term "failed state" is usually reserved for sovereign states that have been taken over by warlords or Somali pirates, it also applies to one of the 50 domestic states whose governance can address or solve the problems it faces. That pretty much sums up my home state of California.
A number of campus clubs and organizations got a boost in participation last Saturday, April 17, as dozens of admitted students participated in “Get Whittie," a program organized by the Office of Admissions to give students admitted to the class of 2014 the chance to jump into campus life during Admitted Students' Day.
ASWC student representatives are working together with members of the faculty and staff to put the finishing touches on the Student Grievance Policy, a procedure by which students can present formal complaints to the college. The policy is scheduled to be reviewed by the Academic Council during its April 28 meeting and if approved, will be submitted for the faculty to vote on during its meeting on May 12.
Whitman resumed its faculty recruitment this year after many tenure-track faculty searches were suspended in fall 2008 due to the economic crisis. Whitman is conducting eight searches for tenure-track positions, along with several other one-year positions.
The athletic training room offers state-of-the-art injury , yet its services are restricted to varsity athletes. Many non-varsity students argue that the health center cannot provide the same level of care.
In last week's issue, William Witwer wrote a column urging the Catholic Church to "change the policies that may have contributed to the problem (i.e. doctrine requiring celibacy, prohibition against women...
On April 27, the Whitman Music Department will host its first-ever outdoor jazz music festival. The concert will take place on the Reid side lawn and will feature Jazz Ensembles One and Two as well as the three student-organized jazz bands: The Klezmatics, The Matt Bachmann Sextet and the Whitman Jazz Collective.
After a year of quarantines and careful hand-washing, fears over swine flu have almost entirely evaporated. Looking back, how hard did the disease hit Whitman?
