Ruh-roh Shaggy! Looks like the old lighthouse has a real g-g-g-ghost problem! You know, I wouldn't be surprised if one of the local half-breeds was responsible for this. As you must know Shaggy,...
Some things are just wrong. Two plus two, no matter how you figure it, does not equal cheese. So why then, do journalists insist upon giving equal weight to people whose opinions are just as wrong?
In the discussion about America's energy future, solar power is the shining star of the environmental movement. Whitman's own solar panels, installed on the roof of the Brattain Tennis Center in the summer...
If “face" were the right term for the Chinese expression “Mian Zi, the other word for “reputation", I would say that the confrontation between President Obama and the CCTV business channel anchor Rui Chenggang in G 20 summit is actually a conflict of face saving.
If you are like me, chances are you have bought a garment from Goodwill or a market because it had a fun pattern and was some amazingly cheap price, only to take it home and realize that it was way too...
The Sheehan Gallery will open its final installment for the semester, the Fourth Annual Juried Winter Student Art Salon on Saturday, Dec. 4. While most of the gallery's exhibits contain works from...
The Free Expression Wall, a place on campus for students to publicly voice their thoughts, may soon be reinstalled at Whitman College after being removed in 2007 because of student complaints. Junior Katie Radosevic and sophomores Hannah Siano and William Newman-Wise submitted a proposal on November 5 and then again on November 15 to President Bridges to get this space back on campus.
With only two weeks left before the end of the first semester, it's time for students to start thinking about gifts for the holidays. Below, The Pioneer provides a list of the top eight local shops to...
Bruce Springsteen's newest release "The Promise", a collection of 21 songs that did not make it into his 1978 album "Darkness on the Edge of Town", is the Holy Grail for Springsteen fans, as it provides...
After reading about attempts by other college campuses to better accommodate transgender students, Dean of Students Chuck Cleveland, Chair of Faculty Andrea Dobson and Associate to the President Jed Schwendiman proposed that Whitman make changes to become more trans-inclusive.
Gary Shteyngart
"Super Sad True Love Story: A Novel"
Random House, 2010
In the not-too-distant future--as nearly all dystopian fiction is set in the "not-too-distant-future"--America is falling...
