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Vol. CLIV, Issue 6
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Music Video Meltdown, Volume II

Mike Sado April 30, 2009

"LOVE SEX MAGIC" CIARA FEAT. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE From "Fantasy Ride" (2009, La Face) DIR: Diane Martel Where's the magic?   While the ultra-limber Ciara squeals and writhes          ...

Summer Fashion Report

Alyssa Fairbanks April 30, 2009

  Actual sunshine, leaves emerging on the trees, flying Frisbees on Ankeny: all signs that summer is coming to campus. With summer's imminent approach we find ourselves wondering: What should we be...

Thrashing for a good cause at Battle of the Bands

Lauren McCullough April 30, 2009

Though Whitman offers Coffeehouse for entertainment, this Saturday students will have the opportunity to watch performances from several popular student bands in the same show. Phi Delta Theta is running...

Matthew ‘Ranger Sciacca, ‘09, and mandolinist Dave Stewart on stage at Coffeehouse last Friday, April 17. Credit: Norman

Coffeehouse changes result from activity program merge

C.J. Wisler April 23, 2009

Though budget cuts and a thin supply of advisor resources have forced Whitman's various activity programs, such as Coffeehouse and the Campus Activities Board (CAB) to merge, program leaders are planning...

Dan Oschrin, ‘10 and Charlie Procknow, ‘11 of Red Light Blue Light perform with Peter Qualtere-Burcher, ‘12, on the Reid Campus Center side lawn. The band, along with Danger Mermaid and the Raptivists, provided tunes for the Formal. Credit: Klein

No shoes? No problem! Anything goes at campus formal

Sara Levy April 23, 2009
Like prom, but outside plus live music, minus shoes. This is how first-year Mary Allain described the barefoot formal that took place on Saturday, Apr. 18. She and first-year Marybeth Murray, both independents, went to Goodwill and bought prom dresses to wear. Murray paid $12 for a dress that Cinderella would have worn, and Allain's strapless black dress was only $3.75. “At first I was worried that it was one of those dances that only the freshmen get into, and I was going to look like a dork. But then it was really fun, and I mean who doesn't like wearing a prom dress?" said Murray.
Caitlin Feeney, ‘12, Kelli Kuhlman, ‘09, Christine Kiely, ‘12, Lauren Bolkovatz, ‘10, and Seren Pendleton-Knoll ‘09 dance like saints as five of the seven virtues in a recent performance of ‘Jekyll & Hyde. The production ran from April 17 to April 18 in Cordiner Hall. Credit: Klein

Lines are drawn, sexes collide in ‘Jekyll and Hyde’

Cindy Chen April 23, 2009

Whitman has never seen a version of "Jekyll and Hyde" like the one on April 17 and 18: a dance production involving 27 Whitman students divided into good and evil. Paired with hauntingly beautiful music...

The New Classics: Cuarón weaves the perfect, honest coming-of-age tale in ‘Y tu mamá también’

Corey Feinstein April 23, 2009

A movie's meaning changes with your state of mind at the time you see it. Perhaps it influences your philosophy on life or highlights all those thoughts you move towards the back of your mind. The...

Take shots, hook up: just another night in local bars

Chelsea Bissell April 23, 2009

Bars.   The one lingering perk of turning 21 left to American youths.   They're the last legal distinction of maturity. As many of us spend the bulk of our earliest bar-trolling years in Walla Walla,...

Credit: Varonin

Conservatives on campus feel their voices are sometimes not heard

Alyssa Fairbanks April 23, 2009
Judging merely from the jubilation that enveloped the campus on Tuesday, Nov. 4 when President Obama was elected, it is easy to make the assumption that Whitman College is extremely liberal. However, there are conservatives here on campus that struggle to make their voices heard. Junior Lauren Bolkovatz said that life as a conservative is challenging and she wishes she had more of an opportunity to express her political views.
Credit: Johnson

Tamarac House puts on Outdoor Film Festival

Chelsea Bissell April 23, 2009
On Friday, Tamarac, known as the campus's outdoor hub, is getting creative. The Tamarac Outdoor Film Festival has been a part of Whitman since the induction of Tamarac as a residence, according to sophomore Simon Pendleton. “We do it every year in the spring as our own little event," he said. The festival last year garnered considerable interest, nearly filling Olin 130. The submissions rolled in from Tamarac residents, their friends and film enthusiasts.

Whitman Choral Contest prepares to take the stage amidst much anticipation

Alethea Buchal April 23, 2009

This coming Friday, April 24 at 7 p.m. in Cordiner Hall, ASWC will host one of the most highly attended, most-acclaimed musical events of the year –– the Whitman Choral Contest. "The Choral Contest...

Credit: Varonin

Larter tries on Alex Forrest’s shoes in ‘Obsessed’

Maggie Allen April 23, 2009
Ali Larter is anything but formulaic — whether debuting in “Varsity Blues" wearing nothing but a whipped cream bikini, or portraying genetically modified triplets with super powers in the hit TV series “Heroes." Continuing to stray off the beaten path, this month, viewers will watch her pay homage to the classic femme fatale character with director Steve Shill's “Obsessed." '“Obsessed" stars Idris Alba (“Stringer" Bell from HBO's “The Wire") as a successful asset manager who is living the good life and enjoying a blissful marriage with his wife (Beyoncé Knowles) until a temp worker (Larter) begins to stalk him. “I just love intense women," Larter said during a conference call with The Pioneer on Tuesday. “I love strong women. I love women that go after what they want and don't always worry about the consequences. There is a free-spirited nature that I'm really drawn to and a driven side of it too."
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