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Vol. CLIV, Issue 8
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Students cuddle up at Drive-In Movie

Students cuddle up at Drive-In Movie

Laura Niman September 26, 2007

Hundreds of Whitman students, armed with warm clothing, blankets or heavy-duty sleeping bags, flocked to the Reid side-lawn for a paired showing of "The Incredibles" and "Dr. Strangelove" Saturday night. This...

Poet Witt reads to full house: Visiting prof. kicks off VWR series

Geordy Wang September 26, 2007

He strolled onto the brightly lit podium dressed in a black leather jacket and a pair of slim blue jeans, with locks of unruly brown hair tumbling over his forehead. His tranquil eyes gazed out into the...

KWCW provides aural diversity

KWCW provides aural diversity

Katie Presley September 26, 2007

KWCW, Whitman's student and community-run radio station, has resumed programming for the fall. The schedule places new DJs alongside experienced broadcasters from Whitman College and the surrounding community....

Mentalist amazes students with mental, physical illusions

Mentalist amazes students with mental, physical illusions

Ben Hayes September 26, 2007

Mentalist Craig Karges performs in a packed Reid Ballroom on Tuesday, Sept. 18. Karges amazed students with illusions such as a table-lifting routine and several variations on mind-reading. Named Entertainer...

to review: the ear weighs in on recent releases

The ear Staff September 19, 2007

Throughout his decade-plus career, Aesop Rock has always seemed to be a man who followed his own muse. Even when he essentially became the Def Jux label's flagship MC a few years back, he still retained...

Lead review: Caribou, “Andorra”

Kyle Gilkeson September 19, 2007

Will somebody please make Dan Snaith an honorary Whittie? This is the guy whose moniker "Caribou" was the product of an acid-induced vision quest in the wildest of Canadian backwoods. This is the same...

concert reviews in heat

The ear Staff September 19, 2007

SHOUT OUT LOUDS: brooklyn, ny anonymous The Luna Lounge is nestled only one subway stop up from the famed hipster capital Bedford Ave. in Williamsburg (for those pretending not to know, that is in...

worth noting: The past few weeks in music news

Nadim Damluji September 19, 2007

Mac guru Steve Jobs announced Apple's plans to start selling the new iPod Touch last week, which is essentially an iPhone without a phone. The new iPod is completely touch-screen and has wi-fi Internet...

professor playlist: nadine night (english)

The ear Staff September 19, 2007

1. The Kelly Bell Band âˆ' I'm from Baltimore, so I have to start the list with a hometown favorite. They describe their sound as "phat blues music," and what a sound it is. I recommend their...

A Lifetime show by the numbers

Alex Frank September 19, 2007

705: miles I drove round-trip to see the band. That same distance would've gotten me to northern California, or pretty deep into Montana. 1997: the year Lifetime broke up. 17: age I first heard Lifetime,...

rant: dollyrots

Mike Sado September 19, 2007

While everybody else was either interning or traveling the world, I decided to take up a lucrative job in retail at a Kohl's in Arizona. There's nothing wrong with working retail. Aside from the occasional...

rocks or reeks: Animal Collective’s “Strawberry Jam”

Nadim Damluji and Sophie Johnson September 19, 2007

ROCKS The first ten seconds of this album will not sound like "typical Animal Collective" to long-time listeners, but then again, by this point, "typical Animal Collective" shouldn't mean squat to long-time...

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