Fraternities and sororities are often seen as reinforcing damaging gender stereotypes and toxic masculinity and toxic femininity. However, Greek life can also provide safe and affirming spaces for...
After a few moments of relaxed banter, all of my interviews start the same way:
"Thanks so much for offering to chat with me about this topic. To kick things off, how would you like to...
As much as it pains us to admit it, life is built on uncertainty. We undergo transitions constantly, whether they be into college, a job, a state, a friendship or relationship, seasons or hobby. Life...
Editor's note: We as editorial leadership erroneously removed an aspect of the piece, which we have now corrected.
After Whitman College’s external review of Greek life returned an extensive list...
Recently, I got into an argument with my brother. We both realized that our old tactics — fist fights and verbal banter that went too far — were not how we wanted to handle things anymore. It's no...
As graduation approaches and seniors are forced to consider the trajectories of their immediate future, some will inevitably be tasked with figuring out how to maintain their relationships.
Seniors...
When first-year Anna Gutrich began seeing Antonia Keithahn, the thoroughness and ease of her support seemed impossible. Gutrich, who is neurodivergent and visually disabled, had found previous attempts...
At a school of Whitman’s size, certain notable characters are bound to surface. It’s not difficult to gain some name recognition or spark brief campus-wide conversation. What happens, though, to...
Anyone with an FM radio in the greater Walla Walla area can listen in to KWCW, and anyone can listen in online: helicopter parents, conservative grandparents or your best friend living in New York City....
The first time I remember missing India was when I was licking brownie batter off of a wooden spoon in my apartment in Los Angeles. I was four when I left India, but I still remember my grandmother would...
Yesterday, I walked beneath Walla Walla’s cloudless blue skies with 52 degrees of sunshine beaming down, wholeheartedly believing that spring had begun in February. I sat outside Cleveland Commons to...
Growing up in Indian culture meant growing up in a Fair and Lovely world: light skin with a body and personality that didn’t take up too much space was what you strove for. Skin bleach (like Fair and...
