Accessibility and Disability at Whitman
Audrey Hecker, Staff Reporter
December 6, 2018
Filed under FEATURE, Front Page Slideshow
The word “disability” conjures up a multitude of subsequent phrases and ideas, most of which are limited to the framework within which disability has been talked about. Our own campus is home to a variety of students who identify as having some kind of disability — even if we seldom hear of it. ...
RAs Reapply in Record Numbers
Sylvie Corwin, Staff Reporter
November 29, 2018
Filed under FEATURE, Front Page Slideshow, NEWS
Earlier this month the Residential Life department finalized the new Resident Assistant (RA) assignments for next semester. 12 current RAs reapplied for the 36 RA positions available, a record number of returnees. Unlike most schools, Whitman’s RAs are hired on a calendar year. Director of Res...
Whitman Connection to Schools
Sophie Leibsohn, Staff Reporter
November 29, 2018
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Lauran Schaefer, the head of the debate program at Whitman, doesn’t see it as just an ordinary extracurricular activity. It is also an activity that builds skills, confidence and community. This community is now being extended to Walla Walla High School as Schaefer is working to help with their d...
Social Media
Claire Reichle, Feature Editor
November 16, 2018
Filed under FEATURE, Front Page Slideshow
The Whitman community is formed in many ways - a common Encounters experience, living together in the dorms and even simple things like a walking across Ankeny every day. Students are forging new ways to create community on campus through social media — specifically Instagram and Faceb...
Hummus Hummus Now Serving Walla Walla
Will Booth, Staff Reporter
November 9, 2018
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The Beginning of Hummus Hummus There is a new way to indulge in everyone’s favorite spread as Hummus Hummus — the newest addition to the fantastic Walla Walla food scene — has arrived to the Gut Grub Lot on 509 E Main Street with plenty of fresh chickpeas and tahini. Th...
Staff Member Profiles
Audrey Hecker, Staff Reporter
November 1, 2018
Filed under FEATURE, Front Page Slideshow
Maybe you’ve seen them at Reid Campus Center during lunch rush, or toting a custodian’s cart by their side down the hall of your dorm — or maybe you have seldom heard of them, tucked away in seemingly far-off Boyer House, among all the rubber and printing ink that keeps our printers going. R...
Visiting Professors Enrich the Whitman Community
Sophie Leibsohn, Staff Reporter
October 25, 2018
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When Visiting Assistant Professor of German and Gender Studies Eva Hoffmann was growing up, she never imagined she would someday end up in small-town Walla Walla. Her path has taken her all the way from Germany to New York to Oregon and finally just this last year, to Whitman College. While their...
Students in Business
Claire Reichle, Feature Editor
October 19, 2018
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When sophomore Matthew Dahlstrom rolled up to Anderson Hall on his bike a few weeks ago, he wasn’t sure what to expect. He was on his way to give haircuts to a few first-years who had contacted him through his Instagram account @4eastfades. While he has been giving haircuts to his friends for years,...
Here’s to the vineyard workers of the Walla Walla Valley
Alissa Antilla, Managing Editor
October 12, 2018
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While Walla Walla sleeps on cold fall nights, the thought of wine grapes and the vines they hang on freezing stirs Frank Jimenez from his bed at 3 a.m. His day will not end until 6 p.m. Jimenez, a contracted vineyard manager, drives in the pre-dawn to various vineyards to come to the rescue, monitoring ...
Breaking the Standard: Non-Traditional Whitman Students
Will Booth, Staff Reporter
October 8, 2018
Filed under FEATURE
First-year Jake Lorang is the first to admit he sticks out like a sore thumb on Whitman campus. A bald 38 year-old man, Lorang is not difficult to spot amongst a crowd of long-haired, Chaco-wearing college students. “I’ve had a few [students] ask me if I was a teacher. It’s awkward,” Lorang...
Campus: Our Home
Audrey Hecker, Staff Reporter
September 28, 2018
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Alternative Living Situations Audrey Hecker The distinctive culture of the Whitman community is fostered within the unique living spaces that our students, faculty and staff create. Whether it be in one of the residence halls, a fraternity or President Murray’s own college-owned addre...
Unconditional Love: How Pets are Shaping the Student Experience
Claire Reichle and Sophie Liebsohn
September 24, 2018
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Ask many students what they miss most about being away from home, and they will tell you their pets. Dogs, cats, lizards, horses and chickens are just a few of the creatures that students leave behind as they transition back into life as college students. However, there is a smaller group of who have...
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