Cultivating Passion: How Attending College in Wine-country Walla Walla has Refined Students’ Academic Interests
January 30, 2018
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Location matters. According to the website “Visit Walla Walla,” there are 120 wineries and 2,800 acres of grapes in Walla Walla, and a select few students have shown that their passion for the viticulture they have been surrounded by in Walla Walla has been at play during their years at Whitman. Seniors...
All Four Years: Diversity Work at Whitman
Martina Pansze, Editor-in-Chief
January 25, 2018
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Despite the fact that the meaning of the word “diversity” has become murky from years of imprecision and tired overuse, it remains firmly planted in the limelight.
No ‘Poo
Alissa Antilla, Staff Reporter
December 7, 2017
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First-year Jessie Brandt spent much of her gap year backpacking the Pacific Crest Trail: a simple, low-maintenance life. When Brandt came back to her Sebastopol, California, home for the winter to prepare for the next section of her hike, she started thinking about ways in which to simplify her ...
e-knowledge
Sophia Strabo, Staff Reporter
November 16, 2017
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Books are inseparable from a liberal arts campus. It is hard to envision Whitman without them: students leafing through stacks in the library; a folded paperback copy of “The Grapes of Wrath” in a student’s back pocket; an eroded volume of Foucault on the Sig front yard; or a succession of Encounters...
D.I.Y. Porn
Andrew Schwartz, Feature Editor
November 9, 2017
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"Playing off of people's kinks, people's insecurities, people's wants and needs, is a huge part of it. It is definitely a way to up your income."
Whitman Sustainability
Thys Reynolds, Staff Writer
October 31, 2017
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The Admissions department proudly proclaims the 1:1 student-tree ratio at Whitman. But what really defines sustainable practice at Whitman? If sustainability is such an important sentiment in Whitman’s identity, what evidence can be drawn upon in support? One of the simplest lenses through which we ...
Train Hopping through Time
Alex Brockman, Staff Reporter
October 22, 2017
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“So the whole things started like a pretty drunk conversation," said Burch. Like ‘We should do this! Haha just kidding!’ and then like, Henry’s a really big train buff you know like how people always have their really specific interests, some will be into old cars or like you know 1930s art or whatever, Henry was really into trains.
‘I’m Going to Go Chill in the Bathroom’
Andrew Schwartz, Feature Editor
October 19, 2017
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Highlight number three occurs on the dancefloor, where we boogy and shimmy buckwild to the 1996 Mark Morrison's hit, “Return of the Mack.”
BE MORE FUNNY!!!
Alissa Antilla, Staff Reporter
October 9, 2017
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“It’s just another way to express yourself and to play with people. So much is about what the two of you are doing in that moment. It’s just another opportunity to really be with someone in a present place and play with them, which I think it rare,” said Noah Yaconelli, a senior member of Varsity Nordic. “No matter what, you don’t have a choice to not be present and playful.”
Night at the Station
Damon Reynolds, Staff Reporter
October 4, 2017
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Rocky Eastman, the Fire District 4 Chief, said “you don’t do it for the recognition. “Not a single guy in that firehouse cares if anyone hears about their rescues. We’re protectors; what matters is doing your job every day and doing it well.”
‘Opinionated, Satiric Iconoclastic Creations of Questionable Taste’
Sophia Strabo, Staff Reporter
September 28, 2017
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This Saturday I made my second visit to the museum. And I was shown the testicle for the second time (without any prompt), which by the way is just a pebble.
A Smooth Move
Christy Carley, Staff Reporter
September 25, 2017
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“It is my way of resisting some of the effects of this corporate efficiency based restaurants,” he said of the project. “It’s not about a profit gain. If I wanted to make a profit I would sell cheap fruit smoothies. It’s my way of giving.”
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