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Whitman Wire

Vol. CLIV, Issue 9
Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Graduation Issue 2009

May 18, 2009

View the first ever Graduation Issue in its full glory. Flip through for all the information about the Class of 2009 and the 2008-09 school year. Open publication - Free publishing - More graduation

Features Section in Print – April 30th, 2009

May 7, 2009

A lot of graphic design work goes into the Featured section every week. In order to credit The Pioneer's amazing layout staff we post the section as it looks in print so that you can appreciate the work...

Orientation Oopses

Sara Levy May 7, 2009

No college can make every one of its students happy, but 87 percent of survey respondents felt that Whitman tries to come as close as possible. According to Simi Singh, who responded to the "Freshman...

Whitman Speaks!

May 7, 2009

From the feature editors: Everyone knows that it's easier to complain about a problem than to do something about it. The Whitman campus is no exception; how often do you hear people whining about student...

Busted: The myth of subsidized police cars

C.J. Wisler April 30, 2009

While Whitman may not be a large city school in a rough neighborhood or have the Hilton sisters as students, its rumor mill operates overtime.   From the playful story of a ghost in North Hall to more...

Shanty Town Built Outside Memorial: Students protest college spending

Gillian Frew April 30, 2009

Twenty-one years before Whitman's first diversity symposium, the campus was embroiled in controversy over college investments in companies serving apartheid-era South Africa. To protest the spending, students...

1960s Activism: Whitman Style

Sara Levy April 30, 2009

By protesting the Vietnam War draft, students in the late 60s were increasing their own likelihood of being drafted. Despite this threat, Whitman students continued to make their opinions heard. Between...

Guess who’s coming to dinner? Students host prisoners.

Shannon Buckham April 30, 2009

In the 1970s, Whitman professors ran a series of programs that brought students and inmates from the Washington State Penitentiary into close contact: maybe too close. "The philosophy…was to increase...

Features Section in Print – April 30th, 2009

April 30, 2009

A lot of graphic design work goes into the Featured section every week. In order to credit The Pioneer's amazing layout staff we post the section as it looks in print so that you can appreciate the work...

Alumn-ination – Alumni Explain the Importance of Alumni Weekend

C.J. Wisler April 23, 2009

The visitor's passes abound. Children squeal. A group of well-dressed adults walk by talking about the burgeoning wineries. No, it's not a group of wine tourists or prospie parents; it's Alumni Weekend....

Schedule of Events

April 23, 2009

Thursday, Apr. 23 4 p.m. "Expanded Visions in International Medical Service," an Alumni Career presentation by Dr. Gordon Tobin '65, in Gaiser Auditorium, Hall of Science. Friday, Apr. 24 9:30-10:30...

All about Alumni

Shannon Buckham April 23, 2009

Over the years, Whitman College has evolved in many ways.   For alumni returning to campus after only a few years, the most obvious changes are always the new buildings.   But much more has changed about...

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