Muddy Frogwater No More
Hannah Bartman, Feature Editor
February 18, 2016
Filed under FEATURE, Front Page Slideshow
Ten miles away, just a hop, skip, and a jump from campus, a new species extinction crisis is emerging. Over the past ten years, Milton-Freewater, or better known by some as Muddy Frogwater, has been defined in part by its wooden frog sculptures.
Searching for Tha Truth
Andrew Schwartz, Feature Writer
February 11, 2016
Filed under FEATURE
The room, of course, is Main Street Studios. The day, of course, is February the First, a Monday mind you, and for reasons which remain unclear, but which portend a future bright and cultured for this humble Washington Town, Houston rapper Trae the Truth is slated to perform as part of his “Truth Tour.”
Eighth Annual Global Studies Symposium
February 11, 2016
Filed under Front Page Slideshow, I Didn't Bother to Pick My Category, NEWS, Weekly Topic
Students and faculty packed themselves into Olin 130 to hear the Global Study Symposium speeches regarding Human Zoos: Photography, Race, and Empire, on February 5th. The symposium featured speeches from guest-speakers Pascal Blanchard, Dominic Thomas, and Stephen Sheehi. Whitman professors and students a...
Outside of the Classroom
Hannah Bartman, Feature Editor
February 4, 2016
Filed under FEATURE, Front Page Slideshow
What do professors do when they're not teaching our classes and grading our papers? Whitman faculty from across the disciplines engage in interesting and powerful research outside of the classroom confines. We talked to a few professors about their current projects, and how their work has evolved over time.
Style Spotlight: Arthur Shemitz
February 4, 2016
Filed under A&E, FEATURE, Front Page Slideshow, MEDIA, VIDEOS
Junior Arthur Shemitz, Vice President of Associated Students of Whitman College (ASWC) and Chair of Student Affairs, sets a precedent not only in leadership on campus but also with his style. Style can be personalized through a variety of trends, like color-blocking or graphic prints, but Shemitz...
Greater than the grape
Andrew Schwartz, Feature Writer
January 28, 2016
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Danika Rothwell (’16), who has now been working as a tasting room assistant at Palencia Wineries in Walla Walla for over half of a year, laments that her time for such frivolous low-end wine consumption has passed. In her days of yore, she says wine stood “on a scale of manageability. Can you drink this, yes or no?”
Cyber Security
Andrew Schwartz, Feature Writer
December 10, 2015
Filed under FEATURE
Phishing attacks – fishing is an apt analogy, as the hackers essentially just throw lines out there, hoping people will bite and reveal their passwords – are common.
Missing the Sun: Change of Season Affects Student Health and Well-being
Claire Ommen, Features Writer
December 3, 2015
Filed under FEATURE
As the semester nears its end, the general health of the Whitman campus is nearing its low-point for the year. Factors such as stress, season, weather and sleep patterns, are all reaching their peak affect upon students.
Whitman Students Build Wind Turbine
November 19, 2015
Filed under Campus, Front Page Slideshow, NEWS, Weekly Topic
By the spring of 2016, some of Whitman’s physics students will have finished building a vertical axis wind turbine. The wind turbine, which will be located between Penrose Library and Harper Joy Theater, will be the first student-constructed wind turbine on a college campus. Because of the relatively...
A Walla Walla Pub Crawl
Andrew Schwartz, Staff Reporter
November 19, 2015
Filed under FEATURE, Front Page Slideshow
Last Saturday, newly minted 21 year-old Andrew Schwartz (also a host of the Pio Radio Hour show on KWCW) decided to hit the town. What kinds of nightlife would Walla Walla offer? He set out with Features editor Hannah Bartman, and Pioneer photographer Alan Mendoza to four destinations: Fat Cat’s, The Bo...
Whitman on the Map: 3 International Students Trace Their Journey to a New Home
Kamna Shastri, Feature Writer
November 5, 2015
Filed under FEATURE, Front Page Slideshow
Three Whitman students trace their journey to Walla Walla.
Talking about Guns
Hannah Bartman, Feature Editor
October 28, 2015
Filed under FEATURE, Front Page Slideshow
Growing up in a suburb on the outskirts of LA County did not give me extensive immersion into the world of guns. My parent’s interest in the Quaker society and Zen meditation probably didn’t help much either. With this in mind, it’s easy to understand my surprise when, in my first-year at Whitm...
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