Rathskeller Pub Night
Renny Acheson, Staff Reporter
December 6, 2018
Filed under A&E, A&E Highlight, Front Page Slideshow
On the evening of Saturday, Dec. 1, the Whitman Events Board transformed the coffeehouse of Reid into a “rathskeller,” a German term for a pub or restaurant in a basement. From 7 to 10 p.m., Whitman students had the opportunity to listen to four live bands, enjoy fun desserts, play arcade games and...
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. ...
Cross Country Bears Down on Blood-Borne Disease
Lennae Starr, Staff Reporter
December 6, 2018
Filed under Cross Country, Front Page Slideshow, SPORTS
Mud-splattered calves were a common sight last Friday as the cross-country team wrapped up their sixth annual “Who Do You Run For?” event. “Who Do You Run For?” is a 24-hour long jog-a-thon in which members of the cross-country team run laps around Ankeny. They sign up for hour-long shifts to ensu...
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...
Swimming for a Cure: the Hour of Power
Lennae Starr, Staff Reporter
November 29, 2018
Filed under Front Page Slideshow, SPORTS
For one hour on Nov. 13, swimmers around the nation swam like their lives depended on it - because some day they might. The Hour of Power is a nation-wide relay event in which thousands of swimmers simultaneously dive into their pools and swim nonstop as a team for 60 minutes in remembrance of Ted M...
Whitman Connection to Schools
Sophie Leibsohn, Staff Reporter
November 29, 2018
Filed under FEATURE, Front Page Slideshow
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...
Wire Watch
Cory Cogley, A&E Editor
November 29, 2018
Filed under Front Page Slideshow, Uncategorized
YACHT Concert - Reid Ballroom (Thursday Nov. 29th @ 7pm) YACHT is a dance-pop band from Portland, Oregon and is currently based in Los Angeles. Join WEB for their last concert of the semester! Fridays at Four: Russian and Turkish Music for Cello & Piano (Friday Nov. 30th at 4pm) Come to ...
Freedom Songs — Sharing Stories of Home
Renny Acheson, Staff Reporter
November 25, 2018
Filed under A&E, A&E Highlight, Front Page Slideshow
On Thursday, Nov. 8, the fourth annual Freedom Songs concert took place in Harper Joy Theater. The sold-out production centered around the theme of home and belonging and featured performances by instrumentalists, all three campus a cappella groups, solo vocalists, dancers and spoken word poets. Coupl...
Wire Watch
Emma Chung, Staff Reporter
November 25, 2018
Filed under A&E, Front Page Slideshow
Thursday, November 15, 7:30 p.m. in the Olin Auditorium Kevin Begos, a journalist who writes on energy, science, wine, the environment and culture is speaking about his new book “Tasting the Past — The Science of Flavor and the Search for the Original Wine Grapes.” He was a Knight Science J...
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...
ASWC 2.0
Audrey Hecker, Staff Reporter
November 12, 2018
Filed under Front Page Slideshow, NEWS
The restructuring of ASWC remains a prevalent topic within the Whitman student body, with many discussions taking on a more tangible form. Gautam Produturi, the interim Facilitator for ASWC, recently drafted “A Proposal to Restructure ASWC” and presented it during a Senate meeting on November 11...
Rocky Horror: A Celebration of Queer Bodies
Emma Chung, Staff Reporter
November 12, 2018
Filed under A&E, Front Page Slideshow
On Nov. 2, The Rocky Horror Picture Show stormed the aisles and pounded the stage of Maxey Auditorium. A national and Whitman tradition, the eclectic performance involves a horror film screening, a shadow cast and musical dance numbers. The dress code is less is more, and the language is the dirtier the be...
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