This past weeks' Big Idea Talk at the Walla Walla Public library featured Associate Professor of Politics Aaron Bobrow-Strain. With a set of panelists including Welcome Table Farm Owner Emily Asmus, Farm to School Coordinator Beth Thiel and Director of Corporate Responsibility at Broetie Orchards Roger Bairstow. Bobrow-Strain led a discussion on "The Future of Food."
This past Sunday, Nov. 3, the South Asian Student Association put on the Diwali Celebration; an afternoon filled with great food, traditional dress, live Indian musical performances, and a great time had by all.
On the afternoon of Sept. 7, 2013, the Interest House Community came together to host the annual IHC Block Party. Boyer Avenue was blocked off and crowded with countless activities, crafts, food and performances....
A small group of Whitman community members met on the south steps of Memorial to honor of the victims and families of those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001. The event, which was hosted by the Muslim Student Associate began the vigil singing a verse of John Lennon's "Imagine." After, students discussed their memories of the day and the subsequent days after. Many students indicated that though years pass and vivid memories of the day fade, annual vigils allow them to mourn and reflect on the day.
To the Thompson family, trees are more than just pieces of lumber.
This summer I worked making videos for RBM (R stands for Roy, B stands for Ben and M stands for their mother, Evelyn), a local lumber...
Tucked away in the remote jungles and beaches of Costa Rica lies the Osa Peninsula, one of the most diverse and untouched areas on the planet. Although it's only half the size of Rhode Island, the Osa houses 2.5 percent of the Earth's biodiversity and contains the last standing virgin rain forest in the area. Over the course of the summer, this astounding statistic became my reality.
Final exams ended on Tuesday, May 14, at 4 p.m. By 4:30 p.m. several hundred students filled the Reid sidelawn and pelted each other with colorful powder in MECCA and the South Asian Student Association...
The 87th Whitman Chorale Contest was a nearly three hour-long celebration of music and a capella with thirteen teams competing. Hip hop, funk, bluegrass, indie rock, folk and pop music were among the genres...
