A bachelor of arts in English can take you far. For Whitman alumnus and former United States Ambassador Ryan Crocker, it took him to Iraq.
Crocker sat down with history professor David Schmitz to...
Early Wednesday evening, April 22, the Whitman College faculty voted to approve the Dean of Student's new proposed Sexual Misconduct Policy, a project that has been under revision for nearly two years....
Some Americans refuse to drink water straight from their taps, while others across the globe can't be particular; they lack access to safe water altogether.
Sophomore Kelsie Butts, through her Walla...
Not only will alumni be milling around the Whitman campus this weekend, April 24-26, but so too will the lords and ladies of the Renaissance.
The 39th annual Renaissance Faire, put on by the Whitman College Renaissance Faire Committee, will take place on Saturday, April 25, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the Memorial Lawn in front of the clock tower.
A year's worth of work has gone into this Faire, with a fairly new cast (only two returners) and big attractions like unicycle jousting.
Last Friday, April 17 marked the National Day of Silence, which aims to bring awareness to anti-GLBT behavior and sentiments in the United States. In an effort to understand the event, this reporter...
College students are notorious for their sleep deprivation, but this weekend some of them are staying up for something other than studying. Beginning at 7 p.m. Friday, April 24, and ending the following...
Though most intramural sports on campus require physical exertion, Whitman provides an alternative method for earning one of those highly coveted blue IM championship shirts. On Thursday, April 23, the...
As spring temperatures approached 80 degrees, hundred of admitted students and their family members flocked to campus for Admitted Students' Day on Saturday, April 18.
The annual event, featuring tours, sample classes and information on programs such as study abroad, provided an opportunity for many high school seniors to get a better feel for Whitman.
“Getting to meet the faculty was pretty amazing," said Laignee Barron of Ojai, California. “I talked to two of the professors here; they were really approachable."
Money was the hot topic on the ASWC Senate's agenda as they convened for their fifth meeting of the spring semester on Sunday, April 19. Foremost among the issues discussed were details concerning the '09-'10 ASWC budget and the creation of a fund to augment ASWC officers' stipends.
ASWC's total budget for fiscal year 2010 is projected to be close to $485,000. The largest share of the budget will be distributed among ASWC clubs and the new ASWC Programming Board. ASWC's annual contribution to club sports was also increased from $22,000 to $30,000, in order to make up for cuts in the Whitman's Club Sports contribution.
While other schools dedicate an entire week to their Greek Week, Whitman's greek system will be holding Greek Weekend. The weekend will kick off today, April 16 with a movie on the Phi lawn and end with...
While most student organizations and clubs are approaching the culmination of their activities for the 2008-09 school year, sorority Kappa Kappa Gamma (KKG) is beginning to look ahead towards next year....
The incoming class of 2013 will read “The Last Town on Earth," a novel by Thomas Mullen, for their required summer reading.
The Last Town on Earth is a fictional novel set in 1918 in a small logging town in Washington state. The residents choose to isolate themselves to avoid contracting an epidemic flu virus sweeping the area.
“I think that the themes are really important to what's going on today, both nationally and internationally: when we look at pandemic flu planning, when we think about terrorism. Do we cut ourselves off from the world or do we engage?" said Jed Schwendiman, the associate to the president.
