The deadline for applying to complete a degree by December for current juniors is coming up, but there are a few stipulations regarding the actual graduation date.
Students who complete all necessary...
Whitman Alumnus and freelance journalist, William Murray, will present the college's annual Hosokawa Lecture in Journalism on Monday, March 9.
Murray, who spent the summer of 2008 imbedded in Iraq, will present on, “The Problem with Today's Media (Or Why News Coverage of Iraq Was so Poor) and What We Can Do about It." The Lecture will be held in the Young Ballroom at 7 p.m.
The lecture is part of the Hosokawa endowment, a generous gift in honor of Robert R. Hosokawa, intended to finance annual journalism awards and bring accomplished journalists to the college for lectures and workshops.
When local Walla Walla youth read the book, “Oh the Places You'll Go," they might not have realized that one of those places was Whitman College.
Last Sunday, March 1, the sorority Kappa Kappa Gamma (KKG) put on their fifth annual Dr. Seuss Day event at Reid Campus Center, in conjunction with the Walla Walla Public Library. The event, which lasted from 2-3:30 p.m., honored the birthday of the children's book author Dr. Seuss, whose real name was Theodore Geisel. As part of the sorority's philanthropy project, the event was free and open to the public and focused on promoting literacy.
Community members met at the First Congregational Church on the corner of S. Palouse St. and E. Alder St. on Tuesday, Feb. 24 to discuss creating Community Gardens in Walla Walla. The meeting can best...
Many Whitman students delete the plethora of emails inundating their inboxes, thinking they do not pertain to them; some emails, however, can contribute to a student's life more than they realize.
Whitman's Peer Listeners group has been administering a confidential survey about student health at Whitman, asking students about how they're dealing with certain issues like depression, stress, eating disorders, suicidal thoughts, discrimination, ideals and resources.
Throughout this semester, Whitties have benefitted from a Saturday morning ski bus to the Bluewood ski area, a service made possible by left over ASWC funds from previous years. To take advantage of this opportunity, all one has to do is find the sign-up list in the OP office, write their name down, and show up at 8:30 am on Saturday. This seemingly simple task, however, has proven difficult for many.
Many students sign up for the ski bus and then fail to attend. Whether this is a result of late Friday nights, poor memory, or plain apathy, one thing is clear: signing up for the ski bus does not entail a lot of commitment.
This past weekend, Washington, D.C. was a hot spot for student activists seeking ways that they could positively influence the environment. Members of Whitman's Campus Climate Challenge (CCC) accounted...
As a follow up to the new printing quota system, an all-campus forum was held at noon today, Thursday, Mar. 5 in the Reid ballroom to discuss the GoPrint system.
"The campus community will be able...
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a woman's rights activist and outspoken critic of Islam, spoke at Whitman on Wed., March 4 at 7 p.m. Her lecture was part of ASWC's Public Speakers series.
Hirsi Ali's lecture sparked controversy on campus, as evidenced by a slip of paper handed out with every program, entitled “What Ayaan Hirsi Ali Will NOT Tell You Tonight." Distributed by a group of concerned faculty and students, it listed statistics arguing that Americans Muslims are “overwhelmingly mainstream and moderate."
Last Thursday, Feb. 19, Whitman College President George Bridges released a letter to the campus community detailing the economic recession's impact on the college. Since then, he has hosted a number of open discussions detailing the college's decisions.
The letter outlined the measures the college is taking to curb spending. According to the letter, next year's budget calls for a reduction in spending of $2 million. This reduction will be achieved in part through suspending salary increases for faculty and staff, reducing current personnel by five full time employees, postponing hiring searches, and reducing administrative and operating costs in all departments and programs.
As students poured into the dining hall on Friday Feb. 20, they were not simply filling their plates with ethnic cuisine, but also engaging in a celebration of African-American history. The Soul Food event was organized by the Black Student Union, which traditionally works with the dining hall during Black History month to bring cultural issues to the forefront of students' minds by bringing it first to their plates.
Even on a liberal campus like Whitman, hate crimes and discrimination still occur, which is why the Coalition Against Homophobia (CAH) created an exhibit in the Olin breezeway called "Relating to Silence"...
