Students, Administration, Police Respond to Recent Drugging Reports
Chris Hankin and Mitchell Smith, News Editor and Editor in Chief
April 21, 2017
Filed under NEWS
The most recent report of a Whitman student unknowingly ingesting a dissociative drug came close to two weeks ago, and since then members of the Whitman community have responded on varying ways. The Investigation The Walla Walla Police were notified the night of the most recent suspected drugging...
Interview with incoming Dean of Students Daren Mooko
Nick Maahs, Staff Reporter
April 20, 2017
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Daren Mooko was recently selected to replace Chuck Cleveland as Whitman's Dean of Students. While on campus, Mooko sat down with Wire reporter Nick Maahs to discuss residence life and transparency. What follows is a transcript of part of that conversation. Minor edits have been made for clarity and conc...
Pressing $50,000
Andrew Schwartz, News Editor
April 20, 2017
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The rise of tuition far beyond that of inflation is a well documented phenomena in higher education. But what accounts for these shifts at Whitman in particular?
Read more »The Other Side of Myra Road
Chris Hankin, News Editor
April 20, 2017
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Myra Road separates Walla Walla from the city of College Place; it also separates Whitman College from Walla Walla University. The two institutions exist in parallel universes with little crossover. I had the chance to visit Walla Walla University last Wednesday, April 12. I drank Ginger Chai Tea wit...
Whitman Students Awarded Watsons
Kate Grumbles, Staff Reporter
April 20, 2017
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The Watson Fellowship is a prestigious award granted to only 40 students from across the country each year. This year, Whitman seniors Nina Finley and Sam Perkins were a part of that distinguished group. The Watson Fellowship was created in 1968 by the family of the founder of IBM, Thomas J. Wat...
ASWC Update: It’s McCorvie!
Mitchell Smith, Editor in Chief
April 13, 2017
Filed under ASWC, Front Page Slideshow, NEWS
A new era has dawned on the ASWC Executive Council. Tuesday, April 11, EC election results were certified and announced by the ASWC Oversight Committee. AnnaMarie McCorvie will be next year’s President, Emily Bowen will serve as Vice President, Chris Meabe will handle the budget as Finance Chair a...
Taking Back the Night
Kate Grumbles, Staff Reporter
April 13, 2017
Filed under Front Page Slideshow, NEWS
This Thursday at 7 p.m. outside Cordiner, “Take Back the Night” will begin with a march around campus. The event is open to everyone, and organizers strive to bring awareness to sexual violence and show solidarity for survivors of assault. Take Back the Night is a national event held on college ...
Students and Administration Respond to New Drugging Reports
Andrew Schwartz, News Editor
April 13, 2017
Filed under Front Page Slideshow, NEWS
Administration officials and concerned students met this week after reports of another drugging at an all-campus Greek party last weekend. At a forum at Harper Joy Theater on Sunday, following a “Timely Warning” sent out by Dean of Student Chuck Cleveland on the topic that morning, students voiced c...
Mt. Trashmore highlights Whitman recycling woes
Lindsey Brodeck, Staff Reporter
April 13, 2017
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On April 5, 3,600 pounds of trash was dumped onto the Cordiner lawn, a week’s worth of waste for the college. Included in the mix were Bon App dishes, unopened packages of chips and a Nalgene water bottle. In total, an estimated 70 percent of the materials thrown away could have been recycled. M...
Revenge Porn Lawyer Comes to Whitman Campus
Andrew Schwartz, News Editor
April 13, 2017
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Carrie Goldberg runs a legal practice in Brooklyn that specializes in sexual abuse and privacy, or going after “assholes,” as she recently put it at a lunch with Whitman students interested in law. Her star has risen in past years, as she has become a prominent and successful advocate for victims...
Debate Reinstated
Andy Monserud, Staff Reporter
April 13, 2017
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Two years after the suspension of Whitman’s Debate Program in the wake of alcohol violations and allegations of gender discrimination, president Kathy Murray announced in an April 6 email that the college would begin to reinstate the program. Whitman Debate will return in the fall of 2018, Murray’s email sai...
Another Drugging Reported at Whitman Party
Mitchell Smith, Editor in Chief
April 9, 2017
Filed under Breaking News, Front Page Slideshow, NEWS
Another Whitman student reported unknowingly ingesting dissociative “date rape” drugs on Saturday night. The drugging reportedly occurred at an all-campus party at the Sigma Chi fraternity house. The incident comes on the heels of a similar string of dissociative druggings late last semester...
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